Mesha Sankranti
mesha sankranti also called mesha sankramana hindu solar new year refers first day solar cycle year solar new year hindu lunisolar calendar hindu calendar also lunar new year religiously significant solar cycle year significant assamese odia punjabi malayalam tamil bengali calendar day represents specific solar movement according ancient sanskrit text mesha sankranti one twelve sankranti indian calendar concept also found indian astrology text wherein refers day transition sun aries zodiac sign day important solar lunisolar calendar followed subcontinent mesha sankranti fall april usually sometimes april day basis major hindu sikh buddhist festival vaisakhi vesak best known related equivalent buddhist calendarbased new year festival thailand lao cambodia myanmar sri lanka part northeast india part vietnam xishuangbanna china collectively referred songkran phrase mesha sankranti consists two sanskrit word sankranti literally mean going one place another transference course change entry particularly context sun planet mesha mean sheep aries constellation term mesha sankranti connotes specific day based time keeping practice developed ancient sanskrit text vedanga field study called jyotisha later text surya siddhanta many regional calendar two element lunar solar lunar element based movement moon count month either new moon new moon full moon full moon day full moon next full moon lunar element form basis religious calendar begin year chaitra many region begin local new year commencement lunar calendar gudi padwa maharashtra goa cheti chand sindhi hindu navreh kashmiri hindu gujarat regional year commences lunar month kartika diwali solar element lunisolar calendar begin year mesha sankranti day observed people across india even region begin new year using lunar calendar however region also begin regional new year mesha sankranti songkran term used refer buddhist calendarbased new year festival april south southeast asian new year observation based mesha sankranti zodiac