Silla (month) and Maha Shivaratri (Nepal Bhasa: सिला चह्रे "Silā Charhe") on the 14th day of the dark fortnight. Shree Panchami is the first day of spring while Shivaratri honors the Hindu deity Shiva. On the full moon day, the month-long Swasthani sacred story reciting festival ends. Silla (month) Sillā (Nepal Bhasa: सिल्ला) is the fourth month in the Nepal Era calendar, the national lunar calendar of Nepal. The month corresponds to Magha (माघ) in the Hindu lunar calendar and February in the Gregorian calendar. Sillā begins with the new moon and the full moon falls on the 15th of the lunar
Kerala New Year New Year in Tamil Nadu. Kerala New Year The Kerala New Year (Malayalam Calendar) is on the day of vernal equinox, i.e., the day when the sun is considered to move from the northern to the southern hemisphere. The day falls in the first Malayalam month of "Chingham" according to the Kollam Era. Till the modern Malayalam calendar Kollam Era was adopted in 825 CE 1st day of the Malayalam month of "Medam" was considered to be the new year. This day is celebrated in Kerala as Vishu today and it coincides with similar new year festivities in several other