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[[File:Varanasi 50a5 - Nag Nathaiya festival spectators (37018425203).jpg|thumb|[[Nag Nathaiya]] festival spectators in [[Varanasi]] in Kartik month.]]
{{Hinduism}}
'''Kartika''', '''Karthika''' or '''Kartik''' or '''Kartika maasam''' is a month in [[Hindu calendar]], that typically overlaps October and November. In the [[Vikram Samvat|Nepali calendar]], Maithili, and [[Bengali calendar|Bengali]], it is the 7th month, in the [[Tamil calendar]] it is the 8th month.


== Nepali calendar ==
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According to the [[Bikram Sambat]] calendar of [[Nepal]], which is also the country's official calendar, [[Kartik (Nepali calendar)|Kartik]] is the seventh month, beginning on 18 October and lasting until 15 November.
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==Indian national calendar==
In the reformed [[Indian national calendar|Indian national civil calendar]], Kartika is the eighth month of the year. It corresponds with the months of October/November in the [[Gregorian Calendar]].<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> It is written as {{lang-bn|কার্তিক}} ''Kartik'', {{Lang-hi|कार्तिक}} ''Kārtika'', {{Lang-or|କାର୍ତ୍ତିକ}} ''Kārttika'', {{Lang-gu|કારતક}} ''Kārtak'', {{Lang-kn|ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ}} , [[Maithili language|Maithili]]: कातिक, {{Lang-mr|कार्तिक}}, {{lang-ne|कार्त्तिक}}, {{Lang-sa|कार्तिक}},<ref>[http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_calendar/ Hindu Calendar]</ref> {{Lang-te|కార్తీకం}},  {{lang-ta|கார்த்திகை}}.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
 
==Bengali calendar==
Kartika (কার্ত্তিক) is the seventh [[month]] of the [[Bengali Calendar]]. It begins in mid-''[[October]]'' of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It marks the start of the [[dry season|dry]] [[Ritu (Indian season)|season]] ({{lang|bn|হেমন্ত}} ''Hemôntô'').
 
== Etymology ==
The name of the month is derived from the name of the star [[Krittika]] (কৃত্তিকা).
 
== Tamil calendar ==
''Kārttikai'' (கார்த்திகை, {{IPA|/kɑːrt̪iɡəj/}}) is the eighth month of the [[Tamil calendar]] used by [[Tamil people|Tamils]] across the world. It corresponds to November/December in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It begins when the sun enters the sign of [[Scorpius|Scorpio]]. Many festivals, such as [[Karthikai Deepam]], are celebrated in this month. The name of the month is derived from a star, ''kārttikai'' (கார்த்திகை).
 
==Festivals==
Several major religious holidays take place in Kartik month. Those are as follows:
# [[Balipratipada]]
# [[Govardhan Puja]] ([[Annakut]]),
# [[Bhai Dooj]]
# [[Kartik Poornima]]
# [[Sohrai]]
#  Kartik Ekadashi
# [[Diwali]] (In Month of [[Ashvin|Ashwin]] in [[Gujarat]])
# [[Nag Nathaiya]] in [[Varanasi]]
# [[ Kartik puja ]] in [[bengali tradition]]
 
The festival of Kartik Poornima (15th-day; Full Moon) falls in this month, celebrated as '''Dev Deepavali''' in [[Varanasi]]. This coincides with the nirvana of the Jain Tirthankara - Mahavira and the birth of the Sikh Guru Nanak, [[Guru Nanak Jayanti]]. And also, the well-known festival, for the god of Sabarimalai, Ayyappan's garland festival. This is also known as Tripuri Pournima.
 
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! Shukla Paksha
! Krishna Paksha
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| 1. [[Prathama (day)|Prathama]]
| 1. Prathama
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| 2. [[Dwitiya]]
| 2. Dwitiya
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| 3. [[Tritiya]]
| 3. Tritiya
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| 4. [[Chaturthi]]
| 4. Chaturthi
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| 5. [[Panchami]]
| 5. Panchami
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| 6. [[Shashti]]
| 6. Shashti
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| 7. [[Saptami]]
| 7. Saptami
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| 8. [[Ashtami]]
| 8. Ashtami
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| 9. [[Navami]]
| 9. Navami
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| 10. [[Dashami]]
| 10. Dashami
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| 11. [[Ekadashi]]
| 11. Ekadashi
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| 12. [[Dwadashi]]
| 12. Dwadashi
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| 13. [[Thrayodashi]]
| 13. Thrayodashi
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| 14. [[Chaturdashi]]
| 14. Chaturdashi
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| 15. [[Purnima (day)|Purnima]]
| 15. [[Amavasya]]
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The second day of first of Karthika, is also called Bharatrudwitiya (similar to [[Bhai Dooj]]), it is celebrated with sisters entertaining their brothers, following the legend of [[Yamuna]], who entertained her brother [[Yama]] on the same day.<ref>{{cite book|title=India through the ages|url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/78 78]|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref>
 
[[Nag Nathaiya]] in [[Varanasi]], which falls on fourth [[Tithi]] of Kartik's Shukla [[paksha]]
(bright fortnight), is an ancient festival celebrating God [[Krishna]]'s victory of good over evil, in which [[Kashi Naresh]] (the titular king of Varanasi), views the festivities from his royal boat.
 
==See also==
 
* [[Hindu units of measurement]]
* [[Hindu astronomy]]
* [[Jyotish]]
 
==References==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.shaktipeethas.org/karthika-masam-t73.html Festivals in Karthika masam]
 
{{Hindu calendar}}
{{Bengali calendar}}
{{Indian astronomy}}
 
[[Category:Months of the Hindu calendar|*08]]
[[Category:Months of the Bengali calendar]]

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