kartika
कार्तिक kārttikaKartika is the eighth lunar month, roughly October–November, the month of Diwali, Govardhan Puja, and the sacred bathing of Kartik Purnima.
Where this term appears
- What is Diwali? Worship
…h older autumn observance around the dark of the moon in the month of Kartika (KAR-tik-uh), which falls in October or November.
- Reading the Hindu Calendar Treatise
There are twelve: Chaitra , Vaishakha , Jyeshtha , Ashadha , Shravana , Bhadrapada , Ashvina , Kartika , Margashirsha , Pausha , Magha , and Phalguna .
- The Rhythms Within the Month Treatise
Diwali itself falls on the amavasya of Kartika , the darkest night answered with the most lamps.
- The Wheel of the Year Treatise
When a family lights its lamps on the dark night of Kartika , that act sits inside the year, which sits inside the life, which sits inside the age, which sits inside the breath of Brahma.
- Victory and Light Treatise
The five days of light Three weeks after the victory, as the moon of Kartika wanes toward its darkest night, the year keeps its greatest festival.