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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
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in the month of Phalguna. Celebrations can stretch over a month and may last even after the Hindu Luni-Solar New Year begins. Another popular fair is
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in this month. Holi is celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna (
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celebrating the birth of the saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534) also falls in this month.
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Most parts of North India see the early celebration of the famous Hindu festival
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is the first month of the year, and so Phaguna follows as the fifth month for
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Third edition. Electronic edition. Detroit: Omnigraphics, p. xxix.
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For the month in the Bangla Calendar and Nepali calendar, see
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In solar religious calendars, Pha guna begins with the
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