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
December (Roman month) fixed points of the month: the Nones (5th or 7th), the Ides (13th or 15th), and the Kalends (1st) of the following month. The Nones of December was the 5th, and the Ides the 13th. The last day of December was the "pridie Kalendas Ianuarias," "day before the Januarian Kalends". Roman counting was inclusive; December 9 was "ante diem V Idūs Decembrīs", "the 5th day before the Ides of December," usually abbreviated "a.d. V Id. Dec." (or with the "a.d." omitted altogether); December 24 was "IX Kal. Ian.", "the 9th day before the Kalends of Ianuarius," on the Julian calendar