Dhanurmasとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Dhanurmas (धनुर्मास) is a name given to a period of nearly one month. Dhanurmas starts with Margashirsha shukla ekadasi (the eleventh day in the bright half of the lunar month of Margashirsha) and extends up to the end of Dakshinayana. This period ends with the Makar Sankranti - the end of dakshinayana mostly occurs during the Pausha month of the Hindu Lunar calendar. More appropriately, the start of the Dhanurmas is marked by the entry of the Sun in the Dhanur Rasi (Saggitarius); this is called Dhanuh Sankramana. During this month, the sun transits the Dhanur Rasi and enters the Makara Rashi at the end of this month. Dhanur Mas is not an independent month in any Hindu calendar. The period when the sun starts moving northward from the Topic of Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer is called uttaraayana. The opposite period when the sun moves southward is called dakshinaayana.