Telugu New Year begins with Chaitra Masa (Month) Shukla Padyami (Tithi) and ends with Phalguna Masa (Month) Bahula Amavasya (Tithi).
Samvatsara is a Sanskrit term for "year". In Hindu tradition, there are 60 Samvatsaras, each of which has a name. Once all 60 samvatsaras are over, the cycle starts over again. The sixty Samvatsaras are divided into 3 groups of 20 Samvatsaras each. The first 20 from Prabhava to Vyaya are attributed to Brahma.
The next 20 from Sarvajit to Parabhava to Vishnu & the last 20 to Shiva.
There are sixty Sanvatsaras in all, which are as under:
1) PRABHAVA: A person born in this Sanvatsara accumulates everything. He enjoys every worldly pleasure, is gifted with children, intelligence etc.
2) VIBHAVA: A person born in this Sanvatsara enjoys every worldly pleasure, is beautiful or
handsome, an artist, the superior person in his family and clan, a learned man and humble.
3) SHUKLA: A person in this Sanvatsara is happy, simpleton, blessed with the pleasure of having a nice wife and sons, rich, fortunate, a learned man and humble.
4) PRAMODA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is generous and charitable, endowed with beauty, believer of truth, has tremendous qualities, has a helpful nature and efficient in all faculties and is proud.
5) PRAJAPATI: A person born in this Sanvatsara is kind, a carrier of his family's traditions, humble, and worshipper of deities and Brahmana.
6) ANGEERA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is endowed with beauty and happiness. Fortunate, friendly, has many sons, conceals his thoughts and enjoys a long life.
7) SHREEMUKHA: Has knowledge of the sacred books and scriptures, intelligent, powerful and famous.
8) BHAVA: The person is generous at heart, famous, has tremendous qualities, is charitable, jolly and lovable.
9) YUVA: is tall, of serious nature, believes in charity, intelligent, contented and lives a long life.
10) DHATRI: is a possessor of many good qualities, respects his teachers, expert in arts and crafts, has knowledge of the scriptures and is kind in nature.
11) ISHVARA: A person born in this Sanvatsara loses his temper quickly. But generally happy, efficient and gentle.
12) BAHUDHAANYA: Is clever in business and Trade, receives favour from the powerful people, has knowledge of scriptures, charitable and rich.
13) PRAMAATHEE: A person born in this Sanvatsara possesses royal signs, vehicles, has knowledge of scriptures, a defeater of his enemies, is a politician.
14) VIKRAMA: is of violent nature and accomplisher of difficult tasks, is brave.
15) VRISHA: 'Blows his own trumpet', possesses deplorable traits, keeps company of bad and mean people, is dirty and lazy.
16) CHITRABHANU: A person born in this Sanvatsara loves a variety of clothes and
fragrances,fulfills his desires and is kind.
17) SUBHANU: has curly hair, kind-hearted, blessed with beauty, defeats his enemies and is rich.
18) TAARAN: Cunning, brave but restless, has knowledge of arts, cruel. Does deplorable acts, enjoys pleasures but is poor.
19) PAARTHIVA: Religious minded, has expertise in the scriptures and arts, runs after worldly pleasures.
20) VYAHA: Aspires for happiness and comforts, an addict, a debtor, restless spends recklessly.
21) SARVAJEETA: gets respect from the powerful people, enthusiastic, pious, has a huge body and is a defeator of his enemy.
22) SARVADHAARI: A person born in this Sanvatsara has many servants in his service, is always in the pursuit of pleasures, possesses beauty, loves sweets, is patient and honourable.
23) VIRODHEE: A person in this Sanvatsara is a lecturer, lives in foreign countries far awayfrom his family, quarrels with his friends.
24) VIKRITI: Poor, horrible physical appearance, lacks intelligence and cunning.
25) KHARA: A man born in this Sanvatsara is lustful, has a filthy body, has a rough nature
and talks unnecessarily. He is also shameless.
26) NANDANA: A person born in this Sanvatsara does social services like digging ponds, wells etc., is charitable, pious and has a happy family.
27) VIJAYA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is brave, gentle, an orator, kind hearted, charitable and a defeater of his enemies.
28) JAYA: A person born in this Sanvatsara gets respect and honour from the common people, destroyer of his enemies, has expertise in the knowledge of scriptures and is attracted to sensual pleasures.
29) MANMATHA: Lover of ornaments, sensualist, speaker of truth, loves songs and dance and is in pursuit of worldly pleasures.
30) DURMUKHA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is cruel. Mean-minded, greedy and with bad habits and practices.
31) HEMALAMBA: A person born in this Sanvatsara possesses great looks, vehicles, is rich. He has a happy and contented family life, and an accumulator of things.
32) VILAMBA NAAM: A person born in this Sanvatsara is cunning, greedy, lazy phlegmatic, weak and a believer in destiny.
33) VIKAARI: A person born in this Sanvatsara is full of prejudice but he is also a master of arts, restless, cunning, very talkative and does not trust his friends.
34) SHAARVARI: A person born in this Sanvatsara is expert in buying and selling, is repelled by those friends who are in pursuit of pleasures and is studious.
35) PLAVA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is lusty, conceals his thoughts and restless.
36) SHUBHAKRITA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is very fortunate, humble and possesses knowledge. He enjoys a long life on account of his pure and pious activities and is rich.
37) SHOBHAKRITA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is well advanced in every faculty, possesses an auspicious quality, is kind, endowed with beauty and is efficient.
38) KRODHI: A person in this Sanvatsara is of cruel nature, loved by women, obstructs other's work.
39) VISHVAVASU: A person born in this Sanvatsara is blessed with a beuatiful wife and obedient sons. He is generous, patient, loves sweetmeats and possesses many qualities.
40) PARAABHAVA: If a person is born in this Sanvatsara, he is an accumulator of little to moderate wealth, talks bitterly about others and is mannerless.
41) PLAVANGA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is restless in nature, has a weak body, is cunning and inclined to bad actions.
42) KEELAK SANVATSAR: A person born in this Sanvatsara is of mediocre appearance.
He talks sweetly and is kind. He also has well developed forehead.
43) SAUMYA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is learned, rich, pious, has reverence towards the deities and is hospitable to guests, but possesses a weak body.
44) SAADHARANA: A person born in this Sanvatsara likes travelling, is efficient in writing, discriminative and has excess of anger. But he is also pious and is free from sensual pleasures.
45) VIRODHAKRITA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is short tempered and disobeys his father.
46) PARIDHAVEE: A person born in this Sanvatsara is a learned man with a kind heart. He has a command over the arts. He is intelligent and achieves success in Business.
47) PRAMADI: A person born in this Sanvatsara is wicked, proud, quarrels a lot, greedy, poor, possesses little intelligence and performs mean deeds.
48) ANANDA: If a person is born in this Sanvatsara, he has more than one wife, clever, efficient in his occupation, has obedient sons, has sense of indebtedness and is charitable.
49) RAKSHASA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is cruel, commits bad and destructive deeds, quarrelsome, greedy, poor, has little intelligence and mean.
50) ANALA (Nala): A person born in this Sanvatsara is intelligent, strikes riches in the business of aquatic things, clever in farming work and commerce, is a supporter and patron of many people inspite of having meagre wealth.
51) PINGALA(Vimala): A person born in this Sanvatsara has yellowish eyes, commits mean deeds, has unsteady wealth, charitable but talks bitterly.
52) KAALAYUKTA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is a useless teacher, is wickedly intelligent, unfortunate and quarrelsome.
53) SIDDHARTHEE: A person born in this Sanvatsara is generous, jolly, a winner, endowed with beauty, respectable, rich and capable.
54) RAUDRA: A person born in this Sanvatsara has a horrible appearance, an animal rearer, criticizes others.
