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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)play

  Familiarity information: HINDU CALENDAR used as a noun is very rare.


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HINDU CALENDAR (noun)


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)

Phagun; Phalguna (the twelfth month of the Hindu calendar)


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