Astrological sign Aries at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Meṣa, or Mesha (मेष), is a month in the Indian solar calendar. It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of

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, and overlaps with about the second half of April and about the first half of May in the

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. Generally Mesha month starts on 13th or 14th of April, called as

Mesha Sankranti Mesha Sankranti (also called Mesha Sankramana or Hindu Solar New Year) refers to the first day of the solar cycle year, that is the solar New Year in the Hindu luni-solar calendar. The Hindu calendar also has a lunar new year, which is religiousl ...

. In Vedic texts, the Mesa month is called Madhu (IAST: Madhu), but in these ancient texts, it has no zodiacal associations. The solar month of Mesha overlaps with its lunar month

Vaisakha Vaisakha; hi, बैसाख, Baisākh; pa, ਵਿਸਾਖ/وساکھ , te, వైశాఖ, kn, ವೈಶಾಖ, Vaiśākha; ml, വൈശാഖം, Vaiśākham; mr, वैशाख, Vaiśākh; ta, வைகாசி, Vaikāci; ne, � ...

, in Hindu lunisolar calendars. The Mesha is preceded by the solar month of

Mīna Mīna, or Meena, is a month in the Indian solar calendar. It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Pisces, and overlaps with about the later half of March and about the early half of April in the Gregorian calendar. First day of the Meena month, ca ...

, and followed by the solar month of

Vṛṣabha Vṛṣabha, or Vrishabha, is a month in the Indian solar calendar. It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Taurus, and overlaps with about the second half of May and about the first half of June in the Gregorian calendar. The first day of the ...

. The Mesha month is called ''Chittirai'' in the Tamil calendar and is its first month. The ancient and medieval era Sanskrit texts of India vary in their calculations about the duration of Mesha, just like they do with other months. For example, the ''Surya Siddhanta'' calculates the duration of Mesha to be 30 days, 22 hours, 26 minutes and 48 seconds. In contrast, the ''Arya Siddhanta'' calculates the duration of Mesha to be 30 days 22 hours 12 minutes. Mesha is also an astrological sign in Indian horoscope systems, corresponding to

. Mesha is also the tenth month in the

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for the planet

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, when the

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traverses the central sector of the constellation Aries as seen from Mars.

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