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Maghe Sankranti, the Glossary

Maghe Sankranti (Nepal Bhasa) is a Nepali festival observed on the first of Magh in the Vikram Sambat (B.S) or Yele calendar bringing an end to the winter solstice containing month of Poush.^[1]

Astronomy

Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos.

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Axial precession

In astronomy, axial precession is a gravity-induced, slow, and continuous change in the orientation of an astronomical body's rotational axis.

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The Bagmati River flows through the Kathmandu valley of Nepal, separating the cities of Kathmandu and Patan, before flowing through Madesh Province of southern Nepal and joining the Kamla River in the Indian state of Bihar.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Chitwan Valley

The Chitwan Valley (चितवन उपत्यका) is an Inner Terai valley in the south of Nepal, encompassing the districts of Makwanpur, Chitwan and Nawalpur.

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Culture of Nepal

The culture of Nepal encompasses the various cultures belonging to the 125 distinct ethnic groups present in Nepal.

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Dakshinayana

Dakshinayana (translit) is a Hindu astronomical concept that refers to the movement of the sun to the south of the equator, and is also a term that indicates the six-month period between the summer solstice and the winter solstice. Maghe Sankranti and Dakshinayana are winter solstice.

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Devghat

Devghat is one of the famous religious and cultural centers in central Nepal.

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Dolalghat

Dolalghat is a village development committee in Kabhrepalanchok District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal.

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Gandaki River

The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left-bank tributary of the Ganges in India.

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Ghee

Ghee is a type of clarified butter, originating from India.

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Harvest festival

A harvest festival is an annual celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region.

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Hinduism in Nepal

Hinduism is the main and largest religion of Nepal.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

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Janakpur

Janakpurdham or Janakpur (जनकपुर) is a sub-metropolitan city in Dhanusha district, Madhesh Province, Nepal.

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Kirati people

The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti, are Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic groups and indigenous peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state of Sikkim and the northern hilly regions of West Bengal, that is, Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts).

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Kosi River

The Kosi or Koshi is a transboundary river which flows through China, Nepal and India.

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Laddu

Laddu or laddoo is a spherical sweet from the Indian subcontinent made of various ingredients and sugar syrup or jaggery.

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Lalitpur, Nepal

Lalitpur Metropolitan City (पाटन Pāṭana, Nepal bhasa: Yala) is a metropolitan city and fourth most populous city of Nepal with 299,843 inhabitants living in 49,044 households per the 2021 census.

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Lunar phase

A lunar phase or Moon phase is the apparent shape of the Moon's directly sunlit portion as viewed from the Earth (because the Moon is tidally locked with the Earth, the same hemisphere is always facing the Earth).

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Madheshi people

Madheshi people (मधेशी) is a term used for several ethnic groups in Nepal living in the central and eastern Terai region of Nepal.

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Magars

The Magars, also spelled Mangar and Mongar, are Magar are Tibeto-Burman ethnic group native to Nepal, representing 6.9% of Nepal's total population according to the 2021 Nepal census.

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Magh (Nepali calendar)

Magh (माघ) is the tenth month in Bikram Sambat or B.S., the official and Hindu religious calendar of the Nepalese speaking people native to the Indian subcontinent of Hindu Nepalese nationality and ethnic Hindu Nepalis of Indian nationality.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Makar Sankranti

Makar(a) Sankranti, also referred to as Uttarayana, Makar, or simply Sankranti, is a Hindu observance and a festival. Maghe Sankranti and Makar Sankranti are Hindu festivals, Hindu festivals in Nepal, January observances, observances set by the Vikram Samvat calendar and Public holidays in Nepal.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Nepalis

Nepali (also Nepalese; नेपाली) are the citizens of Nepal under the provisions of Nepali nationality law.

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Newar language

Newar (nepāla bhāṣā) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandala, which consists of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding regions in Nepal. Maghe Sankranti and Newar language are Newar culture.

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Pahari people (Nepal)

The Pahadi people (Devanagari: पहाडी;; Pahāḍi, also called Pahadi and Parbati) are an indigenous group of the Himalayas.

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Poush

Poush (পৌষ; पौष) is the 9th month of both the Bengali calendar and the Nepali calendar.

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Ruru Kshetra

Ruru Kshetra (रूरू क्षेत्र), also known as Ridi (रिडी), is a religious and cultural place situated on the confluence of Ridi Khola and Kaligandaki river in Nepal.

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Solar cycle (calendar)

The solar cycle is a 28-year cycle of the Julian calendar, and 400-year cycle of the Gregorian calendar with respect to the week.

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Solstice

A solstice is the time when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere.

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Sweet potato

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

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Tharu people

The Tharu people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai in southern Nepal and northern India. Maghe Sankranti and Tharu people are culture of Nepal and Tharu culture.

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Tropic of Cancer

The Tropic of Cancer, also known as the Northern Tropic, is the Earth's northernmost circle of latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead.

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Uttarayana

The term Uttarāyaṇa (commonly Uttarayanam) is derived from two different Sanskrit words – "uttaram" (North) and "ayanam" (movement) – thus indicating the northward movement of the Sun. Maghe Sankranti and Uttarayana are winter solstice.

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Vaikuntha Chaturdashi

Vaikuntha Chaturdashi is a Hindu holy day, which is observed on chaturdashi, the 14th lunar day of the waxing moon fortnight (shukla paksha) of the Hindu month of Kartika (November–December). Maghe Sankranti and Vaikuntha Chaturdashi are Hindu festivals and Hindu holy days.

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Vikram Samvat

Vikram Samvat (ISO: Vikrama Saṁvata; abbreviated VS), also known as the Vikrami calendar is a Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent and still used in several states. Maghe Sankranti and Vikram Samvat are observances set by the Vikram Samvat calendar.

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