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  2. Varsha (season) - Wikipedia

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    Varsha (Sanskrit: वर्षा, romanized: Varṣā) is the season of monsoon in the Hindu calendar. [1] It is one of the six seasons ( ritu ), each lasting two months, the others being Vasanta (spring), Grishma (summer), Sharada ( autumn ), Hemanta (pre- winter ), and Shishira (winter).

  3. Ritu (season) - Wikipedia

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    The season names corresponds to the Sanskrit Vasanta, Grishma, Varsha, Sharada, Hemanta, Shishira order. The Bengali Calendar is similar to the Sanskrit calendar above, but differs in start and end times which moves certain dates/days around (i.e., Vasant Panchami occurs here in Vasant ritu but in the calendar above, it occurs in Shishir as ...

  4. Ṛtusaṃhāra - Wikipedia

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    The word Ritu (seasons) with the word saṃhāra is used here in the sense of "coming together" or "group". [5] Thus, Ritusamhara has been translated as Medley of Seasons or Garland of Seasons , perhaps more aptly as the "Pageant of the Seasons", [ 6 ] but also mistranslated as "birth and death" of seasons, which arises from the alternate ...

  5. Grishma - Wikipedia

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    This is one of the six seasons , each lasting two months, the others being: Vasanta (spring), Varsha , Sharada , Hemanta (pre-winter), and Shishira (winter). [ 2 ] It falls in the two months of Jyeshtha and Ashadha of the Hindu calendar , or April and May of the Gregorian calendar . [ 3 ]

  6. Indian national calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Gazette of India is dated in both the Gregorian calendar and the Indian national calendar. The Indian national calendar, also called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. [1]

  7. Vikram Samvat - Wikipedia

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    Varsha Pratipada or Bestu Varas: It is considered an auspicious day celebrated in the Indian state of Gujarat to mark the New Year according to the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar. It falls on the first day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartika.

  8. Hindu units of time - Wikipedia

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    The traditional lunar calendar system measures time based on the Moon's phases and its relation to the Sun. Unlike solar calendars, it uses units such as tithi (lunar day), pakṣa (lunar fortnight), māsa (lunar month), ṛitu (season), ayanam (half-year), and varsha (lunar year) to structure the year. [17]

  9. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Dhanteras - Dhanteras (Hindi: धनतेरस), also known as Dhanatrayodashi (Sanskrit: धनत्रयोदशी), is the first day that marks the festival of Diwali in India. It is celebrated on the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the Hindi calendar month of Ashvin.