Adhik Maas

The traditional Indian calendar combines solar and lunar cycles using a lunisolar system. To fix a repeating 11-day yearly gap between the two cycles, ancient astronomers created "Adhik Maas," an extra month added every 32 months to maintain seasonal balance.

The month of Sawan this year is said to have begun on July 4 with its first Monday falling on July 10. Accorning to the Purnimanta Hindu calendar calculations, this Sawan month has 59 days and 8 Mondays.