Lunar month
Shravana (Sawan)
The month of Shiva. Mondays are kept as fasts, kanwar pilgrims carry Ganga water, and the green festivals of Hariyali Teej, Nag Panchami and Raksha Bandhan follow the rains.
July to AugustRains (Varsha)Full moon in Shravana
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Months are counted the North Indian way (purnimanta): a month runs from one full moon to the next, so the dark half belongs to the following month. In Maharashtra, Gujarat and the South the dark half belongs to the earlier month, so the same festival can carry a different month name there.