Category:Hindoo calendar

Hin"doo, or Hindu, calendar.

Defn: A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11. The months are follows:

Baisakh. . . . . . . . . .   April-May Jeth. . . . . . . . . . . . . May-June Asarh. . . . . . . . . . . . June-July Sawan (Sarawan). . . . . . . July-Aug. Bhadon. . . . . . . . . . .  Aug.-Sept. Asin (Kuar). . . . . . . . . . Sept.-Oct. Katik (Kartik). . . . . . . . Oct.-Nov. Aghan. . . . . . . . . . . . Nov.-Dec. Pus. . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec.-Jan. Magh. . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan.-Feb. Phagun (Phalgun). . . . . . . Feb.-March Chait. . . . . . . . . . . . March-April hindooism; hinduism Hin"doo*ism, Hin"du*ism, n.

Defn: The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.