Talk:Dibyasingha Deba

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Regnal year (Anka year)

How is the "Regnal year" of the "Gajapati Maharaja" counted? It is stated that "Divyasingha Deva IV" has had a "titular reign since 7 July 1970". If so, and if his regnal years are counted similarly to the Japanese ones ("non-accession year" counting), his "1st regnal year" should have begun on 7 July 1970 and ended on 11 September 1970, with his "2nd regnal year" (and "2nd Anka year" ) beginning on 12 September 1970 (which corresponded to "12 Bhadrapada" that year). Then his present regnal year should be his number 58. If, however, his regnal years might be counted similarly to the (now defunct) Chinese ones ("accession year" counting), then his "1st regnal year" (and "2nd Anka year" ) should have begun on 12 September 1970, and then his present regnal year should be his number 57. But if his regnal years are counted according to the "European method" of anniversaries (which seems to me to be very improbable), then his "1st regnal year" should have begun on 7 July 1970, his "2nd regnal year" on 26 June 1971 and so on, and then his present regnal year should also be his number 57. But in no case can the present "Regnal year" of the "Gajapati Maharaja" be counted as "56", as far as I can understand. Is this "only" an error, or is there any explanation for this strange given regnal year number "56"? /Erik Ljungstrand (Sweden) ~2026-52362-45 (talk) 07:00, 30 September 2026 (UTC)