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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 19, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Magha Begins
Jan 19
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Magha Continues
Jan 19
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Magha Ends
Feb 1
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Magha Ends
Feb 17
Phalguna February 18, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Phalguna Begins
Feb 18
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Phalguna Continues
Feb 18
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Phalguna Ends
Mar 3
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Phalguna Ends
Mar 18
Chaitra March 19, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Chaitra Begins
Mar 19
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Chaitra Continues
Mar 19
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Chaitra Ends
Apr 2
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Chaitra Ends
Apr 17
Vaishakha April 18, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Vaishakha Begins
Apr 18
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Vaishakha Continues
Apr 18
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Vaishakha Ends
May 1
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Vaishakha Ends
May 16
Adhika Jyeshtha May 17, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Adhika Jyeshtha Begins
May 17
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Adhika Jyeshtha Continues
May 17
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Adhika Jyeshtha Ends
Jun 14
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Adhika Jyeshtha Ends
Jun 14
Jyeshtha June 15, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Jyeshtha Continues
Jun 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Jyeshtha Continues
Jun 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Jyeshtha Ends
Jun 29
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Jyeshtha Ends
Jul 14
Ashaadha July 15, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Ashaadha Begins
Jul 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Ashaadha Continues
Jul 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Ashaadha Ends
Jul 29
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Ashaadha Ends
Aug 12
Shravana August 13, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Shravana Begins
Aug 13
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Shravana Continues
Aug 13
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Shravana Ends
Aug 28
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Shravana Ends
Sep 11
Bhadrapada September 12, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Bhadrapada Begins
Sep 12
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Bhadrapada Continues
Sep 12
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Bhadrapada Ends
Sep 26
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Bhadrapada Ends
Oct 10
Aashvayuja October 11, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Aashvayuja Begins
Oct 11
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Aashvayuja Continues
Oct 11
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Aashvayuja Ends
Oct 26
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Aashvayuja Ends
Nov 9
Kartika November 10, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Kartika Begins
Nov 10
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Kartika Continues
Nov 10
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Kartika Ends
Nov 24
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Kartika Ends
Dec 8
Margasira December 9, 2026
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Margasira Begins
Dec 9
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Margasira Continues
Dec 9
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Margasira Ends
Dec 23
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Margasira Ends
Jan 7, 2027
Pushya January 8, 2027
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Pushya Begins
Jan 8
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Pushya Continues
Jan 8
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