A lunar month, about August to September
Sanskrit name of a lunar month, from the nakshatra (star) near its full moon: Purva Bhadrapada.
Bhadrapada falls in about August to September on the solar calendar, and is the month of Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi. The exact dates move a little each year because the Hindu calendar follows the moon.
Ganesh Chaturthi keeps the bright fourth of Bhadrapada with a clay image and immersion. This article sets out the days and what the texts and later practice say.
Janmashtami keeps Krishna's birth on the dark Ashtami, ideally at midnight under Rohini. This article sets out the day, what the Garuda Purana prescribes, and which customs are later.
The holiest Jain festival of the year — eight to ten days of fasting, scriptural study, and self-reflection, culminating in Samvatsari and the universal plea for forgiveness, Micchami Dukkadam.
How Parvati created Ganesha, and how he came to have the head of an elephant.
Radha, the cowherd girl of Barsana whose longing for Krishna in Vrindavan is worshipped as Bhakti's highest, most complete form of divine love.
From the Brahmavaivarta Purana, truthful King Harishchandra regains his kingdom, wife, and resurrected son by observing Aja Ekadashi.