Localization

Locale and numerals

Two props control the language, on both components:

• locale: "en" (the default) or "ne". It sets month names, weekday names, and every button and accessible label.
• numerals: "latin" (0–9) or "devanagari" (०–९). It defaults to Devanagari for locale="ne" and Latin otherwise, and can be set independently.

<NepaliCalendar locale="ne" />                     // असोज २०८३, Devanagari digits
<NepaliCalendar locale="ne" numerals="latin" />    // असोज 2083
<NepaliCalendar numerals="devanagari" />           // Ashwin २०८३

What changes

For 15 Ashwin 2083, shown with the default numerals for each locale:

The weekday headers show the short names; their full names (Sunday, आइतवार, …) are in each header's <abbr title>. The root element gets a matching lang attribute, so screen readers pronounce Nepali text correctly.

Month and weekday names come from bikram-sambat-ts, spelled as Hamro Patro's calendar spells them (see formatting).

Typing Nepali digits

The date picker's input accepts either digit system, whatever numerals is set to: 2083-06-15 and २०८३-०६-१५ both select 15 Ashwin 2083. Its hidden form value (with name) is always ASCII YYYY-MM-DD, so your server gets a parseable value in both locales.

Gregorian dates

showGregorianDate adds each day's AD date in small text under the BS day number. In Nepali, the AD dates use Devanagari digits and Nepali month names too. They're also added to each day's accessible label:

See the demo on the calendar page.