Tulu calendar

Tulu Calendar (also known as Varsa, Vorsa or Vodu) is a traditional Indian solar calendar, generally used in the regions of Northern Parts of Kasaragod District of Kerala, and Dakshina Kannada, Udupi Districts of Karnataka, India. The indigenous or Tulu speaking people of Tulu Nadu, Tuluvas who migrated from this region to other places, are the common followers of this calendar system. The first day of this calendar falls on Bisu (middle of the Gregorian month of April). The first day of a Tulu Month is called as Thingade / Singade and the last day known as Sankrathi Day.[1]

Months

The 12 Tulu month names and regional equivalents are as follows[2]

No. Tulu calendar Malayalam calendar Sanskrit solar month Saka era Tamil calendar Sign of zodiac Gregorian Calendar
1 Paggu Mēṭam Meṣa Chaitra– Vaiśākha Chithirai Aries April–May
2 Beshya Iṭavam Vṛṣabha Vaiśākha–Jyaiṣṭha Vaikasi Taurus May–June
3 Kaarthel Mithuṉam Mithuna Jyaiṣṭha–Āṣāḍha Aani Gemini June–July
4 Aati Kaṟkkaṭakam Karkaṭaka Āṣāḍha–Śrāvaṇa Aadi Cancer July–August
5 Sona Chingam Siṃha Śravana–Bhādrapada Aavani Leo August–September
6 Nirnaala/Kanya Kaṉṉi Kanyā Bhādrapada–Aśvina Purattasi Virgo September–October
3. Bonthyolu Thulām Tulā Aśvina–Kārtika Aippasi Libra October–November
4. Jaarde Vr̥śchikam Vṛścikam Kārtika–Mārgaśīrṣa Karthigai Scorpio November–December
5. Peraarde Dhaṉu Dhanu Mārgaśīrṣa–Pauṣa Margazhi Sagittarius December–January
6. Ponny/Puyinthel Makaram Makara Pauṣa/Taiṣya-Māgha Thai Capricorn January–February
7. Maayi Kumbham Kumbha Māgha–Phālguna Maasi Aquarius February–March
8. Suggy Meeṉam Mīna Phālguna–Chaitra Panguni Pisces March–April

References

  1. ^ "Tulu-Kannada calendar released". The Times of India. 30 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  2. ^ Arthur Coke Burnell (1878). Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century, A. D.: Being an Introduction to the Study of South-Indian Inscriptions and Mss. Trübner & Company, 1878. pp. 76/147.


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