Samvatsara
Samvatsara is one year of a Vedic calendar system. There are 60 unique samvatsaras which repeat in a cycle. The names of the samvatsaras are as follows:
1. prabhava 2. vibhava 3. shukla 4. pramoda 5. prajotpatti 6. Angirasa 7. shrI mukha 8. bhAva 9. yuva 10. dhAtru
11. Ishvara 12. bahudhAnya 13. pramAthi 14. vikrama 15. vrisha 16. citrabhAnu 17. svabhAnu 18. tAraNa 19. pArthiva 20. vyaya
21. sarvajit 22. sarvadhAri 23. virodhi 24. vikriti 25. khara 26. nandana 27. vijaya 28. jaya 29. manmatha 30. durmukhi
31. hevilambi 32. vilambi 33. vikAri 34. shArvari 35. plava 36. shubhakrit 37. shobhakrit 38. krodhi 39. vishvAvasu 40. parAbhava
41. plava 42. kIlaka 43. saumya 44. sAdhAraNa 45. virodhikrit 46. parIdhAvi 47. pramAdI 48. Ananda 49. rAkshasa 50. nala
51. pingala 52. kAlayukti 53. siddhArthi 54. raudri 55. durmati 56. dundubhi 57. rudhirodgAri 58. raktAkshi 59. krodhana 60. kshaya
6 ritus
A samvatsara is divided into 6 ritus or seasons. Their names and presiding deities are as follows
1. vasanta - Agni/Indra
2. grIShma - Indra/Marut
3. varShA - Vishve deva/tvaShTR^
4. sharat - mitrAvaruNa/Agni
5. hemanta - bR^ihaspati, indra
6. shishira - ApaH/mitravaruNa
In a samvatsara there will be
14 manvAdis
chaitra shukla trutiya, poornima
jyeshta sukhla poornima
AshADha shukla dashami, poornima
shrAvaNa kR^iShna ashTami,
bhAdrapada shukhla tritiya
ashvina shukla navami
kArtika shukla dvAdashi, poornima
pauSha shukla ekadashi,
mAgha shukla saptami
phAlguna paurnima, amavasya
4 yugAdis
vaishakha shukla tritiya (TretayugAdi)
bhAdrapada krishna trayodashi (Kali Yugadi)
Kartika Shukla navami ( krita yugadi)
Magha paurnima (dvapara yugadi)
12 sankramanas
1. vishuva - Mesha, Tula sankramana
2. ayana - karka, makara sankramana
3. viShNupada - vR^iShabha, simha sankramana
4. viShNupada - vrischika, kumbha sankramana
5. ShadashIti - mithuna, kanya sankramana
6. ShadashIti - dhanu-mina sankramana
shaNNavati (96) shraddhas
12 sankranti
14 manvAdi
04 yugAdi
12 Amavasya
12 vaidhriti yoga
12 vyatipAta yoga
15 aShTakas ( saptami, aShTami, navami tithis of bhAdrapada, mArgashIrSha, pauSha, mAgha, phAlguNa mAsas)
15 mahAlayas
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