paksha
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paksha (plural pakshas)
(Hinduism) A fortnight in a month of the Hindu lunar calendar.
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Apart from this, there is also a fortnight-long duration each year called Pitru Paksha ("fortnight of ancestors"), when the family remembers all its ancestors and offers "Tarpan" to them.
Celebrated with much fervour, it falls during the Krishna Paksha Chaturthi in the month of Kartik, according to the Hindu lunar calendar.
Speaking to DH, Kannada Chaluvali Paksha chief Vatal Nagaraj said, "They had promised us that they are not going to screen the movie.
Ram Navami is one of the most important occasions, falling on the ninth day of Sukla Paksha (bright phase) of the Lunar month in the month of Chaitra (March-April).
It is only present in the Paksha, it is not present in the Sapaksa and in the Vipaksha.