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Seventh month in the Nepali calendar

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Kartik (Nepali: कार्तिक) is the seventh month in the Vikram Samvat, the official Calendar for Nepalese. This month usually starts on 18 October until 16 November. This month is mostly 30 days long. Kartik is also known as the month of festivals because two major festivals, Dashain and Tihar, usually falls in this month.

Months in the Nepali calendar

No.	Name	Nepali	Days
1	Baishakh	वैशाख	30 / 31
2	Jestha	जेठ or ज्येष्ठ	31 / 32
2	Ashadh	असार or आषाढ़	31 / 32
4	Shrawan	साउन or श्रावण	31 / 32
5	Bhadra	भदौ or भाद्रपद	31 / 32
6	Ashwin	असोज or आश्विन	30 / 31
7	Kartik	कात्तिक or कार्तिक	29 / 30
8	Mangsir	मंसिर or मार्गशीर्ष	29 / 30
9	Poush	पुष or पौष	29 / 30
10	Magh	माघ	29 / 30
11	Falgun	फागुन or फाल्गुण	29 / 30
12	Chaitra	चैत or चैत्र	30 / 31

Months in the Nepali calendar

See also