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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 of the pournami in that month. The name of the month is sometimes the name of the star itself.
The name of the month is derived from the position of the Moon near the Vishākhā constellation ("Nakshatra") on the full-moon day. [4] In the Vaishnava calendar, Madhusudana governs this month. The month of Boishakh also marks the official start of Summer. The month is notorious for the afternoon storms called Kalboishakhi (Nor'wester). [5]
Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems: ... full month name, ... DMY in English, Malay and Tamil languages [152] MDY (in long format ...
Tamil people celebrate Puthandu, also called Puthuvarusham, as the traditional "Tamil/New Year", states Peter Reeves. [6] This is the month of Chittirai, the first month of the Tamil solar calendar, and Puthandu typically falls on 14 April. [17] In some parts of Southern Tamil Nadu, the festival is called Chittirai Vishu.
Aadi Perukku, otherwise called Padinettam Perukku is a unique occasion dedicated to all the perennial river basins of Tamil Nadu and major lakes water source areas and is intended to celebrate the water rising levels due to the onset of monsoon, which is expected to occur invariably on the 18th day of the solar month, Aadi corresponding to 2 or ...
Ashvin or Ashwin or Ashwan (/ ə ˈ ʃ w ɪ n /; Bengali: আশ্বিন; Hindi: आश्विन; Awadhi: कुआर; Odia: ଆଶ୍ୱିନ; Malay/Indonesian: Aswin; Thai: Asawin), also known as Aswayuja, is the seventh month of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, the solar Tamil calendar, where it is known as Aippasi, and the solar Indian national calendar.
In the standard Hindu calendar and India's national civil calendar, Chaitra is the first month of the year. It is the last month in the Bengali calendar, where it is called Choitro. 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.
It falls on the day the moon transits the nakshatram (asterism) of Uttiram (Uttara Phalguni) in the twelfth month Panguni of the Tamil calendar. [2] This coincides with the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna/Chaitra. [3] Panguni is also the last month of the Solar Tamil Calendar year after which the next New Tamil Year begins.