Pausha

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Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:Infobox month Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Sidebar/configuration' not found. Pausha (Script error: No such module "lang".), or Pushya is the tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar and the Indian national calendar.[1] The name of the month is derived from the position of the Moon near the Pushya nakshatra (star) on the full moon day.[2] The month corresponds to the pre-winter (Hemanta) season and falls in December–January of the Gregorian calendar.[3][4][5]

In the Hindu solar calendar, it corresponds to the month of Dhanu and begins with the Sun's entry into Sagittarius.[6][7][8] It corresponds to Poush, the ninth month in the Bengali calendar.[8] In the Tamil calendar, it corresponds to the tenth month of Thai, falling in the Gregorian months of January–February.[8][9] In the Vaishnav calendar, it corresponds to the tenth month of Narayana.[10][11]

In the Hindu lunar calendar, each month has 29 or 30 days. The month begins on the next day after Amavasya (new moon) or Purnima (full moon) as per the amanta and purnimanta systems respectively. A month consists of two cycles of 15 days each, Shukla Paksha (waning moon) and Krishna Paksha (waxing moon). Days in each cycle is labeled as a thithi, with each thithi repeating twice in a month.[12][13]

Festivals

Lohri

Lohri is a harvest festival that marks the end of the pre-winter season. It is observed on the night before the next month, and marks the end of the winter crop season.[14] During the festivities, people perform various folk rituals around a bonfire.[15]

Pongal

Pongal is a multi-day harvest festival celebrated by Tamils. The festival is celebrated over three or four consecutive days, which are named Bhogi, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal. Thai Pongal is celebrated on the first day of the Tamil calendar month of Thai.[16][17] It is dedicated to the solar deity Surya and the festival is traditionally an occasion for decorating with kolam artworks, preparing the pongal dish, celebrating cattle, offering prayers, and getting together with family and friends.[18][19][20]

Thaipusam

Thaipusam is a Tamil festival celebrated on the purnima (full moon day) in the Tamil month of Thai on the confluence of star Pusam.[21] The festival is celebrated to commemorate the victory of god Murugan over the asuras, and includes ritualistic practices of fasting and Kavadi Aattam.[22]

Shakambhari Purnima

Shakambhari Purnima is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Pausha, and marks the culmination of the nine-day Shakambhari Navaratri.[23] The festival marks the descent of the goddess Shakambhari, a form of goddess Durga.[24]

Vaikunta Ekadashi

Vaikunta Ekadashi is observed on the Ekadashi (eleventh lunar day) thithi of the Krishna Paksha (waxing moon) of the month as per amanta tradition.[a][25] Vaikuntha Dvaram (gate to Vishnu's abode Vaikuntha[26]) is opened in Vishnu temples on the only this day of the year. Special prayers, and chanting of mantras are accompanies with pujas, and yagnas.[27] According to the Vishnu Purana, fasting on Vaikuntha Ekadashi is equivalent to fasting on the remaining 23 ekadashis of the year, and is said to give people passage to Vaikuntha after the earthly life.[28]

Others

The Amavasya day of the month is celebrated in various temples in Southern India. During the day, the idols of gods are taken for a procession for Theppotsavam (float festival) at temple tanks (pushkarni).[29]

See also

Notes

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