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  2. Prahara - Wikipedia

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    3rd Prahara of the Day (Aparaahnam): 9am up to 12pm: Used for performing Apara Karmas based on the tithi of the day at Aparahnam. This time is also called Do-Pehar in Hindi and similarly in some other Indian languages because colloquially this time is considered the 2nd Prahara while Praat: Kaala is colloquially considered the 1st Prahara.

  3. Samvatsari - Wikipedia

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    Saṃvatsari (Sanskrit: संवत्सरी) (lit.Annual Day or fig. Forgiveness Day) is the last day of Paryushana according to the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism.It falls on Shukla Choth each year in the Jain calendar month of Bhadrapada, somewhere between the middle of August and September in the Gregorian calendar.

  4. Ganesh Chaturthi - Wikipedia

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    A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day). Furthermore, when specifying the masa, one of two traditions are applicable, viz. amānta / pūrṇimānta. If a festival falls in the waning phase of the moon, these two traditions identify the same lunar day as ...

  5. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    Just like months, the Hindu calendar has two measures of a day, one based on the lunar movement and the other on solar. The solar day or civil day, called divasa (दिवस), has been what most Hindus traditionally use, is easy and empirical to observe, with or without a clock, and it is defined as the period from one sunrise to another.

  6. Amavasya - Wikipedia

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    It also means "na" +"ma"+"asya" meaning to "na" = "No, "ma"=Moon, "Asya"="There" in turn meaning to There is no Moon i.e., Moon is not visible. In the pūrṇimānta māna Hindu lunar calendar used in most parts of the Indian subcontinent , the lunar month starts on the day following the full moon or purnima and therefore Amāvásyā always ...

  7. Kartika Purnima - Wikipedia

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    Kartika Purnima is also the last day to perform the Tulasi Vivaha ceremony, which can be performed from Prabodhini Ekadashi. [7] Also, it is believed that on this day, Vishnu returns to his abode after completing his stay with king Mahabali, another reason why the day is known as Deva-Diwali. [8] Pushkar Mela, 2006

  8. Shravana (month) - Wikipedia

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    On this day, an offering of a coconut (naryal in Gujarati, naral in Marathi) is made to the sea, as a mark of respect to Varuna, the God of the Sea. In the coastal regions of Maharashtra i.e. Konkan , a coconut is offered to the sea for calming it down after the monsoon season .

  9. Panchangam - Wikipedia

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    Panchaanga in Kannada Tamil Vakya Panchangam. A panchāngam (Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्गम्; IAST: pañcāṅgam) is a Hindu calendar and almanac, which follows traditional units of Hindu timekeeping, and presents important dates and their calculations in a tabulated form.