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font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Calendar</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Month number</th><td class="infobox-data">11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Season" title="Season">Season</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Winter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian equivalent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">January-February</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significant days</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Panchami" title="Vasant Panchami">Vasant Panchami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratha_Saptami" title="Ratha Saptami">Ratha Saptami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Makar Sankranti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhishma_Ashtami" title="Bhishma Ashtami">Bhishma Ashtami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Shivaratri" title="Maha Shivaratri">Maha Shivaratri (Amanta)</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/Pausha" title="Pausha">Pausha</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/Phalguna" title="Phalguna">Phalguna</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Magha</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">माघ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Sanskrit" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Sanskrit">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Māgha</i></span>) is the eleventh <a href="/wiki/Month" title="Month">month</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a>, corresponding to January/February of the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Indian_national_calendar" title="Indian national calendar">India's national civil calendar</a>, Magha is also the eleventh month of the year, beginning on 20 January and ending on 18 February. </p><p>In the Hindu <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">lunisolar calendar</a>, Magha may begin on either the new moon or the full moon around the same time of year. It is named thus because in this month, the full moon is usually found nearby or within the <a href="/wiki/Magha_(nakshatra)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magha (nakshatra)">star cluster called Magha</a>. Since the traditional Hindu calendar follows the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_cycle" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar cycle">lunar cycle</a>, Magha's start and end dates vary from year to year, unlike the months of the Hindu <a href="/wiki/Solar_calendar" title="Solar calendar">solar calendars</a>. Magha is a winter (<a href="/wiki/Shishira_(season)" title="Shishira (season)">Shishira</a> <a href="/wiki/Ritu_(Indian_season)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ritu (Indian season)">Ritu</a>) month.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sewell5_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sewell5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The lunar month of Magha overlaps with the solar month of <a href="/wiki/Makara_(month)" title="Makara (month)">Makara</a>, which begins with the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a>'s entry into <a href="/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology)" title="Capricorn (astrology)">Capricorn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sewell10_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sewell10-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Shukla Paksha </th> <th>Krishna Paksha </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. <a href="/wiki/Prathama_(day)" title="Prathama (day)">Prathama</a> </td> <td>1. 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Navami </td></tr> <tr> <td>10.<a href="/wiki/Dashami" title="Dashami">Dashami</a> </td> <td>10.Dashami </td></tr> <tr> <td>11.<a href="/wiki/Ekadashi" title="Ekadashi">Ekadashi</a> </td> <td>11.Ekadashi </td></tr> <tr> <td>12.<a href="/wiki/Dwadashi" title="Dwadashi">Dwadashi</a> </td> <td>12.Dwadashi </td></tr> <tr> <td>13.<a href="/wiki/Thrayodashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrayodashi">Thrayodashi</a> </td> <td>13.Thrayodashi </td></tr> <tr> <td>14.<a href="/wiki/Chaturdashi" title="Chaturdashi">Chaturdashi</a> </td> <td>14.Chaturdashi </td></tr> <tr> <td>15.<a href="/wiki/Purnima_(day)" class="mw-redirect" title="Purnima (day)">Purnima</a> </td> <td>15. <a href="/wiki/Amavasya" title="Amavasya">Amavasya</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Festivals">Festivals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Magha_(month)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paksha" title="Paksha">Shukla</a> <a href="/wiki/Panchami" title="Panchami">Panchami</a>: <a href="/wiki/Vasant_Panchami" title="Vasant Panchami">Vasant Panchami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paksha" title="Paksha">Shukla</a> <a href="/wiki/Saptami" title="Saptami">Saptami</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ratha_Saptami" title="Ratha Saptami">Ratha Saptami</a></li> <li>Maagh Mela is an important festival celebrated by most of North India.</li> <li>The world-famous "Maha Maham" festival is held every 12 years during full moon day of this month of "maasi".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Makar Sankranti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paksha" title="Paksha">Shukla</a> <a href="/wiki/Ashtami" title="Ashtami">Ashtami</a> is called as <a href="/wiki/Bhishma_Ashtami" title="Bhishma Ashtami">Bhishma Ashtami</a>. 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title="Jyeshtha (month)">Jyeshta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashadha" title="Ashadha">Ashadha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shraavana" class="mw-redirect" title="Shraavana">Shraavana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadra_(Hindu_calendar)" title="Bhadra (Hindu calendar)">Bhadra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashvin_(month)" title="Ashvin (month)">Ashvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kartik_(month)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kartik (month)">Kartik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agrahayana" title="Agrahayana">Agrahayana (Margashirsha)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pausha" title="Pausha">Pausha</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Magha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phalguna" title="Phalguna">Phalguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adhika-masa" title="Adhika-masa">Adhika-masa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Solar</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mesha_(month)" title="Mesha (month)">Mesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%E1%B9%9B%E1%B9%A3abha" title="Vṛṣabha">Vṛṣabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithuna_(month)" title="Mithuna (month)">Mithuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karka%E1%B9%ADa" title="Karkaṭa">Karkaṭa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Si%E1%B9%83ha" title="Siṃha">Siṃha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kany%C4%81" title="Kanyā">Kanyā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tul%C4%81" title="Tulā">Tulā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%E1%B9%9B%C5%9Bcika" title="Vṛścika">Vṛścika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanu_(month)" title="Dhanu (month)">Dhanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makara_(month)" title="Makara (month)">Makara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbha_(month)" title="Kumbha (month)">Kumbha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%ABna" title="Mīna">Mīna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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title="Baudhayana">Baudhayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmagupta" title="Brahmagupta">Brahmagupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandip_Chakrabarti" title="Sandip Chakrabarti">Sandip Chakrabarti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radhagobinda_Chandra" class="mw-redirect" title="Radhagobinda