Sharad
Sharad/Sarath/Sharath (Sanskrit: शरद्)is the autumn season or ritu in the Hindu calendar.[1] It roughly corresponds to the western months of mid-September to mid-November.[2] Sharad is preceded by Varsha and followed by Hemant. The Hindu calendar contains six seasons (Vasant, Grishma, Varsha, Sharad, Hemant, Shishir) with two months each.[3][4]
Sharad is characterized by clear skies, after three months of rains. Sharad Navratri, are the first nine auspicious days of the season, Sharad Purnima, the full moon day in the month of Ashwin, is celebrated as the day of divine Rasalila by Shri Krishna.[5] That is the brightest full moon night of the year.[6]
Sharad is also a Hindu name given to the grandchildren of Seva or the child of gods and it is also a month of Hindu calendar[7]
Famous people from the name Sharad[edit]
Politics
- Sharad Pawar – President of the Nationalist Congress Party
- Sharad Singh Bhandari – Nepalese politician
- Sharad Bansode – Indian politician
- Sharad Anantrao Joshi – Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha
- Sharad Yadav – Politician
- Sharad Kumar Awasthi – former MLA from Ram Nagar
- Sharad Tripathi – Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (9 January 1972 – 30 June 2021)
- Sharad Ranpise – Member of the Indian National Congress.
- Sharad Dighe – former member of the Indian National Congress from the Bombay North Central (1924–2002)
Film and Television
- Sharad Kapoor – Indian actor
- Sharad Talwalkar – Indian Marathi language film and television actor
- Sharad Vyas – Television actor
- Sharad Ponkshe – Indian actor and writer
- Sharad Sharma – Indian cartoonist
- Sharad Kelkar – Indian actor
- Sharad Gogate – Marathi publisher and writer
- Sharad Haskar – Photographer
- Sharad Malhotra – Indian film and television actor
- Sharad Joshi – Indian poet, writer, satirist and a dialogue and scriptwriter in Hindi films and television (1931–1991)
Law and order
- Sharad Arvind Bobde – 47th Chief Justice of India[8]
- Sharad Kumar – former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer
Medicine
- Sharad Panday – Indian heart surgeon
- Sharad Vaidya – Indian surgeon
- Sharad Kumar Dixit – Indian born American plastic surgeon
Sports
- Sharad Diwadkar – Indian Cricketer
- Sharad Rao – Indian Cricketer
- Sharad Hazare – Indian Cricketer (1945–2022)
- Sharad Kumar – Indian Paralympic high jumper
- Sharad Vesawkar – Nepalese Cricketer
Entrepreneur
- Sharad Devarajan – CEO of Gotham Comics
- Sharad Sagar – Indian social entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Dexterity Global
References[edit]
- ^ "Sharad Ritu 2022: What to Eat and Avoid in Autumn". News18. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Ratna Lohar, Dr; Lohar, Jagdish (11 February 2022). "Sharad Ritu". Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Bharat ki Rituyen – Six Seasons of India by Months". Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Here is a guide tour to the 6 seasons of India as per the Hindu Calendar". www.skymetweather.com. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Oct 10, Mahima Sharma / TOI-Online / Updated; 2022. "Sharad Purnima 2022: Date, Time, Remedies, Rituals and Significance – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ LLP, Adarsh Mobile Applications. "2022 Sharad Purnima, Sharad Poonam date and time for New Delhi, NCT, India". Drikpanchang. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ www.moonastro.com. "Sharad – meaning | Baby Name Sharad meaning and Horoscope". www.moonastro.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "sharad arvind bobde: Latest News & Videos, Photos about sharad arvind bobde". The Economic Times. p. 1. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- Selby, Martha Ann (translator). The Circle of Six Seasons, 2003, ISBN 0-14-100772-9
- Raghavan, V. Ṛtu in Sanskrit literature, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri from Nepal, 1972.
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