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	'''Mithuna''' is a month in the [[Hindu calendar\|Indian solar calendar]].<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p40"/><ref name=sewell5>{{cite book\|author1=Robert Sewell\|author2=Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita\|title=The Indian Calendar \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8MiAQAAMAAJ \|year=1896\|publisher=S. Sonnenschein & Company\|pages=5–11, 23–29}}</ref> It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of [[Gemini (constellation)\|Gemini]], and overlaps with about the second half of June and about the first half of July in the [[Gregorian calendar]].<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p40"/>		'''Mithuna''' is a month in the [[Hindu calendar\|Indian solar calendar]].<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p40"/><ref name=sewell5>{{cite book\|author1=Robert Sewell\|author2=Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita\|title=The Indian Calendar \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8MiAQAAMAAJ \|year=1896\|publisher=S. Sonnenschein & Company\|pages=5–11, 23–29}}</ref> It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of [[Gemini (constellation)\|Gemini]], and overlaps with about the second half of June and about the first half of July in the [[Gregorian calendar]].<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p40"/>

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'''Mithuna''' is a month in the [[Hindu calendar|Indian solar calendar]].<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p40"/><ref name=sewell5>{{cite book|author1=Robert Sewell|author2=Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita|title=The Indian Calendar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8MiAQAAMAAJ |year=1896|publisher=S. Sonnenschein & Company|pages=5–11, 23–29}}</ref> It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of [[Gemini (constellation)|Gemini]], and overlaps with about the second half of June and about the first half of July in the [[Gregorian calendar]].<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p40"/>

In Vedic texts, the Mithuna month is called '''Shukra''' (IAST: Śukra), but in these ancient texts it has no zodiacal associations.<ref name="Dershowitz2008p123">{{cite book|author1=Nachum Dershowitz|author2=Edward M. Reingold|title=Calendrical Calculations|title-link= Calendrical Calculations |year= 2008|publisher= [[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=978-0-521-88540-9|pages=123–128}}</ref> The solar month of Mithuna overlaps with its lunar month [[Ashadha]], in Hindu lunisolar calendars.<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher John Fuller|title=The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=To6XSeBUW3oC|year=2004|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]]|isbn=978-0-69112-04-85|pages=291–293}}</ref><ref name=sewell10/> The Mithuna marks the start of the monsoon season on the Indian subcontinent, and is preceded by the solar month of [[Vṛṣabha|Vrsabha]], and followed by the solar month of [[Karkaṭa]].<ref name=sewell5/>

The Mithuna month is called ''Ani'' in the Tamil Hindu calendar.<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p40">{{cite book|author=James G. Lochtefeld|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z (Vol 1 & 2)|year=2002|publisher=[[The Rosen Publishing Group]]|isbn=978-0-8239-3179-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/40 40]|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/40}}</ref> The ancient and medieval era Sanskrit texts of India vary in their calculations about the duration of Mithuna, just like they do with other months. For example, the ''Surya Siddhanta'' calculates the duration of Mithuna to be 31 days, 15 hours, 28 minutes and 24 seconds.<ref name=sewell10/> In contrast, the ''Arya Siddhanta'' calculates the duration of the Mithuna month to be 31 days, 14 hours, 34 minutes and 24 seconds.<ref name=sewell10>{{cite book|author1=Robert Sewell|author2=Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita|title=The Indian Calendar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8MiAQAAMAAJ |year=1896|publisher=S. Sonnenschein & Company|pages=10–11}}</ref>

Mithuna is also an astrological sign in Indian horoscope systems, corresponding to [[Gemini (astrology)]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Bangalore V. Raman|title=Studies in Jaimini Astrology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gW2DIFHrxfgC |year=2003|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|isbn=978-81-208-1397-7|pages=10–19}}</ref>

Mithuna is also the fourteenth month in the [[Darian calendar]] for the planet [[Mars]], when the [[Sun]] traverses the western sector the constellation Gemini as seen from Mars.

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