Dashami

Dashami (Sanskrit: दशमी, romanizedDaśamī) is the Sanskrit word for "tenth",[1] and is the tenth day in the lunar fortnight (Paksha) of the Hindu calendar. Each month has two Dashami days, being the tenth day of the "bright" (Shukla) and of the "dark" (Krishna) fortnights respectively.[2] Dashami occurs on the tenth and the twenty-fifth day of each month.

  1. ^ Sanskrit Bhagavad Gita Grammar: An Introductory Course Based on Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī's Śrī Hārināmāmṛta-vyākaraṇam. Shri Krishna Balarama Mandir. 2001. p. 33.
  2. ^ Manish Verma (2013). Fasts and Festivals of India. New Delhi: Diamond Pocket Books. p. 10. ISBN 9788171820764.

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