Search results
Results from the Tech24 Deals Content Network
A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga ( Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग ), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes. They adopt a similar underlying ...
In India's national civil calendar (Shaka calendar), Bhadra is the sixth month of the year, beginning on middle of August and ending on middle of September (date varies). In Hindu astrology, Bhadra begins with the Sun 's entry into Leo and is usually the fifth month of the year. In lunar religious calendars, Bhadra begins on the new moon or ...
Ritu (season) Ritu ( Sanskrit: ऋतु) means "season" in different ancient Indian calendars used in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. There are six ritus (also transliterated ritu) or seasons. Seasons are different times of the year and there are 12 months in the year. Every month has its own special season.
The Hindu calendar is based on a geocentric model of the Solar System. [1] A geocentric model describes the Solar System as seen by an observer on the surface of the Earth. The Hindu calendar defines nine measures of time ( Sanskrit: मान IAST: māna ): [2] brāhma māna. divya māna. pitraya māna.
Chaitra ( Sanskrit: चैत्र, romanized : Caitra) is a month of the Hindu calendar . 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 ...
A 30-day month amounts to four 7-day weeks with an extra 8th day every two weeks (48-week year). A traditional human year is measured by the sun's northern ( uttarayana ) and southern ( dakshinayana ) movements in the sky, [d] where the new year commences only when the sun returns to the same starting point and a pause on the commencement ...
Literally meaning "side", [3] a paksha is the period either side of the purnima ( full moon day). A lunar month in the Hindu calendar has two fortnights, and begins with the amavasya ( new moon ). The lunar days are called tithis; each month has 30 tithi s, which may vary from 20 – 27 hours. A paksha has 15 tithi s, which are calculated by a ...
In India's national civil calendar, Kartika is the seventh month of the year, beginning on 23 October and ending on 21 November. In most Hindu calendars, Kartika begins with the transit of the Sun into Libra, beginning on 18 October and lasting until 15 November. In the Nepali calendar, which is also the country's official calendar, Kartika is ...