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Varsha (Sanskrit: वर्षा, romanized: Varṣā) is the season of monsoon in the Hindu calendar. [1] It is one of the six seasons ( ritu ), each lasting two months, the others being Vasanta (spring), Grishma (summer), Sharada ( autumn ), Hemanta (pre- winter ), and Shishira (winter).
The season names corresponds to the Sanskrit Vasanta, Grishma, Varsha, Sharada, Hemanta, Shishira order. 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 ...
The traditional lunar calendar system measures time based on the Moon's phases and its relation to the Sun. Unlike solar calendars, it uses units such as tithi (lunar day), pakṣa (lunar fortnight), māsa (lunar month), ṛitu (season), ayanam (half-year), and varsha (lunar year) to structure the year. [17]
This is one of the six seasons , each lasting two months, the others being: Vasanta (spring), Varsha , Sharada , Hemanta (pre-winter), and Shishira (winter). [ 2 ] It falls in the two months of Jyeshtha and Ashadha of the Hindu calendar , or April and May of the Gregorian calendar . [ 3 ]
Varsha Pratipada or Bestu Varas: It is considered an auspicious day celebrated in the Indian state of Gujarat to mark the New Year according to the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar. It falls on the first day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartika.
Varsha may refer to: Varsha (season), the monsoon season in the Hindu calendar. Varsha, an insect genus in the tribe Empoascini; Varsha, a 2005 Kannada -language ...
The Gazette of India is dated in both the Gregorian calendar and the Indian national calendar. The Indian national calendar, also called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. [1]
There are several forms of reckoning the varsha or year based on solar entry (solar ingress), lunar entry, Jupiter entry in a sign or the Julian calendar of starting the year from the first of January, but the most widely accepted practice in India is the Samvatsara, a 60 years cycle based on solar entry. Each zodiacal sign is represented by ...