Masa
Also called: amanta, purnimanta
Masa (मास), the Vedic lunar month. There are two reckonings: AMANTA runs new moon to new moon and is kept in south and west India; PURNIMANTA runs full moon to full moon and is kept in the north, beginning one fortnight earlier. Through the waxing half they agree; through the waning half they carry different names for the same days, and both are correct.
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