Masa (lunar month)
The lunar month: Chaitra, Vaishakha, Jyeshtha, Ashadha, Shravana, Bhadrapada, Ashwin, Kartika, Margashirsha, Pausha, Magha and Phalguna.
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Bhadrapada (Amanta) · Ashwin (Purnimanta)
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A lunation (new moon to new moon) named after the sidereal rashi the Sun occupies at the new moon that begins it: Sun in Meena → Chaitra, in Mesha → Vaishakha, and so on.
Rule in the code: src/domain/panchang/lunar.ts — lunarMonthAt
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