Seasons
The Tamil year, in keeping with the old Indic calendar, is divided into six seasons, each of which lasts two months:
| Season in Tamil | English Transliteration | English Translation | Season in Sanskrit | Season in English | Tamil Months | Gregorian Months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| இளவேனில் | ila-venil | Light warmth | Vasanta | Spring | chithirai, vaigāsi | Mid Apr - Mid Jun |
| முதுவேனில் | mutu-venil | Harsh warmth | Grishma | Summer | āni, ādi | Mid Jun - Mid Aug |
| கார் | kār | Dark clouds, Rain | Varsha | Rainy | āvani, puratāci | Mid Aug - Mid Oct |
| குளிர் | kulir | Chill, Cold | Sharada | Autumn | aippasi, kārthigai | Mid Oct - Mid Dec |
| முன்பனி | mun-pani | Early dew | Hemanta | Early winter | mārkazhi, tai | Mid Dec - Mid Feb |
| பின்பனி | pin-pani | Late dew | Sishira | Late winter | māsi, panguni | Mid Feb - Mid Apr |
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Famous quotes containing the word seasons:
“Thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud,
And after summer evermore succeeds
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold;
So cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“For winter’s rains and ruins are over,
And all the seasons of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.”
—A.C. (Algernon Charles)
“I say this because there is an uneasiness in things just now. Waiting for something to be over before you are forced to notice it. The pollarded trees scarcely bucking the wind and yet it’s keen, it make you fall over. Clabbered sky. Seasons that pass with a rush.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)