Chandra">Radhagobinda Chandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar" title="Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar">Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amil_Kumar_Das" class="mw-redirect" title="Amil Kumar Das">Amil Kumar Das</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P_Devadas" class="mw-redirect" title="P Devadas">P. Devadas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautama_Siddha" title="Gautama Siddha">Gautama Siddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M_K_Das_Gupta" class="mw-redirect" title="M K Das Gupta">M. K. Das Gupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyesthadeva" class="mw-redirect" title="Jyesthadeva">Jyesthadeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamalakara" title="Kamalakara">Kamalakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katyayana" class="mw-redirect" title="Katyayana">Katyayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagadha" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagadha">Lagadha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalla" title="Lalla">Lalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhava_of_Sangamagrama" title="Madhava of Sangamagrama">Madhava of Sangamagrama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis" title="Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis">Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavira_(mathematician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahavira (mathematician)">Mahavira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manava" title="Manava">Manava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar" title="Jayant Narlikar">Jayant Narlikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parameshvara" class="mw-redirect" title="Parameshvara">Parameshvara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achyuta_Pisharati" class="mw-redirect" title="Achyuta Pisharati">Achyuta Pisharati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkatraman_Radhakrishnan" title="Venkatraman Radhakrishnan">Venkatraman Radhakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Rawal" class="mw-redirect" title="J. J. Rawal">J. J. Rawal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megh_Nad_Saha" class="mw-redirect" title="Megh Nad Saha">Megh Nad Saha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagannatha_Samrat" title="Jagannatha Samrat">Jagannatha Samrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bapudeva_Sastri" title="Bapudeva Sastri">Bapudeva Sastri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jai_Singh_II_of_Amber" class="mw-redirect" title="Jai Singh II of Amber">Jai Singh II of Amber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilakantha_Somayaji" title="Nilakantha Somayaji">Nilakantha Somayaji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sripati" class="mw-redirect" title="Sripati">Sripati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Suri" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahendra Suri">Mahendra Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Swarup" title="Govind Swarup">Govind Swarup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utpala_(astronomer)" title="Utpala (astronomer)">Utpala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varahamihira" class="mw-redirect" title="Varahamihira">Varahamihira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankara_Variyar" 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href="/wiki/Maha-Siddhanta" class="mw-redirect" title="Maha-Siddhanta">Maha-Siddhanta</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pancha-siddhantika" title="Pancha-siddhantika">Pancha-Siddhantika</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paulisa_Siddhanta" title="Paulisa Siddhanta">Paulisa Siddhanta</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paitamaha_Siddhanta" class="mw-redirect" title="Paitamaha Siddhanta">Paitamaha Siddhanta</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C4%81jam%E1%B9%9Bg%C4%81%E1%B9%85ka_(astronomy_book)" title="Rājamṛgāṅka (astronomy book)">Rājamṛgāṅka (astronomy book)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Romaka_Siddhanta" title="Romaka Siddhanta">Romaka Siddhanta</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Surya_Siddhanta" title="Surya Siddhanta">Surya Siddhanta</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vasishtha_Siddhanta" title="Vasishtha Siddhanta">Vasishtha Siddhanta</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tantrasangraha" class="mw-redirect" title="Tantrasangraha">Tantrasangraha</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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sphere">Armillary sphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe">Astrolabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armillary_sphere" title="Armillary sphere">Celestial globe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compass" title="Compass">Compass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob%27s_staff" title="Jacob's staff">Cross-staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dioptra" title="Dioptra">Dioptra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_ring" title="Equatorial ring">Equatorial ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_sundial" class="mw-redirect" title="Equatorial sundial">Equatorial sundial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Globe" title="Globe">Globe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnomon" title="Gnomon">Gnomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mural_instrument" title="Mural instrument">Mural instrument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quadrant_(instrument)" title="Quadrant (instrument)">Quadrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sextant_(astronomical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sextant (astronomical)">Sextant</a></li> <li><a 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spheres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_of_mass" title="Center of mass">Center of mass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circular_orbit" title="Circular orbit">Circular orbit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deferent_and_epicycle" title="Deferent and epicycle">Deferent and epicycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_rotation" title="Earth's rotation">Earth's rotation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbital_eccentricity" title="Orbital eccentricity">Eccentricity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">Ecliptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliptic_orbit" title="Elliptic orbit">Elliptic orbit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equant" title="Equant">Equant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geocentric_model" title="Geocentric model">Geocentrism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tychonic_system" title="Tychonic system">Geoheliocentrism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Globe" title="Globe">Globe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravitation">Gravity</a></li> <li><a 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title="Precession">Precession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritu_(Indian_season)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ritu (Indian season)">Ritu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spherical_Earth" title="Spherical Earth">Spherical Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunlight" title="Sunlight">Sunlight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithi" title="Tithi">Tithi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C4%81ra_(astronomy)" title="Vāra (astronomy)">Vāra</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Yuga" title="Yuga">Yuga</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrological_sign" title="Astrological sign">Zodiacal sign</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Centres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jantar_Mantar" title="Jantar Mantar">Jantar Mantar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jantar_Mantar,_Jaipur" title="Jantar Mantar, Jaipur">Jaipur</a></li> <li><a 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