Pausha ( sa, पौष ; hi, पूस ; ta, தை ), also called Paush, Poush, Pausa or Pushya, is the tenth month of the

Hindu calendar The Hindu calendar, Panchanga () or Panjika is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes. They adopt a s ...

, corresponding with December/January of the

Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It was introduced in October 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian calendar. The principal change was to space leap years dif ...

. In the

Indian national calendar The Indian national calendar, sometimes called the Saka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by ''The Gazette of India'', in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications i ...

, Pausha is also the tenth month of the year, beginning on 21 December and ending on 19 January. In the Hindu

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, Pausha begins with either the full or new moon in December. Since the traditional Hindu calendar follows the

lunar cycle Concerning the lunar month of ~29.53 days as viewed from Earth, the lunar phase or Moon phase is the shape of the Moon's directly sunlit portion, which can be expressed quantitatively using areas or angles, or described qualitatively using the t ...

, Pausha's start and end dates vary from year to year, unlike the months of the Hindu

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s. Pausha is a winter (

Hemant Hemant, ( sa, हेमन्त, translit=Hemanta) is an Indian male given name. It is the namesake of ''Hemanta'', one of the six Indian ecological seasons— Ritu—in northern half of Indian subcontinent, which runs in early winter approximat ...

and

Shishir In the Hindu calendar Shishir is the Ritu or season related to winters and cold. It is the month of Magha and Phalguna or mid January to mid March in the calendar year. It is also one among the many names of the Hindu God Lord Vishnu ...

Ritu) month. The lunar month of Pausha overlaps with the solar month of Dhanu.

Events

Pausa Bahula Amavasya day is celebrated as

Theppotsavam Theppotsavam, or Theppothsava or float festival, is a Hindu religious festival carried out in Hindu temples in parts of South India, mainly Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh during the month of ''Chitthirai'' or ''Aries''. As a part of this festiva ...

(float festival) at Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamyvari Temple in

Simhachalam Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Simhachalam, also known as Sinhachala or Simanchala is a Hindu temple situated on the Simhachalam Hill Range,which is 300 metres above the sea level in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It is dedicated to Vish ...

. The ''Utsava'' idols are taken in a

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to ''Varaha Pushkarini''.

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Events

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