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The names of the Hindu months vary by region. Those Hindu calendars which are based on lunar cycle are generally phonetic variants of each other, while the solar cycle are generally variants of each other too, suggesting that the timekeeping knowledge travelled widely across the Indian subcontinent in ancient times. [1] [30]
The solar month of Dhanu overlaps with its lunar month Pausha, in Hindu lunisolar calendars. [4] [5] The Dhanu marks the winter season for the Indian subcontinent. It is preceded by the solar month of Vṛścika, and followed by the solar month of Makara. [2] The Dhanus month is called Margazhi in the Tamil Hindu calendar. [1]
Months in the modern Indian national calendar—despite still carrying names that derive from the nakshatras—do not signify any material correlation. It stands to reason that during the original naming of these months—whenever that happened—they were indeed based on the nakshatras that coincided with them in some manner.
Shravana (month) Bhadra (Hindu calendar) Ashvin (month) Kārtika (month) Agrahayana; Pausha; Magha (month) Phalguna; I. Indian national calendar
Shani Dev Jayanti is celebrated on New Moon day i.e. Amavasya of Jyeshtha month.; Ganga Dussehra is celebrated as the avatarana or descent of the Ganges from heaven to earth. . The day of the celebration, Ganga Dashahara, the Dashami (tenth day) of the waxing moon of the Hindu calendar month Jyestha, brings throngs of bathers to the banks of the riv
Symbol of Mesha month. Meṣa, or Mesha (मेष), is a month in the Indian solar calendar. [1] [2] It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Aries, and overlaps with about the second half of April and about the first half of May in the Gregorian calendar. [1] Generally Mesha month starts on 13th or 14th of April, called as Mesha Sankranti.
The solar month of Mithuna overlaps with its lunar month Ashadha, in Hindu lunisolar calendars. [4] [5] The Mithuna marks the start of the monsoon season on the Indian subcontinent, and is preceded by the solar month of Vrsabha, and followed by the solar month of Karkaṭa. [2] The Mithuna month is called Ani in the Tamil Hindu calendar. [1]
The solar month of Tula overlaps with its lunar month Kartika, in Hindu lunisolar calendars. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Tula marks the end of monsoon harvests, a period of cooler autumn, a break before the winter crop, and many annual festivals and fairs set by the lunar cycle are observed in and about this part of the calendar across the Indian subcontinent.