The state’s most significant harvest festival, celebrated in the month of Chingam.
The Malayalam calendar, known locally as the Kollavarsham , is a sidereal solar calendar used primarily in the Indian state of Kerala. While the Gregorian calendar governs administrative and global business affairs, the Kollavarsham remains the heartbeat of Kerala’s cultural, religious, and agricultural life. 2019 malayalam calendar
The epoch (starting point) of the Kollavarsham is pegged to the date 825 CE. The calendar year begins in the Malayalam month of Chingam (mid-August), coinciding with the harvest festival of Onam, rather than January 1st. The epoch (starting point) of the Kollavarsham is
Astrologers in Kerala use the calendar to determine the Muhurtham (auspicious timing) for weddings, buying property, and naming ceremonies. The "good times" in 2019 were calculated based on the stellar combination of the day's Nakshatra , Thithi (lunar day), and Karanam . The "good times" in 2019 were calculated based