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Marks the start of the solar new year in lunisolar calendars. Involves bathing in holy waters. Regional new year festivals are also observed on this day such as Vishu, Pohela Boishakh, Maha Vishubha Sankranti and Vaisakhi. Represents the vernal (Spring) equinox. Vishu: Traditional vishu kani: Vishu is a Hindu festival celebrated in Kerala. It ...
Unlike the Gregorian calendar which adds additional days to the month to adjust for the mismatch between twelve lunar cycles (354 lunar days) [5] and approximately 365 solar days, the Hindu calendar maintains the integrity of the lunar month, but inserts an extra full month, once every 32–33 months, to ensure that the festivals and crop ...
If a festival falls in the waning phase of the moon, these two traditions identify the same lunar day as falling in two different (but successive) masa. A lunar year is shorter than a solar year by about eleven days. As a result, most Hindu festivals occur on different days in successive years on the Gregorian calendar.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Observances set by the Pawukon calendar (2 P) R. Ratha Yatra (5 P) V. Vrata (1 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Hindu ...
Hindu festival marking the transition of the sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn and dedicated to the solar deity Surya. [20] June – July: Rath Yatra: Floating Hindu festival involving a public procession of chariots with the deities Jagannath, Balarama and Subhadra celebrated in Ashadha month of Hindu calendar August – September: Onam: Floating
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Months of the Hindu calendar" ... Template:Hindu calendar * Chaitra; Vaisakha; Jyeshtha ...