Hemanta (season)

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The observance of Vivaha Panchami is marked during the season of Hemanta

Hemanta (

ritu), each lasting two months, the others being Vasanta (spring), Grishma (summer), Sharada (autumn), Varsha (monsoon), and Shishira (winter).[3]

It falls in the two months of Agrahayana and Pausha of the Hindu calendar, or November and December of the Gregorian calendar.[4] It is preceded by Sharada, the autumn season, and followed by Shishira, the winter season.

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