Adhik maas

Hindu's calendar or 'panchang' is based on lunisolar, 

taking into account, movements of Moon and Sun both.

As the solar calendar has one extra day in the leap year, 

Hindu's lunar leap year has one extra month.

 

As in the solar calendar, the extra period accumulated, 

becomes a day, and in the leap year it is added. 

In Lunar one, the accumulated period becomes a month,

and after every three years, one full month is repeated.

The extra month of the lunar leap year is 'adhik-maas'

this month is also known as 'khar-maas' or a 'mal-maas'.

This 'adhik-maas' is considered not to be good,

for the new projects, weddings or auspicious tasks.

There are three hundred fifty-four days, twenty-two ghati

in every year, in the calendar based on lunar.

The short fall of ten and half days as compared to solar, 

is adjusted as 'adhik-maas' after every three years. 

The Hindu calendar or 'Panchang' has further intricacies,

that includes studies of movements of other stars and planets.

Those studies help in deciding the Hindu's festivals, 

the astrology and on the human life, what're the effects.

 

Amazing Heart

pumps out blood 

to keep emotions 

bloody heart 

as much keeps

reminiscences  

the heart weeps

keeps the brain 

memories of beloved 

heart carries pain 

I wonder why?

else one breaks someone's heart

and makes it cry 

Memories of chilshood chocolate

 When I was about eight,

I saw my elder sister, 

opening the refrigerator gate.

As she opened the gate, 

went high her pulse rate,

because what she was trying to find out,

she could not get.

She had kept hidden a chocolate,

that few minutes before, I ate.

Then she screamed and wept

I did suggest that Mom has kept,

a big chunk of cake 

in the closet.

Let's try to get, 

before it is too late.

She agreed so 

we jointly tried to grab.

Soon after mom came, 

seeing the fridge, she did irritate.

because whole of cake 

we both ate,

and nothing was left.