Grishma

File:Ratha Yatra.jpg festival is marked during the season of Grishma]]

{{short description|Summer in the Hindu calendar}}

Grishma ({{Langx|sa|ग्रीष्म|translit=Grīṣhma}}) the Sanskrit word meaning summer.{{Cite book |last=Barnett |first=Lionel D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LnoREHdzxt8C&pg=PA189 |title=Antiquities of India: An Account of the History and Culture of Ancient Hindustan |date=1999-04-30 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-7156-442-2 |pages=189 |language=en}} This is one of the six seasons (ritu), each lasting two months, the others being: Vasanta (spring), Varsha (monsoon), Sharada (autumn), Hemanta (pre-winter), and Shishira (winter).{{Cite book |last=Klostermaier |first=Klaus K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8CVviRghVtIC&pg=PA492 |title=A Survey of Hinduism: Third Edition |date=2010-03-10 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-8011-3 |pages=492 |language=en}}

It falls in the two months of Jyeshtha and Ashadha of the Hindu calendar, or April and May of the Gregorian calendar.{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=Benjamin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_J2RDwAAQBAJ&dq=Gr%C4%ABshma&pg=PT230 |title=Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism. In Two Volumes. Volume I A-L |date=2019-04-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-62421-6 |pages=230 |language=en}} It is preceded by Vasanta, the spring season, and followed by Varsha, the rainy season.