What is "phalguna"

Phalguna or ( , ) is a month of the Hindu calendar. In India's national civil calendar, Phalguna is the twelfth month of the year, and corresponds with February/March in the Gregorian calendar.

In Luni-Solar religious calendars, Phalgun may begin on either the new moon or the full moon around the same time of year, and is twelfth month of the year. However, in Gujarat, Kartika is the first month of the year, and so Phalguna follows as the fifth month for Gujaratis.The holidays of Holi (15 Phalguna) and Maha Shivaratri (14 Phalguna) are observed in this month.

In solar religious calendars, Phalguna begins with the Sun's entry into [Pisces], and is the twelfth month of the solar year.

In the Vaishnava calendar, Govinda governs this month.

Hindu saint Raghavendra Swami was born on Phalgun Sukla Navami in 1595 AD who advocated Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy.