Phalguna

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Phalguna
"Celebration of Spring by Krishna and Radha", 18th-century Mughal miniature; in the Guimet Museum, Paris.
Native name	फागुन (Sanskrit)
Calendar	Hindu calendar
Month number	12
Number of days	30
Season	Spring
Gregorian equivalent	February-March
Significant days	Holi Shigmo Maha Shivaratri
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Phagun (Sanskrit: फाल्गुन, romanized: Phālgun) is a month of the Hindu calendar. In India's national civil calendar, Phalguna is the twelfth month of the year and corresponds with February/March in the Gregorian calendar.^[1]

In Luni-Solar calendars, Phaguna may begin on either the new moon or the full moon around the same time of year and is the twelfth month of the year. However, in Gujarat, Kartika is the first month of the year, and so Phaguna follows as the fifth month for Gujaratis. The holidays of Holi (15 Phaguna in Amanta System/30 Phaguna In Purnimanta System) and Maha Shivaratri (14th Phaguna in Purnimanta System) are observed in this month.^{[citation needed]}

In the Vikram Samvat calendar, Phaguna is the year's eleventh month.

In solar religious calendars, Pha guna begins with the Sun's entry into Pisces and is the twelfth month of the solar year.^{[citation needed]}

In the Vaishnava calendar, Govinda governs this month. Gaura-purnima celebrating the birth of the saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534) also falls in this month.