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Hemanta (Sanskrit: हेमन्त, romanized: Hemanta) is the season of early winter in the Hindu calendar. [1] [2] It is one of the six seasons , each lasting two months, the others being Vasanta (spring), Grishma (summer), Sharada , Varsha (monsoon), and Shishira (winter). [3]
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 that is the Magha Shukla Panchami). The East Indian Calendar has the following seasons or ritus:
In the Hindu lunisolar calendar, Pausha begins with either the full or new moon around the same time of year. Since the traditional Hindu calendar follows the lunar cycle, Pausha's start and end dates vary from year to year, unlike the months of the Hindu solar calendars. Pausha is a winter (Hemanta and Shishira Ritu) month.
In the Hindu calendar of tropical and subtropical India, there are six seasons or Ritu that are calendar-based in the sense of having fixed dates: Vasanta (spring), Grishma (summer), Varsha , Sharada (autumn), Hemanta (early winter), and Shishira (prevernal or late winter). The six seasons are ascribed to two months each of the twelve months in ...
Meteorological reckoning is the method of measuring the winter season used by meteorologists based on "sensible weather patterns" for record keeping purposes, [5] so the start of meteorological winter varies with latitude. [6] Winter is often defined by meteorologists to be the three calendar months with the lowest average temperatures.
Varsha (Sanskrit: वर्षा, romanized: Varṣā) is the season of monsoon in the Hindu calendar. [1] It is one of the six seasons , each lasting two months, the others being Vasanta (spring), Grishma (summer), Sharada , Hemanta (pre-winter), and Shishira (winter). [2] It falls in the two months of Shravana and Bhadrapada of the Hindu ...
Here's why the coldest season is called "winter." The seasons have their names for a reason; they describe the weather common for that time of year. Here's why the coldest season is called "winter."
Shishira (Sanskrit: शिशिर, romanized: Śiśira) is the season of winter in the Hindu calendar. [1] It comprises the months of Pausha and Magha or mid-January to mid-March in the Gregorian calendar. [2]