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HINDU CALENDAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hindu calendar mean?
• HINDU CALENDAR (noun)
The noun HINDU CALENDAR has 1 sense:
1. the lunisolar calendar governing the religious life of Hindus; an extra month is inserted after every month in which there are two new moons (once every three years)
Familiarity information: HINDU CALENDAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lunisolar calendar governing the religious life of Hindus; an extra month is inserted after every month in which there are two new moons (once every three years)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Hindu calendar" is a kind of...):
lunisolar calendar (a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles)
Meronyms (parts of "Hindu calendar"):
Hindu calendar month (any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar)
Caitra; Chait (the first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar))
Baisakh; Vaisakha (the second month of the Hindu calendar)
Jeth; Jyaistha (the third month of the Hindu calendar)
Asadha; Asarh (the fourth month of the Hindu calendar)
Sawan; Sravana (the fifth month of the Hindu calendar)
Bhadon; Bhadrapada (the sixth month of the Hindu calendar)
Asin; Asvina (the seventh month of the Hindu calendar)
Kartik; Karttika (the eighth month of the Hindu calendar)
Aghan; Margasivsa (the ninth month of the Hindu calendar)
Pansa; Pus (the tenth month of the Hindu calendar)
Magh; Magha (the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar)
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