Kartik (month) name of the month is derived from the name of the star Krittika (কৃত্তিকা). It marks the start of the dry season ( "Hemôntô"). "Kārttikai" (கார்த்திகை, ) is the eighth month of the Tamil calendar used by Tamils across the world. It corresponds to November/December in the Gregorian calendar. It begins when the sun enters the sign of Scorpio. Many festivals, such as Karthikai Deepam, are celebrated in this month. The name of the month is derived from a star, "kārttikai" (கார்த்திகை). According to the Bikram Sambat calendar of Nepal, which is also the country's official calendar, Kartik is the
Goal of the Month (Germany) Goal of the Month (Germany) The Goal of the Month () is, like the "Goal of the Year", the "ARD Goal of the Decade" and "Goal of the Century", an individual soccer award selected by viewers of "Sportschau" (German TV channel ARD). Honored are spectatular or important football goals mostly scored in or for Germany. The "Goal of the Month Award" and the "Goal of the Year Award" were incepted in 1971 by the German TV station ARD, back then one of only two public broadcasting agencies in Germany, in its Saturday evening "Sportschau" report in the channel of "Das