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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 25, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Magha Begins
Jan 25
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Magha Continues
Jan 25
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Magha Ends
Feb 9
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Magha Ends
Feb 23
Phalguna February 24, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Phalguna Begins
Feb 24
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Phalguna Continues
Feb 24
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Phalguna Ends
Mar 9
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Phalguna Ends
Mar 24
Chaitra March 25, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Chaitra Begins
Mar 25
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Chaitra Continues
Mar 25
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Chaitra Ends
Apr 7
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Chaitra Ends
Apr 23
Vaishakha April 24, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Vaishakha Begins
Apr 24
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Vaishakha Continues
Apr 24
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Vaishakha Ends
May 7
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Vaishakha Ends
May 22
Jyeshtha May 23, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Jyeshtha Begins
May 23
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Jyeshtha Continues
May 23
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Jyeshtha Ends
Jun 5
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Jyeshtha Ends
Jun 21
Ashaadha June 22, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Ashaadha Begins
Jun 22
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Ashaadha Continues
Jun 22
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Ashaadha Ends
Jul 5
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Ashaadha Ends
Jul 20
Shravana July 21, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Shravana Begins
Jul 21
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Shravana Continues
Jul 21
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Shravana Ends
Aug 3
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Shravana Ends
Aug 18
Bhadrapada August 19, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Bhadrapada Begins
Aug 19
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Bhadrapada Continues
Aug 19
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Bhadrapada Ends
Sep 2
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Bhadrapada Ends
Sep 17
Adhika Aashvayuja September 18, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Adhika Aashvayuja Begins
Sep 18
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Adhika Aashvayuja Continues
Sep 18
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Adhika Aashvayuja Ends
Oct 16
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Adhika Aashvayuja Ends
Oct 16
Aashvayuja October 17, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Aashvayuja Continues
Oct 17
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Aashvayuja Continues
Oct 17
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Aashvayuja Ends
Oct 31
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Aashvayuja Ends
Nov 15
Kartika November 16, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Kartika Begins
Nov 16
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Kartika Continues
Nov 16
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Kartika Ends
Nov 30
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Kartika Ends
Dec 14
Margasira December 15, 2020
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Margasira Begins
Dec 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Margasira Continues
Dec 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Margasira Ends
Dec 30
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Margasira Ends
Jan 13, 2021
Pushya January 14, 2021
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Pushya Begins
Jan 14
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Pushya Continues
Jan 14
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