Chandramana Masa Timeline ยท 1991 ยท Bangalore

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๐ŸŒ— Amanta vs Purnimanta: Two Ways to Count the Same Lunar Month

Every Hindu lunar month (masa) is really the same underlying cycle of the Moon; the difference is only where you draw the line between one month and the next. The Amanta system (followed across South India, Maharashtra, and Gujarat) ends a month at Amavasya (new moon) and starts the next at the following Shukla Pratipada. The Purnimanta system (followed across most Hindi-speaking North Indian states) instead ends a month at Purnima (full moon).

Because of this offset, a Purnimanta month's Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) always falls inside what the Amanta system still calls the previous month, while its Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight) lines up with the Amanta month of the same name. Both systems track the identical Moon; they simply name the fortnights differently around the seam.

Why Adhika and Kshaya months don't shift

An Adhika (leap/extra) or Kshaya (rare, compressed) month is a whole intercalary month inserted (or, for Kshaya, contracted) to keep the lunar calendar aligned with the solar year; it isn't one of the ordinary Krishna/Shukla halves either system's naming logic is built around. So for the stretch of days an Adhika or Kshaya month covers, the Purnimanta system doesn't apply its usual name-shift at all: it simply carries the same Amanta label for that month. Once the calendar returns to an ordinary (Nija) month, the two systems resume differing by their usual half-month offset.

Magha January 16, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Magha Begins
Jan 16
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Magha Continues
Jan 16
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Magha Ends
Jan 30
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Magha Ends
Feb 14
Phalguna February 15, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Phalguna Begins
Feb 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Phalguna Continues
Feb 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Phalguna Ends
Feb 28
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Phalguna Ends
Mar 16
Chaitra March 17, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Chaitra Begins
Mar 17
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Chaitra Continues
Mar 17
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Chaitra Ends
Mar 30
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Chaitra Ends
Apr 14
Adhika Vaishakha April 15, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Adhika Vaishakha Begins
Apr 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Adhika Vaishakha Continues
Apr 15
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Adhika Vaishakha Ends
May 14
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Adhika Vaishakha Ends
May 14
Vaishakha May 15, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Vaishakha Continues
May 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Vaishakha Continues
May 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Vaishakha Ends
May 28
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Vaishakha Ends
Jun 12
Jyeshtha June 13, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Jyeshtha Begins
Jun 13
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Jyeshtha Continues
Jun 13
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Jyeshtha Ends
Jun 27
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Jyeshtha Ends
Jul 11
Ashaadha July 12, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Ashaadha Begins
Jul 12
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Ashaadha Continues
Jul 12
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Ashaadha Ends
Jul 26
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Ashaadha Ends
Aug 9
Shravana August 10, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Shravana Begins
Aug 10
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Shravana Continues
Aug 10
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Shravana Ends
Aug 25
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Shravana Ends
Sep 8
Bhadrapada September 9, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Bhadrapada Begins
Sep 9
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Bhadrapada Continues
Sep 9
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Bhadrapada Ends
Sep 23
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Bhadrapada Ends
Oct 7
Aashvayuja October 8, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Aashvayuja Begins
Oct 8
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Aashvayuja Continues
Oct 8
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Aashvayuja Ends
Oct 23
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Aashvayuja Ends
Nov 6
Kartika November 7, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Kartika Begins
Nov 7
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Kartika Continues
Nov 7
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Kartika Ends
Nov 21
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Kartika Ends
Dec 6
Margasira December 7, 1991
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Margasira Begins
Dec 7
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Margasira Continues
Dec 7
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Margasira Ends
Dec 21
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Margasira Ends
Jan 4, 1992
Pushya January 5, 1992
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Pushya Begins
Jan 5
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Pushya Continues
Jan 5
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