0 1 4 ) ▁Ash ad h ▁P urn ima ▁– ▁G uru ▁P urn ima , ▁V y as ▁P urn ima ▁( important ▁day ▁for ▁starting ▁education ▁and ▁hon oring ▁teachers ) ▁Sh ra van ▁P urn ima ▁– ▁ ▁Good ▁day ▁for ▁starting ▁Up an ay ana ▁day , ▁Av ani ▁Av itt am , ▁Rak sha ▁Band han . ▁Con cept ually ▁On am ▁also ▁comes ▁on ▁this ▁day . ▁Bh ad rap ad ▁P urn ima ▁– ▁Start ▁of ▁Pit ru ▁Pak sha , ▁Mad hu ▁P urn ima ▁Ash vin ▁P urn ima ▁– ▁Sh ar ad ▁P urn ima ▁K art ik ▁Po orn ima ▁– ▁Kar th ikai ▁Deep am ▁festival , ▁Th ru k kar th ika ▁( in ▁Ker ala ) ▁Marg as ir sha ▁P urn ima ▁– ▁Th ir uv ath ira , ▁D ath atre ya ▁Jay anth i ▁ ▁P ush ya ▁P urn ima ▁– ▁Th a ip us am , ▁Sh ak amb h are e ▁P urn ima ▁Mag ha ▁P urn ima ▁Ph alg una ▁P urn ima ▁– ▁Hol i ▁ ▁L un ar ▁and ▁lun is olar ▁cal end ars ▁ ▁Most ▁pre - mod ern ▁cal end ars ▁the ▁world ▁over ▁were ▁lun is olar , ▁combining ▁the ▁solar ▁year ▁with ▁the ▁lun ation ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁inter cal ary ▁months . ▁The ▁Julian ▁calendar ▁abandoned ▁this ▁method ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁a ▁purely ▁solar ▁reck oning ▁while ▁convers ely ▁the ▁ 7