Jyeshta (Marathi: ज्येष्ठ Hindi, Nepali: जेठ jeṭ jeth or ज्येष्ठ jyeṣṭh) is a month of the Hindu calendar, also known as Jeth or Iethe. In India's national civil calendar, Jyestha is the third month of the year, beginning on 21 May and ending on 22 June. Jyestha is also the name of one of the 27 nakshatras or lunar mansions.
In lunar religious calendars, Jyeshta begins on the new moon and is the third month of the year.
Traditionally, Jyeshta is associated with high Summer, and corresponds to June-July in the Gregorian calendar. In Tamil, the month is known as Aani, the third month of the solar calendar that begins in mid-June.
In solar religious calendars, Jyeshta/Aani begins with the Sun's entry into Gemini, and is the third month of the year. In the Vaishnava calendar, Trivikrama governs this month.
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- Vat Pournima is a celebration observed in Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. It is celebrated on the full moon day (the 15th) of the month of Jyeshta on the Hindu Calendar, which falls in June on the Gregorian Calendar. Women pray for their husbands by tying threads around a banyan tree on this day. It honours Savitri, the legendary wife of Satyavan who escaped death for her husband's life.
- Snana Yatra is a bathing festival celebrated on the Purnima (full moon day) of the Hindu month of Jyeshtha. It is an important festival of the Jagannath Cult. The deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra, Sudarshan, and Madanmohan are brought out from the Jagannath Temple (Puri) and taken in a procession to the Snana Bedi. They are ceremonially bathed and decorated for a public audience.
- Sitalsasthi Carnival is being conducted in this month on the day of Jyeshta Suddha Sasthi in Orissa for many centuries.
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