It would be a lunar calendar. That means the calendar would not be based on the phases of the sun (or day), but on the phases of the moon.
poeple in different parts of India follow different calendar. They all are Hindu calendars but are different from each other. You might want to have a look at saka calendar.
It is still the same year as in the normal calendar- 2012. For religious dates and festivals, look on google. x :)
1995
Hindu is a religion, not a language.
Chaitra Masa is the first month in Hindu Calender.
14th August. search for website drikpanchang.com/calendars/hindu/hinducalendar.html?year=1979 Replace the "year" by which ever year you would like to look for and search. You will have the calendar.
like a calender dummy
You can see January 2007 Calendar at calendarlabs.com
Sak Samvat and Vikram Samvat..
12 (twelve).
Temple
Old libraries or Google it...