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| [[File:Varanasi 50a5 - Nag Nathaiya festival spectators (37018425203).jpg|thumb|[[Nag Nathaiya]] festival spectators in [[Varanasi]] in Kartik month.]]
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| {{Hinduism}}
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| '''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.
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| == 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==
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| 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}}
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| ==Bengali calendar==
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| 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'').
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| == Etymology ==
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| The name of the month is derived from the name of the star [[Krittika]] (কৃত্তিকা).
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| == Tamil calendar ==
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| ''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).
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| ==Festivals==
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| Several major religious holidays take place in Kartik month. Those are as follows:
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| # [[Balipratipada]]
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| # [[Govardhan Puja]] ([[Annakut]]),
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| # [[Bhai Dooj]]
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| # [[Kartik Poornima]]
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| # [[Sohrai]]
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| # Kartik Ekadashi
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| # [[Diwali]] (In Month of [[Ashvin|Ashwin]] in [[Gujarat]])
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| # [[Nag Nathaiya]] in [[Varanasi]]
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| # [[ Kartik puja ]] in [[bengali tradition]]
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| 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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| 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>
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| [[Nag Nathaiya]] in [[Varanasi]], which falls on fourth [[Tithi]] of Kartik's Shukla [[paksha]]
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| (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.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Hindu units of measurement]]
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| * [[Hindu astronomy]]
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| * [[Jyotish]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| == External links ==
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| * [http://www.shaktipeethas.org/karthika-masam-t73.html Festivals in Karthika masam]
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| {{Hindu calendar}}
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| {{Bengali calendar}}
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| {{Indian astronomy}}
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| [[Category:Months of the Hindu calendar|*08]]
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| [[Category:Months of the Bengali calendar]]
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