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Masa (lunar month)

The lunar month: Chaitra, Vaishakha, Jyeshtha, Ashadha, Shravana, Bhadrapada, Ashwin, Kartika, Margashirsha, Pausha, Magha and Phalguna.

New Delhi, Delhi, India 28.6214°, 77.2148° Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30) North Indian · Lahiri (calibrated)

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Kartika (Amanta) · Kartika (Purnimanta)

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A lunation (new moon to new moon) named after the sidereal rashi the Sun occupies at the new moon that begins it: Sun in Meena → Chaitra, in Mesha → Vaishakha, and so on.

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Interactive lesson: Amanta and Purnimanta months

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