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In India's national civil calendar (Shaka calendar), Bhadra is the fifth month of the year, beginning on middle of August and ending on middle of September (date varies). In Hindu astrology, Bhadra begins with the Sun 's entry into Leo and is the fifth month of the year. In lunar religious calendars, Bhadra begins on the new moon or full moon ...
A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga ( Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग ), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes. They adopt a similar underlying ...
It falls on November or December of the Gregorian calendar and is also known as Tripurari Purnima or Deva-Deepavali, the gods's festival of lights. Karthika Deepam is a related festival that is celebrated in South India and Sri Lanka on a different date. It follows Diwali by about 15 days.
Karva Chauth or Karwa Chauth or Karaka Chaturthi ( Sanskrit: करकचतुर्थी, romanized : Karakacaturthī) [3] is a Hindu festival celebrated by Hindu women of Northern and Western India in October or November on the Hindu lunar month of Kartika. [4] Like many Hindu festivals, Karva Chauth is based on a lunisolar variant of the ...
v. t. e. The Nanakshahi calendar ( Gurmukhi: ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ, romanized: Nānakshāhī) is a tropical solar calendar used in Sikhism. It is based on the "Barah Maha" (Twelve Months), a composition composed by the Sikh gurus reflecting the changes in nature conveyed in the twelve-month cycle of the year. [1]
t. e. Dhanteras [1] ( Hindi: धनतेरस ), also known as Dhanatrayodashi ( Sanskrit: धनत्रयोदशी ), is the first day that marks the festival of Diwali in most of India. It is celebrated on the thirteenth lunar day (Trayodashi) of Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin (according to the ...
In India's national civil calendar, Kartika is the seventh month of the year, beginning on 23 October and ending on 21 November. In most Hindu calendars, Kartika begins with the transit of the Sun into Libra, beginning on 18 October and lasting until 15 November. In the Nepali calendar, which is also the country's official calendar, Kartika is ...
Prabodhini Ekadashi ( Sanskrit: प्रबोधिनी एकादशी, romanized :Prabodhinī Ekādaśī ), also known as Deva Uttana Ekadashi ( Sanskrit: देव उत्तान एकादशी, romanized :Deva Uttāna Ekādaśī ), is the 11th lunar day ( ekadashi) in the bright fortnight ( Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu month ...