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Chaitra or Chait is also the last month in the Nepali calendar (the Vikram Samvat), where it commences in mid-March. Chittirai is the first month in the Tamil calendar. In the Sindhi calendar, this month is referred to as Chet and is marked by the celebration of the Cheti Chand (birth of Jhulelal, an incarnation of Vishnu
The solar months are named differently in different regional calendars. While the Malayalam calendar broadly retains the phonetic Sanskrit names, the Bengali and Tamil calendars repurpose the Sanskrit lunar month names (Chaitra, Vaishaka etc.) as follows: The Tamil calendar replaces Mesha, Vrisha etc. with Chithirai, Vaigasi etc.
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 has 30 days and starts on 22 March, except in leap years, when it has 31 days and starts on 21 March. [1] All months other than Chaitra start on fixed dates in the Gregorian calendar. The months in the first half of the year all average out to having 31 days, to take into account the slower movement of the sun across the ecliptic at ...
It is festively observed in these regions on the first day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra. [3] This typically falls in late March or early April of the Gregorian calendar. [3] It also falls during the Tamil month of either Panguni or Chithrai, sometimes on the day after Amavasya with 27th Nakshatra Revati.
No. Ritu Season Hindu lunar months Gregorian month Characteristics Seasonal festivals 1 Vasanta वसन्त Spring: Chaitra and Vaishakha: March & April Temperature around 20-30 degrees celsius; vernal equinox occurs in the middle of this season.
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The months of the Tamil Calendar have great significance and are deeply rooted in the faith of Tamil Hindus. Some months are considered very auspicious, while a few are considered inauspicious as well. Tamil months start and end based on the Sun's shift from one Rāsi to the other, but the names of the months are based on the star on the start ...