Vaishakha (Hindu calendar month)

E645539

Hindu calendar month lunar month spring month

Vaishakha is a spring month in the Hindu lunisolar calendar, typically falling in April–May, and is associated with various religious festivals and auspicious observances across the Indian subcontinent.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Vaishakha (Hindu calendar month) canonical	1
Vaishakha (lunar month)	1
Vaishakha month (traditional Hindu calendar)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7165527 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vaishakha (Hindu calendar month)
Context triple: [Boishakh, relatedTo, Vaishakha (Hindu calendar month)]

A. Chaitra month
Chaitra month is the first month of the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in March–April, and is associated with the onset of spring and numerous regional festivals.
B. Shravan month
Shravan month is a holy period in the Hindu calendar, typically falling in July–August, marked by intensive worship of Lord Shiva, fasting, and pilgrimages to sacred sites.
C. Kartika month
Kartika month is a sacred period in the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling around October–November, marked by major festivals and religious observances.
D. Phalguna
Phalguna is the twelfth month of the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in February–March and associated with several major festivals and religious observances.
E. Vesākha
Vesākha is the Buddhist festival commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvāṇa) of Gautama Buddha, observed on the full moon day of the Vesak month in many Asian countries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vaishakha (Hindu calendar month)
Target entity description: Vaishakha is a spring month in the Hindu lunisolar calendar, typically falling in April–May, and is associated with various religious festivals and auspicious observances across the Indian subcontinent.

A. Chaitra month
Chaitra month is the first month of the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in March–April, and is associated with the onset of spring and numerous regional festivals.
B. Shravan month
Shravan month is a holy period in the Hindu calendar, typically falling in July–August, marked by intensive worship of Lord Shiva, fasting, and pilgrimages to sacred sites.
C. Kartika month
Kartika month is a sacred period in the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling around October–November, marked by major festivals and religious observances.
D. Phalguna
Phalguna is the twelfth month of the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in February–March and associated with several major festivals and religious observances.
E. Vesākha
Vesākha is the Buddhist festival commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvāṇa) of Gautama Buddha, observed on the full moon day of the Vesak month in many Asian countries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu calendar month ⓘ lunar month ⓘ spring month ⓘ
associatedDeity	Ganga (Ganges River) ⓘ linked to: Ganges Vishnu ⓘ
associatedWith	austerities and fasts ⓘ charity and donations ⓘ religious festivals ⓘ
calendarType	lunisolar ⓘ
considered	auspicious month in Hinduism ⓘ
etymologyFrom	Sanskrit word Vaishākha ⓘ
follows	Chaitra ⓘ linked to: Chaitra month
hasFestival	Akshaya Tritiya ⓘ Buddha Purnima ⓘ Kurma Jayanti ⓘ linked to: Kurma Jayanthi Mohini Ekadashi ⓘ Narasimha Jayanti ⓘ Parashurama Jayanti ⓘ Sita Navami ⓘ Vaishakha Amavasya observances ⓘ Vaishakha Purnima ⓘ
hasObservance	Ganga Snan during Vaishakha ⓘ Vaishakha Snana (holy bathing) ⓘ Vishnu worship ⓘ charity to Brahmins and the poor ⓘ
importanceIn	Buddhist tradition (for Buddha Purnima) ⓘ Shaiva tradition ⓘ linked to: Shaivism Vaishnava tradition ⓘ
KrishnaPakshaEndsOn	Vaishakha Amavasya ⓘ
linkedToNakshatra	Vishakha ⓘ
moonPhaseStructure	Shukla Paksha and Krishna Paksha ⓘ linked to: Shukla Paksha
observedBy	Hindus across the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
partOf	Hindu lunisolar calendar ⓘ
positionInYear	second month in Vikram Samvat ⓘ second month in many North Indian calendars ⓘ second month in some regional Shalivahana calendars ⓘ
precedes	Jyeshtha ⓘ linked to: Jyestha
relatedConcept	Vaishakha Mahatmya (scriptural glorifications) ⓘ
season	Vasanta (spring) ⓘ
ShuklaPakshaEndsOn	Vaishakha Purnima ⓘ
typicalGregorianRange	April–May ⓘ
usedIn	Assamese Hindu calendar ⓘ linked to: Assamese calendar Bengali Hindu calendar ⓘ linked to: Bengali calendar Gujarati Hindu calendar ⓘ Marathi Hindu calendar ⓘ linked to: Hindu lunisolar calendar Nepali Hindu calendar ⓘ linked to: Nepali Bikram Samvat North Indian Hindu calendar ⓘ Odia Hindu calendar ⓘ South Indian Hindu calendar ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boishakh → relatedTo → Vaishakha (Hindu calendar month) ⓘ

Shankara Jayanti celebrations → timeOfYear → Vaishakha month (traditional Hindu calendar) ⓘ

linked to: Vaishakha (Hindu calendar month)

Parashurama Jayanti → occursInMonth → Vaishakha (lunar month) ⓘ