Hin"doo, or Hindu calendar .
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
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© Webster 1913.