Chinese New Year day or even one moon cycle due to using a meridian based on a different capital city in a different time zone or different placements of intercalary months. Chinese calendar defines the lunar month with winter solstice as the 11th month, which means that Chinese New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice (rarely the third if an intercalary month intervenes). In more than 96% of the years, the Chinese New Year's Day is the closest new moon to lichun () on 4 or 5 February, and the first new moon after Dahan (). In
Kartik (month) seventh month, beginning on 18 October and lasting until 15 November. Several major religious holidays take place in Kartik month. Those are as follows: 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. The second day of first of Karthika, is also called Bharatrudwitiya (similar to Bhai