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Just like months, the Hindu calendar has two measures of a day, one based on the lunar movement and the other on solar. The solar day or civil day, called divasa (दिवस), has been what most Hindus traditionally use, is easy and empirical to observe, with or without a clock, and it is defined as the period from one sunrise to another.
In the standard Hindu calendar and India's national civil calendar, Chaitra is the first month of the year. It is the last month in the Bengali calendar, where it is called Choitro. Chaitra or Chait is also the last month in the Nepali calendar (the Vikram Samvat), where it commences in mid-March. Chittirai is the first month in the Tamil calendar.
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 ...
Chaitra Navaratri. Chaitra Navaratri, also called Vasantha Navaratri, is the second most celebrated Navaratri, named after vasanta which means spring. It is observed during the lunar month of Chaitra (March–April). The festival is devoted to goddess Durga, whose nine forms are worshipped on nine days.
Phalguna. "Celebration of Spring by Krishna and Radha", 18th-century Mughal miniature; in the Guimet Museum, Paris. Phalguna ( Sanskrit: फाल्गुन, romanized : Phālguna) is a month of the Hindu calendar. In India's national civil calendar, Phalguna is the twelfth month of the year and corresponds with February/March in the ...
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.
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 ...
Rama Navami. Sahil ( Sanskrit: राम नवमी, romanized : Rāmanavamī) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Rama, one of the most popularly revered deities in Hinduism, also known as the seventh avatar of Vishnu. [ 5][ 6][ 7] He is often held as an emblem within Hinduism for being an ideal king and human through his ...