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The
Hindu cycle of sixty years
There are
60 names by which the Hindu lunar years are called for a cycle of sixty
years (Tamil years-
There are only minor variations in the pronounciation of the Hindi names)
prabhava, vibhava,
shukla, pramodoodha, prajothbatthi, angirasa, shrimukha, bhava, yuva, dhatu,
ishwara, bahudhaanya, pramaathi, vikrama, vishu, chitrabhaanu, subhaanu,
tarana, prartibha, viya, sarvajittu, sarvadhaari, virodhi, vikruthi, khara,
nandana, vijaya, jaya, manmatha, durmukhi, hevilambi, vilambi, vigari,
sharvari, pilava, shubakritu, shobhakritu, krodhi, vishuvaavasu, praabhava,
pilavanga, keelaka, saumya, saadhaarana, virodhikritu, paridhabhi, pramadeesa,
ananda, raakshasa, nala, pingala, kaalayukti, sidhaarthi, raudri, dunmathi,
dundubhi, rudhrodgaari, raktakshi, krodhana, and akshaya |
The
U.S. India Business Council in Washington, D.C. played host to the first-ever
'Mango Day' celebrations on the arrival of Indian mangoes to the U.S.,
after a gap of 18 years. The first mangoes arrived at the John F. Kennedy
Airport in New York. But the big welcome party occurred in the nation's
capital.