The Indian calendar in practice
Our language always had references to the calendar. My grandparents surely did, as did my parents. But when we moved to the city, we slowly began to lose it. The Malayalam calendar goes somewhat like this. Months: Makaram - the harvest month Kumbham, Meenam - hot months of February/March approx Medam - Vishu the new year festival Edavapadhi - rains began from the middle of Edavam - pre monsoon Mithunam - Rains the real monsoon - Southwest Karkadakam - More rains Chingam - Rains are gone and things are back to normal Kanji - Festival season of gods - but no marriages Tulam - Tulavarsham - another round of rains - the North east monsoon Vrishchikam - Festival season Dhanu - Language was interspersed with time and seasons.