Magha (month)

Magha
Magha
	A night lit up with kites and lights onMakar SankrantiUttarayanafestival
Native name	माघ(Sanskrit)
Calendar	Hindu calendar
Month number	11
Season	Winter
Gregorian equivalent	January-February
Significant days	Vasant Panchami; Ratha Saptami; Makar Sankranti; Bhishma Ashtami; Maha Shivaratri (Amanta);
	←Pausha Phalguna→

Magha(Sanskrit:माघ,romanized:Māgha) is the eleventhmonthof theHindu calendar,corresponding to January/February of theGregorian calendar.^[1]InIndia's national civil calendar,Magha is also the eleventh month of the year, beginning on 20 January and ending on 18 February.

In the Hindulunisolar calendar,Magha may begin on either the new moon or the full moon around the same time of year. It is named thus because in this month, the full moon is usually found nearby or within thestar cluster called Magha.Since the traditional Hindu calendar follows thelunar cycle,Magha's start and end dates vary from year to year, unlike the months of the Hindusolar calendars.Magha is a winter (Shishira Ritu) month.^[2]^[3]

The lunar month of Magha overlaps with the solar month ofMakara,which begins with theSun's entry intoCapricorn.^[4]^[5]

Shukla Paksha	Krishna Paksha
1.Prathama	1. Prathama
2.Dwitiya	2. Dwitiya
3.Tritiya	3. Tritiya
4.Chaturthi	4. Chaturthi
5.Panchami	5. Panchami
6.Shashti	6. Shashti
7.Saptami	7. Saptami
8.Ashtami	8. Ashtami
9.Navami	9. Navami
10.Dashami	10.Dashami
11.Ekadashi	11.Ekadashi
12.Dwadashi	12.Dwadashi
13.Thrayodashi	13.Thrayodashi
14.Chaturdashi	14.Chaturdashi
15.Purnima	15.Amavasya

Festivals[edit]

Shukla Panchami:Vasant Panchami
Shukla Saptami:Ratha Saptami
Maagh Mela is an important festival celebrated by most of North India.
The world-famous "Maha Maham" festival is held every 12 years during full moon day of this month of "maasi".
Makar Sankranti
Shukla Ashtamiis called asBhishma Ashtami.It is the day on whichBhishma,son ofGanga,was born.

References[edit]

^Henderson, Helene. (Ed.) (2005)Holidays, festivals, and celebrations of the world dictionaryThird edition. Electronic edition. Detroit: Omnigraphics, p. xxix.ISBN 0-7808-0982-3
^James G. Lochtefeld (2002).The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M, N-Z (Vol 1 & 2).The Rosen Publishing Group. pp.508.ISBN 978-0-8239-3179-8.
^Robert Sewell; Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896).The Indian Calendar.S. Sonnenschein & Company. pp.5–11, 23–29.
^Christopher John Fuller (2004).The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India.Princeton University Press.pp. 291–293.ISBN 978-0-69112-04-85.
^Robert Sewell; Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896).The Indian Calendar.S. Sonnenschein & Company. pp.10–11.

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[1] Henderson, Helene. (Ed.) (2005)Holidays, festivals, and celebrations of the world dictionaryThird edition. Electronic edition. Detroit: Omnigraphics, p. xxix.ISBN 0-7808-0982-3

[2] James G. Lochtefeld (2002).The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M, N-Z (Vol 1 & 2).The Rosen Publishing Group. pp.508.ISBN 978-0-8239-3179-8.

[sewell5-3] Robert Sewell; Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896).The Indian Calendar.S. Sonnenschein & Company. pp.5–11, 23–29.

[4] Christopher John Fuller (2004).The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India.Princeton University Press.pp. 291–293.ISBN 978-0-69112-04-85.

[sewell10-5] Robert Sewell; Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896).The Indian Calendar.S. Sonnenschein & Company. pp.10–11.

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v t e Months of theHindu calendar
Lunar	Chaitra Vaisakha Jyeshta Ashadha Shraavana Bhadra Ashvin Kartik Agrahayana (Margashirsha) Pausha Magha Phalguna Adhika-masa
Solar	Mesha Vṛṣabha Mithuna Karkaṭa Siṃha Kanyā Tulā Vṛścika Dhanu Makara Kumbha Mīna

v t e Indian astronomy
Astronomers	Apastamba Aryabhata I Aryabhata II Vainu Bappu Bhāskara I Bhāskara II Baudhayana Brahmagupta Sandip Chakrabarti Radhagobinda Chandra Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Amil Kumar Das P. Devadas Gautama Siddha M. K. Das Gupta Jyesthadeva Kamalakara Katyayana Lagadha Lalla Madhava of Sangamagrama Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavira Manava Jayant Narlikar Parameshvara Achyuta Pisharati Venkatraman Radhakrishnan J. J. Rawal Megh Nad Saha Jagannatha Samrat Bapudeva Sastri Jai Singh II of Amber Nilakantha Somayaji Sripati Mahendra Suri Govind Swarup Utpala Varahamihira Shankara Variyar Vasistha Yajnavalkya Pathani Samanta
Works	Aryabhatiya Brahmanas Aitareya Brahmana Shatapatha Brahmana Bṛhat Saṃhitā Ganitagannadi Jyotirmimamsa Shulba Sutras Panchangam Khandakhadyaka Mahādevī Makarandasarini Siddhantas Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta Maha-Siddhanta Pancha-Siddhantika Paulisa Siddhanta Paitamaha Siddhanta Rājamṛgāṅka (astronomy book) Romaka Siddhanta Surya Siddhanta Vasishtha Siddhanta Tantrasangraha Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era Vākyakaraṇa Vedanga Jyotisha Vedas Atharvaveda Rigveda Yavanajataka Zij
Instruments	Armillary sphere Astrolabe Celestial globe Compass Cross-staff Dioptra Equatorial ring Equatorial sundial Globe Gnomon Mural instrument Quadrant Sextant Sundial Triquetrum Water clock Yantraraja
Concepts	Axial tilt Azimuth Cardinal direction Celestial equator Celestial sphere Celestial spheres Center of mass Circular orbit Deferent and epicycle Earth's rotation Eccentricity Ecliptic Elliptic orbit Equant Geocentrism Geoheliocentrism Globe Gravity Heliocentrism Hindu units of time Jyotiṣa Kali ahargaṇa Kalpa Karana Manvantara Moonlight Nakshatra Nityayoga Parallax Precession Ritu Spherical Earth Sunlight Tithi Vāra Yuga Zodiacal sign
Centres	Jantar Mantar Jaipur New Delhi Ujjain Varanasi Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics
Other regions	Babylonian astronomy Ancient Greek astronomy Hellenistic astronomy Islamic astronomy Chinese astronomy European astronomy
Months of the Vedic calendar	Chaitra Vaisakha Jyeshta Aashaadha Shraavana Bhadrapada Ashvin Kartik Margashirsha Pausha Maagha Phalguna

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