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  2. List of Nakshatras - Wikipedia

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    Tamil தமிழ் Saurashtra ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢯ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢬ Sinhala සිංහල Dhivehi ދިވެހި Telugu తెలుగు Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ Bengali বাংলা Mongolian Chinese 宿 Tibetan བོད་སྐད། རྒྱུ་སྐར་ཉེ་བདུན། Thai ไทย Khmer ខ្មែរ. Burmese ...

  3. Kumbha (month) - Wikipedia

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    The Kumbha month is called Masi in the Tamil Hindu calendar. [1] The ancient and medieval era Sanskrit texts of India vary in their calculations about the duration of Kumbha, just like they do with other months. For example, the Surya Siddhanta calculates the duration of Kumbha to be 29 days, 19 hours, 41 minutes and 12 seconds. [6]

  4. 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela - Wikipedia

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    The 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela, also referred to as the 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela, is the ongoing iteration of the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage festival celebrating a full orbital revolution of Jupiter around the Sun. It is scheduled from 13 January to 26 February 2025, at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.

  5. Mahamaham - Wikipedia

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    The 12-year cycle Mahamaham festival in Tamil Nadu is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Magha, and is a symbolic equivalent of the Kumbh Mela. [ 1 ] The Mahamaham festival – also referred to as the Maha Magam festival – and the holy dip tradition of the South Indian Hindus was documented by the British colonial era writers in the 19th ...

  6. Nakshatra - Wikipedia

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    In Hindu astronomy, there was an older tradition of 28 Nakshatras which were used as celestial markers in the heavens. When these were mapped into equal divisions of the ecliptic, a division of 27 portions was adopted since that resulted in a clearer definition of each portion (i.e. segment) subtending 13° 20′ (as opposed to 12° 51 + 3 ⁄ 7 ′ in the case of 28 segments).

  7. Hindu astrology - Wikipedia

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    Tamil literature. Tirumurai; ... Krishna Rau and V. B. Choudhari published English translations of these texts in 1963 and 1961, respectively. ... kumbha: 300° water ...

  8. Makara (month) - Wikipedia

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    It is preceded by the solar month of Dhanu, and followed by the solar month of Kumbha. [2] The start of this month is almost always January 14, the day of the Makara Sankranti festival, and periodically the Kumbh Mela. [6] The Makara month is called Tai in the Tamil Hindu calendar. [1]

  9. Kumbha - Wikipedia

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    In Hindu astrology, the kumbha stands for the zodiac sign Aquarius and is ruled by 2 important planets that is (Saturn and Rahu). Kumbha is also associated with the Kumbha Mela, which happens when the planet Brihaspati moves into Aquarius. In Hindu epic Ramayana, Ravana's brother Kumbhakarna had a son named Kumbha, who was killed by Sugriva.