Phalguna is a month

Month

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 of the Hindu calendar

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. In India's national civil calendar

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, Phaalgun is the twelfth month of the year, beginning on 20 February and ending on 21 March (or 20 March during leap year

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s).

In lunar religious calendars, Phaalgun may begin on either the new moon or the full moon around the same time of year, and is usually the twelfth month of the year. However, in Gujarat, Kartika

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 is the first month of the year, and so Phalgun follows as the fifth month for Gujaratis

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.The holidays of Holi

Holi

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 (15 Phalgun) and Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivaratri

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 (14 Phalgun) are observed in this month.

In solar religious calendars, Phaalgun begins with the Sun

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's entry into Aquarius

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, and is usually the eleventh month of the year.

In the Vaishnava calendar, Govinda

Govinda

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 governs this month.

Hindu saint Sri Guru Raghavendra Swami

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 was born on Phalguna Sukla Navami

Navami

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 in 1595 AD who advocated Sri Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy.

Most parts of Noth India see early celebration of famous hindu festival Holi

Holi

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 in this month. Holi

Holi

Holi , is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus. Holi is also known as festival of Colours. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and countries with large Indic diaspora populations following Hinduism, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, United...

 is celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna (February/March), (Phalgun Purnima), which usually falls in the later part of February or March.

Shukla Paksha	Krishna Paksha
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2. Dwitiya Dwitiya Dwitiya is the Sanskrit word for "second", and is the second day in the lunar fortnight of the Hindu calendar. Each month has two Dwitiya days, being the second day of the "bright" and of the "dark" fortnights respectively...	2. Dwitiya
3. Tritiya Tritiya Tritiya is the Sanskrit word for "three", and is the third day in the lunar fortnight of the Hindu calendar. Each month has two Tritiya days, being the third day of the "bright" and of the "dark" fortnights respectively...	3. Tritiya
4. Chaturthi Chaturthi Chaturthi or Chaviti , is the fourth day of any lunar month in the Hindu calendar.-Festivals of Chaturthi:* Ganesh Chaturthi is one of prominent Chaturthi on which Lord Ganesha makes his presence on the earth....	4. Chaturthi
5. Panchami Panchami Panchami is the fifth day of the fortnight in Hindu lunar calendar.-Festivals:Nag Panchami is a Hindu festival celebrated by Hindus in most parts of India. It is celebrated in Shravan month. On this day, people worship Nāga Devata . People go to temples and snake pits and worship the snakes...	5. Panchami
6. Shashti Shashti Shashti is the sixth day or tithi of a pakSha or fourteen-day phase of the moon. The word comes from the Sanskrit cardinal ShaRh , whence the ordinal number ShaShTha , fem...	6. Shashti
7. Saptami Saptami Saptami is the seventh day of the fortnight in Hindu lunar calendar.-Festivals:Ratha Saptami: Lord Vishnu in his form as Surya is usually worshiped on this day...	7. Saptami
8. Ashtami Ashtami - Festivals :Krishna Janmashtami or Gokul Ashtami: is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna, an avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu.Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the Ashtami tithi, the eighth day of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Bhaadra in the Hindu calendar, when...	8. Ashtami
9. Navami Navami -Festivals:* Sri Rama Navami is a Hindu festival, celebrating of the birth of Lord Rama. It is celebrated in Chaitra month .* Swaminarayan Jayanti is a Hindu Fesival celebrating the birth of Lord Swaminarayan.It is celebrated in Chaitra month on the ninth day which actually falls onto Sri Rama...	9. Navami
10.Dashami Dashami Dashami is the Sanskrit word for "ten", and is the tenth day in the lunar fortnight of the Hindu calendar. Each month has two Dashami days, being the tenth day of the "bright" and of the "dark" fortnights respectively...	10.Dashami
11.Ekadashi Ekadashi Ekadashi , also spelled as Ekadasi, is the eleventh lunar day of the shukla or krishna paksha of every lunar month in the Hindu calendar . In Hinduism and Jainism it is considered a spiritually beneficial day...	11.Ekadashi
12.Dwadashi	12.Dwadashi
13.Thrayodashi Thrayodashi Thrayodashi is the Sanskrit word for "thirteen", and is the thirteenth day in the lunar fortnight of the Hindu calendar. Each month has two Thrayodashi days, being the thirteenth day of the "bright" and of the "dark" fortnights respectively...	13.Thrayodashi
14.Chaturdashi Chaturdashi In the Hindu calendar, Chaturdashi is the 14th day of the waxing phase or waning phase of the moon. This is the day prior to new moon or full moon...	14.Chaturdashi
15.Pournima Full Moon Full moon is a lunar phase.Full Moon may also refer to:- Literature :* Full Moon , a novel by P. G. Wodehouse* Full Moon o Sagashite or Full Moon, a manga* Full Moon Press, an American small-press publisher...	15. Amavasya Amavasya Amavasya is the Indian name for a New moon. The word Amavasya is common to many Indian languages especially Sanskrit, Hindi, Assamese, Kannada, Bengali, Konkani, Marathi, Oriya, Telugu, and Gujarati...

See also

• Hindu units of measurement
  Hindu units of measurement
  Vedic and Puranic units of time span from the Paramáńu to the mahamanvantara . Its clearly given in Hindu Vedic knowledge that the creation and destruction of the universe is a cyclical process and the timespan of the universe is 311.04 trillion years...
  
  
• Hindu astronomy
  Hindu astronomy
  Historical Indian astronomy develops as a discipline of Vedanga or one of the "auxiliary disciplines" associated with the study of the Vedas.The oldest extant text of astronomy is the treatise by Lagadha, dated to the Mauryan era ....
  
  
• Jyotish