MAGHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Magha mean? 

• MAGHA (noun)
  The noun MAGHA has 1 sense:

1. the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar

  Familiarity information: MAGHA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGHA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Magh; Magha

Hypernyms ("Magha" is a kind of...):

Hindu calendar month (any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar)

Meronyms (parts of "Magha"):

Mesasamkranti (Hindu solar holiday at the beginning of the new astrological year when the sun enters the constellation Aries)

Holonyms ("Magha" is a part of...):

Hindu calendar (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))