Shishira (season)

The festival of Pongal is celebrated in the month of Shishira

Winter in the Hindu calendar

Shishira (Sanskrit: शिशिर, romanized: Śiśira) is the season of winter in the Hindu calendar.^[1] It comprises the months of Pausha and Magha or mid-January to mid-March in the Gregorian calendar.^[2]

References

1. Fischer, Luke; Macauley, David (1 July 2021). The Seasons: Philosophical, Literary, and Environmental Perspectives. State University of New York Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-4384-8426-6.
2. Klostermaier, Klaus K. (10 March 2010). A Survey of Hinduism: Third Edition. State University of New York Press. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-7914-8011-3.

Sources

• Selby, Martha Ann (translator). The Circle of Six Seasons, Penguin, New Delhi, 2003, ISBN 0-14-100772-9
• Raghavan, V. Ṛtu in Sanskrit literature, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Delhi, 1972.