Months of the Year in Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism and also the classical language of South Asia. It comes under the language family of Indo-European. There is no native speaker for Sanskrit worldwide. The language has been studied by many for several research purposes and to know about the history of the South Asian continent. It is Lingua Franca of ancient and medieval South Asia. The early form of Sanskrit is called Vedic Sanskrit. The Vedic language is spoken in the Era between c. 1800 – 600 BCE, and the classic Sanskrit is spoken in 700 BCE – 1350 CE. Two major epics that are written in Sanskrit, namely the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata. In the upcoming article, let’s see how to say months of the year in Sanskrit.

In Sanskrit, the word month is written as मन्थ and pronounced as mʌnθ. Similarly, the plural form of the month is also written and pronounced the same. So let’s see the rest of the months of the year in Sanskrit.

How to Say English Months in Sanskrit

Month Name in English	Month Name in Sanskrit	Pronunciation
January	जैन्यूएरी	dʒænyuɛri
February	फेब्यूवेरी / फेब्रूएरी / फेब्रूवेरी	fɛbyəwɛri
March	मार्च	mɑrtʃ
April	एप्रल / ऐप्रल	eɪprəl
May	मई	mē
June	जून	dʒun
July	जूलाइ / जलाइ	dʒulaɪ
August	आगस्ट / ऑगस्ट / ऑगस्ट	ɑgəst
September	सेप्टेम्बर	sɛptɛmbər
October	आक्टोबर	ɑktoʊbər
November	नोवेम्बर	noʊvɛmbər
December	डिसेम्बर	dɪsɛmbər

How to Say Sanskrit Months in English

The Sanskrit language has a unique calendar apart from the English calendar, in which the number of days in each month varies between 29 and 32.

Sanskrit Months	Sanskrit Months Duration	Transliteration
चैत्रः	Mid-March to mid-April	Chaitraḥ
वैशाखः	Mid-April to mid-May	Vaiśākhaḥ
ज्येष्ठः	Mid-May to mid-June	Jyeṣṭhaḥ
आषाढः	Mid-June to mid-July	Āṣāḍhaḥ
श्रावणः	Mid-July to mid-August	Śrāvaṇaḥ
भाद्रपदः	Mid-August to mid-September	Bhādrapadaḥ
आश्विनः	Mid-September to mid-October	Āśvinaḥ
कार्तिकः	Mid-October to mid-November	Kārtikaḥ
मार्गशीर्षः	Mid-November to mid-December	Mārgaśīrṣaḥ
पौषः	Mid-December to mid-January	Pauṣaḥ
माघः	Mid-January to mid-February	Māghaḥ
फाल्गुनः	Mid-February to mid-March	Phālgunaḥ

Days Based on Months:

Important Days in January	Important Days in February
Important Days in March	Important Days in April
Important Days in May	Important Days in June
Important Days in July	Important Days in August
Important Days in September	Important Days in October
Important Days in November	Important Days in December

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