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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 22, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Magha Begins
Jan 22
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Magha Continues
Jan 22
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Magha Ends
Feb 5
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Magha Ends
Feb 20
Phalguna February 21, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Phalguna Begins
Feb 21
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Phalguna Continues
Feb 21
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Phalguna Ends
Mar 7
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Phalguna Ends
Mar 21
Chaitra March 22, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Chaitra Begins
Mar 22
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Chaitra Continues
Mar 22
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Chaitra Ends
Apr 6
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Chaitra Ends
Apr 20
Vaishakha April 21, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Vaishakha Begins
Apr 21
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Vaishakha Continues
Apr 21
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Vaishakha Ends
May 5
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Vaishakha Ends
May 19
Jyeshtha May 20, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Jyeshtha Begins
May 20
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Jyeshtha Continues
May 20
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Jyeshtha Ends
Jun 4
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Jyeshtha Ends
Jun 18
Ashaadha June 19, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Ashaadha Begins
Jun 19
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Ashaadha Continues
Jun 19
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Ashaadha Ends
Jul 3
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Ashaadha Ends
Jul 17
Adhika Shravana July 18, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Adhika Shravana Begins
Jul 18
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Adhika Shravana Continues
Jul 18
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Adhika Shravana Ends
Aug 16
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Adhika Shravana Ends
Aug 16
Shravana August 17, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Shravana Continues
Aug 17
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Shravana Continues
Aug 17
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Shravana Ends
Aug 30
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Shravana Ends
Sep 15
Bhadrapada September 16, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Bhadrapada Begins
Sep 16
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Bhadrapada Continues
Sep 16
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Bhadrapada Ends
Sep 29
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Bhadrapada Ends
Oct 14
Aashvayuja October 15, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Aashvayuja Begins
Oct 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Aashvayuja Continues
Oct 15
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Aashvayuja Ends
Oct 28
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Aashvayuja Ends
Nov 13
Kartika November 14, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Kartika Begins
Nov 14
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Kartika Continues
Nov 14
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Kartika Ends
Nov 27
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Kartika Ends
Dec 12
Margasira December 13, 2023
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Margasira Begins
Dec 13
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Margasira Continues
Dec 13
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Margasira Ends
Dec 26
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Margasira Ends
Jan 11, 2024
Pushya January 12, 2024
๐ŸŒ‘ Amanta Pushya Begins
Jan 12
๐ŸŒ• Purnimanta Pushya Continues
Jan 12
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