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{{about||Hindu goddess|Jyestha (goddess)|constellation|Jyeshtha (nakshatra)}}
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'''Jyeshtha''' or '''Jyēṣṭha''' ({{lang-sa|ज्येष्ठ}}; {{lang-ne|जेठ}} ''jēṭ''; {{lang-as|জেঠ}} ''zeth''; {{lang-or|ଜ୍ୟେଷ୍ଠ}} ''Jyeṣṭha'') is a [[month]] of the [[Hindu calendar]]. In [[Indian national calendar|India's national civil calendar]], Jyestha is the third month of the year. Known as ''Joishtho'' ({{lang-bn|জ্যৈষ্ঠ}} ''Jyôishţhô'') in Bengali, it is the second month of the [[Bengali calendar]].

In lunar religious calendars, Jyēṣṭha begins on the new moon and is the third month of the year.<ref>Kenneth W. Morgan The Religion Of The Hindus - 1987 Page 96 "The year begins about the middle of March (Chaitra) in southern India and the middle of October (Karttika) in the north, but the names of the months are the same: Chaitra (March–April), Vaisakha (April–May), Jyeshtha (May- June), Ashadha ..."</ref>

Traditionally, Jyēṣṭha is associated with high [[summer]], and corresponds to May–June<ref>Henderson, Helene. (Ed.) (2005) ''Holidays, festivals, and celebrations of the world dictionary'' Third edition. Electronic edition. Detroit: Omnigraphics, p. xxix. {{ISBN|0-7808-0982-3}}</ref> in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. In Tamil, the month is known as Aani, the third month of the solar calendar that begins in mid-June.

In Vedic Jyotish, Jyēṣṭha begins with the [[Sun]]'s entry into [[Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]], and is the second month of the year. In the [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava]] calendar.

==Festivals==
* [[Shani]] Dev Jayanti is celebrated on New Moon day i.e. Amavasya of Jyeshtha month.
* [[Ganga Dussehra]] is celebrated as the ''avatarana'' or descent of the Ganges from heaven to earth. The day of the celebration, Ganga Dashahara, the Dashami (tenth day) of the waxing moon of the Hindu calendar month Jyestha, brings throngs of bathers to the banks of the river. A soak in the Ganges on this day is said to rid the bather of ten sins (dasha = Sanskrit "ten"; hara = to destroy) or alternatively, ten lifetimes of sins.
* [[Nirjala Ekadashi]] is celebrated on Shukla Paksha (waxing moon) Ekadashi (11th day) of Jyeshtha. It is the most sacred and auspicious Ekadashis among all 24 Ekadashis in a year. One can attain the benefits of all 24 Ekadashis by fasting on this day.
* [[Vat Purnima]] is a celebration observed in Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. It is celebrated on the full moon day (the 15th) of the month of Jyeshtha on the Hindu Calendar, which falls in June on the Gregorian Calendar. Women pray for their husbands by tying threads around a banyan tree on this day. It honors Savitri, the legendary wife of Satyavan who escaped death for her husband's life.
* [[Snana Yatra]] is a bathing festival celebrated on the Purnima (full moon day) of the Hindu month of Jyeshtha. It is an important festival of the [[Jagannath]] Cult. The deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra, Sudarshan, and Madanmohan are brought out from the Jagannath Temple (Puri) and taken in a procession to the Snana Bedi. They are ceremonially bathed and decorated for a public audience.
* [[Sitalsasthi Carnival]] is being conducted in this month on the day of Jyeshtha Shuddha Shashthi in [[Odisha]] for many centuries.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Shukla Paksha
! Krishna Paksha
|-
| 1. [[Prathama (day)|Prathama]]
| 1. [[Prathama (day)|Prathama]]
|-
| 2. [[Dwitiya]]
| 2. [[Dvitiya]]
|-
| 3. [[Tritiya]]
| 3. Tritiya
|-
| 4. [[Chaturthi]]
| 4. Chaturthi
|-
| 5. [[Panchami]]
| 5. Panchami
|-
| 6. [[Shashthi (day)|Shashthi]]
| 6. Shashthi
|-
| 7. [[Saptami]]
| 7. Saptami
|-
| 8. [[Ashtami]]
| 8. Ashtami
|-
| 9. [[Navami]]
| 9. Navami
|-
| 10. [[Dashami]]
| 10. Dashami
|-
| 11. [[Ekadashi]]
| 11. Ekadashi
|-
| 12. [[Dwadashi]]
| 12. Dwadashi
|-
| 13. [[Trayodashi]]
| 13. Trayodashi
|-
| 14. [[Chaturdashi]]
| 14. Chaturdashi
|-
| 15. [[Purnima (day)|Purnima]]
| 15. [[Amavasya]]
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Hinduism}}
* [[Hindu units of time]]
* [[Indian astronomy]]
* [[Hindu astrology]]

==References==
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{{Indian astronomy}}

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