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   Hey does anyone know the names of season 17-Feb-03 at
     Some people say there are 4 seasons. Som 17-Feb-03 bill_pusateri
       Kyaa yaar, Basanta, sishir, Barkha, Gri 17-Feb-03 PremPujari
         Some people say there are 4 seasons, som 17-Feb-03 bill_pusateri
           So we can say: Dec-Jan -- Hiud Feb-M 17-Feb-03 at
             Gunaraj and Chiplejyu haru out of town r 17-Feb-03 Harris
               English Month Nepali Months Nepali Seaso 17-Feb-03 bill_pusateri
                 Perphaps Lekhanath Paudel would have bet 17-Feb-03 Harris


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at Posted on 17-Feb-03 12:56 PM

Hey does anyone know the names of seasons in Nepal?
bill_pusateri Posted on 17-Feb-03 01:02 PM

Some people say there are 4 seasons. Some people say there are 6 season.
The ones I know, in no particular order are Basanta ritu, hemanta ritu, hiudh ritu,
bharsha ritu.
PremPujari Posted on 17-Feb-03 01:02 PM

Kyaa yaar,
Basanta, sishir, Barkha, Grishma!!!

Paanchau mausham Prem ko, Waiting ko!!!

LOL... aafu lai thaa bha yetti ho, Guna ra Chiple jyu knows more for sure... haha
bill_pusateri Posted on 17-Feb-03 01:05 PM

Some people say there are 4 seasons, some people say there are six. The ones I know are hemanta ritu, huidh ritu, bharsa ritu, basanta ritu, sishri ritu, grishma ritu. You will probably get other responses. The above are in no particular order. Best I can do.
at Posted on 17-Feb-03 01:25 PM

So we can say:

Dec-Jan -- Hiud
Feb-Mar -- Basanta
Apr-May-- Barsa
Jun-Jul -- Grisma
Aug-Sep -- Shishir
Oct-Nov -- Hemanta

Is that right?
Harris Posted on 17-Feb-03 01:55 PM

Gunaraj and Chiplejyu haru out of town re, ha ha ha...

May I supplement it Prempujarijuy?

Chatra-Baishakh : Basanta
Jeshtha-Ashadh : Grishma
Shrawan-Bhadra : Barsha
Aswin-Kartik : Sharad
Manshir-Paush : Hemanta
Magh-Phalgun : Shishir

Does Biswo know the full version of "Ritu Bichar" by Lekhnath Paudel?

"Bela aayo sharadako chama chama garane chandrika hunchha ramro"
bill_pusateri Posted on 17-Feb-03 03:57 PM

English Month Nepali Months Nepali Season (Ritu)
Mid December and January Mungshir-Paush Hemanta Ritu
" February and March Chatra-Baishakh Basanta "
" April and May Shrawan-Bhadra Barsha "
" June and July Jeshtha-Ashadh Grishma "
" August and September Magh-Phalgun Shishir "
" October and November Aswin-Kartik Sharad "

I hope this answers your question. I am sure there are some who will disagree with me. It is difficult to reach agreement on this topic. Most Nepalis do not give this much thought. So go easy. If you want to get complicated ask about the Buddhist calendar which has many more months and seasons.
Harris Posted on 17-Feb-03 04:44 PM

Perphaps Lekhanath Paudel would have better knowledge of our Ritus than any of us. I got the months from his poems as well as from a nepali barhakhari kitab.