Hindu calendar
Chaitra, Vaishakha, Jyeshtha, Ashadha, Shravana, Bhadrapada, Ashwin, Kartik, Margashirsha, Pausha, Magha, Phalguna. Each month carries rituals, vrat, festivals, deities, and a mood that a real Shastriji naturally brings into the conversation.
The backend now carries a North India display month over the astronomical Panchanga. In Krishna Paksha, Amanta and Purnimanta names can differ, so the public label is kept separate from the raw calculation.
A reading may mention an active vrata, month, or festival when it helps the person understand the current spiritual weather. The natal chart, dasha, gochar, and SahiMeter still decide the claim.
A festival can support language like 'this is a good period for Shiva upasana.' It cannot create a fixed event date or promise an outcome unless the timing compute already supports it.
Seasonal upaay can be chosen more naturally. During Sawan, Shiva-oriented practice can be surfaced when the chart also supports it. We do not prescribe fasting as a medical or compulsory act.
Month-wise guide
Dates change by year, location, tithi sunrise rules, sampradaya, and regional calendar convention. The structure below is the memory map. The daily Panchanga supplies the exact date.
Month 1 · Mar-Apr
चैत्र
Vasanta: New year, renewal, Devi upasana, Rama bhakti.
Key events
Reading use: Good context for fresh starts, vrata sankalpa, courage, and family dharma.
Month 2 · Apr-May
वैशाख
Late spring: Daan, punya, bathing rituals, preservation and prosperity.
Key events
Reading use: Useful when the chart already supports giving, education, money discipline, or family repair.
Month 3 · May-Jun
ज्येष्ठ
Summer heat: Heat, restraint, protection, water charity, elder blessings.
Key events
Reading use: Good supporting context for patience, austerity, heat in relationships, and service to elders.
Month 4 · Jun-Jul
आषाढ़
Monsoon begins: Guru bhakti, discipline, Chaturmas sankalpa, inward practice.
Key events
Reading use: Helpful when explaining guidance from teachers, study, retreat, or delayed worldly movement.
Month 5 · Jul-Aug
श्रावण
Rainy monsoon: Shiva upasana, fasting, bhakti, marriage prayers, family protection.
Key events
Reading use: Very useful for timing Shiva-centred upaay, restraint, marriage prayers, and emotional cleansing.
Month 6 · Aug-Sep
भाद्रपद
Monsoon matures: Ganesha, Krishna bhakti, ancestral attention, humility.
Key events
Reading use: Useful for obstacles, devotion, study discipline, and ancestral or family-duty context.
Month 7 · Sep-Oct
आश्विन
Autumn: Devi shakti, courage, victory, healing, dharma.
Key events
Reading use: Strong context for Devi upasana, courage, unresolved family duties, and starting after cleansing.
Month 8 · Oct-Nov
कार्तिक
Clear autumn: Light, Lakshmi, Vishnu, Kartikeya, tulsi, home purity.
Key events
Reading use: Helpful for home, marriage, wealth discipline, gratitude, and ending a period of inner waiting.
Month 9 · Nov-Dec
मार्गशीर्ष
Early winter: Krishna bhakti, sacred study, steadiness, food and nourishment.
Key events
Reading use: Good context for study, counsel, food charity, and stabilising the mind before decisions.
Month 10 · Dec-Jan
पौष
Deep winter: Surya strength, austerity, health, discipline, quiet correction.
Key events
Reading use: Useful for health discipline, daily routine, father or authority themes, and slow repair.
Month 11 · Jan-Feb
माघ
Winter to spring: Snan, tapas, ancestors, Saraswati, inner purification.
Key events
Reading use: Useful for education, speech, purification, father-line blessings, and simple austerity.
Month 12 · Feb-Mar
फाल्गुन
Spring returns: Shiva, Holi, release, joy, forgiveness, devotion.
Key events
Reading use: Helpful for closure, forgiveness, Shiva upasana, relationship softening, and letting go.
Boundary
Sawan can explain the spiritual mood of the day and refine an already suitable upaay. It does not by itself create a marriage promise, a health prediction, or a fixed event date.
For exact observance dates, use the daily Panchanga and your family or regional Panchang. SahiKundli shows the computed sky, the public month context, and where that context may be used.