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Chaitra Purnima (Sanskrit: चैत्र पुर्णिमा, romanized: Caitra Purṇimā) [1] or Chitra Pournami is a Hindu festival observed on the purnima (full moon) day of the Chaitra month.
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.
The celebration of Hanuman Jayanti varies by time and tradition in each state of India. In most northern states of India, the festival is observed on the full-moon day of the Hindu month of Chaitra (Chaitra Purnima). [9] In Telugu states Anjaneya Jayanthi celebrate on every Bahula (Shukla Paksha) Dashami in Vaishakha month according to Telugu ...
Pūrṇimā (Sanskrit: पूर्णिमा) is the word for full moon in Sanskrit.The day of Purnima is the day in each month when the full moon occurs, and marks the division in each month between the two lunar fortnights (), and the Moon is aligned exactly in a straight line, called a syzygy, with the Sun and Earth.
9th day of Chaitra: March–April: Rama: One day: Ram navami and Hanuman jayanti, the birthdays of Shree Ramchandra and Hanuman respectively are also celebrated in the month of Chaitra. Sunthawada/dinkawada, a snack usually eaten by new mothers is the snack of the day for Ram navami. Hanuman Jayanti: 15th day of Chaitra i.e Chaitra Pournima ...
The folk celebration takes place over a month, from Chaitra Purnima to Baisakha Purnima.The celebration begins on the day of Chaitra Purnima with the fishermen anointing the bamboo with candle paste, vermillion, and butter lamp, and splitting it into twelve pieces with which the frame of the dummy horse is built.
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 purnima . The lunar days are called tithis; each month has 30 tithis, which may vary from 20 – 27 hours.
Vasanta, Chaitra (January–April) Maha Shivaratri: Chaitra Amavasya (new moon) Mesha Sankranti: Prayagraj [note 4] Ganga and Yamuna junction Jupiter in Aries, Sun and Moon in Capricorn; or Jupiter in Taurus, Sun in Capricorn Shishira, Magha (January–February) Makara Sankranti: Magha Amavasya (new moon) Vasanta Panchami: Nashik-Trimbak: Godavari