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53:. The solar month is significant because it inspires the name of the 12-year cycled Kumbha Mela, where Hindu pilgrims gather by tens of millions to one of four pilgrimage sites, in the weeks before it starts. 60:
in the Tamil Hindu calendar. The ancient and medieval era Sanskrit texts of India vary in their calculations about the duration of Kumbha, just like they do with other months. For example, the
558: 45:, in Hindu lunisolar calendars. The Kumbha marks the end of winter for the Indian subcontinent. It is preceded by the solar month of 370: 41:(IAST: Tapas), but in these ancient texts it has no zodiacal associations. The solar month of Kumbha overlaps with its lunar month 336: 305: 244: 213: 182: 127: 551: 363: 667: 293: 236: 205: 64:
calculates the duration of Kumbha to be 29 days, 19 hours, 41 minutes and 12 seconds. In contrast, the
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calculates the duration of the Kumbha month to be 29 days, 19 hours, 24 minutes and 0 seconds.
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Kumbha is also an astrological sign in Indian horoscope systems, corresponding to
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traverses the eastern sector of the constellation Aquarius as seen from Mars.
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Robert Sewell; Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896).
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Robert Sewell; Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896).
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Index

Indian solar calendar
Aquarius
Gregorian calendar
Phalguna
Makara
Mīna
Aquarius (astrology)
Darian calendar
Mars
Sun



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