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lunar month meaning in Sanskrit

चान्द्र cāndra

lunar month in Sanskrit: चान्द्र (cāndra). In English, lunar month means a period from one new moon until the next.

Sanskrit words for lunar month

a lunar month
चान्द्र cāndra

English meaning of lunar month

  1. noun A period from one new moon until the next.
  2. noun A synodic month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
  3. noun A sidereal month of approximately 27.32 days, the length of time taken by the moon in its orbit about the Earth to return to the same point as viewed against the background of stars.

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Questions about lunar month in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of lunar month in Sanskrit?
Lunar month in Sanskrit is चान्द्र (cāndra).
lunar month इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Lunar month: चान्द्र (cāndra).
What does lunar month mean in English?
Lunar month means a period from one new moon until the next.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “lunar month”: चान्द्र. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: lunar month (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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