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The months of the Tamil calendar. The Tamil calendar (தமிழ் நாட்காட்டி) is a sidereal solar calendar used by the Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. [ 1][ 2] It is also used in Puducherry, and by the Tamil population in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar and Mauritius. It is used in contemporary times for ...
Panguni Uthiram ( Tamil: பங்குனி உத்திரம், romanized: Paṅkuṉi Uttiram) is a Tamil Hindu festival. It is marked on the purnima (full moon) of the month of Panguni (14 March - 13 April). [1] It falls on the day the moon transits the nakshatram (asterism) of Uttiram ( Uttara Phalguni) in the twelfth month Panguni ...
The Bengali calendar is similar to the Tamil calendar except in that it starts the year with Boiśākh (instead of Choitrô), followed by Jyoisthô etc. The Assamese and Odia calendars too are structured the same way. The solar months (rāśi) along with their equivalent names in the Bangali, Malayalam and Tamil calendar are given below:
Champa Sashti festival is a six-day festival observed from the first to the sixth of the Hindu month of Margashirsha (November – early December). It is one of the most important festivals dedicated to Lord Khandoba .This festival celebrates the victory of Khandoba against the demons Mani-Malla. Prathamastami.
Ugadi or Yugadi, also known as Samvatsarādi (meaning "beginning of the year"), is New Year's Day according to the Hindu calendar and is celebrated in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. [ 1][ 2] The cycle actually consists of 60 years, each year individually named. The first day of each year is called 'Ugadi'.
The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day). Furthermore, when specifying the masa, one of two traditions are applicable, viz. amānta ...
The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day). Furthermore, when specifying the masa, one of two traditions are applicable, viz. amānta ...
Ekadashi ( Sanskrit: एकादशी, romanized : Ēkādaśī, lit. 'The eleventh day') is the eleventh lunar day ( tithi) of the waxing ( Shukla Pakṣa) and waning ( Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa) lunar cycles in a Vedic calendar month. [ 1] Ekadashi is popularly observed within Vaishnavism one of the major paths within Sanatan Dharma. Followers ...