55) DURMATI: A person born in this Sanvatsara is of the belief that whatever he does is right; others are wrong. Hence, he remains most of the time unhappy, lusty, engaged in
irreligious activities and unintelligent.
56) DUNDUBHI: A person born in this Sanvatsara gets honour and respect from authorities, has all the comforts in life, owns house, vehicle etc., loves fine arts.
57) RUDHIRODGAARI: A person born in this Sanvatsara possesses red eyes, has a weak body because of frequent suffering from jaundice, has excessive anger, has disfigured nails and faces the danger of an attack by weapons.
58) RAKTAKSHI: A person born in this Sanvatsara has a natural tendency towards virtuous actions and religious activities, lusty, is jealous of other’s success and suffers from diseases.
59) KRODHANA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is an obstructer of other’s work, causes confusion, etc.
60) KSHAYA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is a squanderer of accumulated wealth, believes in serving others, has a strong heart and little inclination towards virtuous actions.
English Year
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Telugu Name of the Year
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Outcomes
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1987
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Prabhava
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Public Happiness
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1988
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Vibhava
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Good Health and Wealth
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1989
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Shukla
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Material Enjoyment
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1990
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Pramodam
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Disease infest
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1991
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Prajapathi
|
Arose of Leaders
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1992
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Angira
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Improving Rice production
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1993
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Shri Mukha
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Improving Paddy Cultivaion
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1994
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Bhava
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Kingship
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1995
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Yuva
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Carnatic desires
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1996
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Dhata
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Fearless
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1997
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Eeshawar
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Delight
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1998
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Bahudhanya
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Granary cultivation growth
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1999
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Pramadhi
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Fear from Enemies
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2000
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Vikrama
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Games of Throne
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2001
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Vrusha
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Abundance of everything
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2002
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Chitrabhanu
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Natural disaster
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2003
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Subhanu
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Fruit cultivation growth
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2004
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Tarana
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Sea Journeys
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2005
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Parthava
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Hurricane
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2006
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Vyaya
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Expenditure
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2007
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Sarvajith
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Arrogance
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2008
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Sarvadhari
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Excitement
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2009
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Virodhi
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Wars in the Sky
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2010
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Vikruthi
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Proud of Traitors
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2011
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Khara
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World Wars
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2012
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Nandana
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Economical growth
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2013
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Vijaya
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Growth of Crops
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2014
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Jaya
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Equal status
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2015
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Manmadha
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Pleasures
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2016
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Dhurmukha
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Fire accidents
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2017
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Hemalamba
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Inflation
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2018
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Vilamba
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Sickness
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2019
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Vikari
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Aqua
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2020
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Sharvari
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Expansion
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2021
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Plava
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Festive seasons
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2022
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Shubakruth
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Friendliness
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2023
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Shobana
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Property achievement
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2024
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Krodhi
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Illness
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2025
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Vishvavasu
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Greed & Theft
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2026
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Parabhava
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Insult
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2027
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Plavanga
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Contagious diseases
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2028
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Keelaka
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Enemity
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2029
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Soumya
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Seasonal pests
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2030
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Sadharana
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Bliss
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2031
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Virodhkruth
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Political war
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2032
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Paridhavi
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Communicable diseases
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2033
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Pramodhi
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Melancholy
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2034
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Ananda
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High Spirit Merriment
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2035
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Rakshasa
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Wars among equals
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2036
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Anala
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Fire accidents
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2037
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Pingala
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Tornados
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2038
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Kalayukti
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Joyfulness
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2039
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Sidharthi
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Growth of Crops
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2040
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Roudhra
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Turbulence
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2041
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Durmati
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Trepidation
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2042
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Dhumdhubi
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disaster in Eastern Countries
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2043
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Rudhirodhgari
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Sickness
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2044
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Rakthakshi
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Development schemes
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2045
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Krodhana
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Provokness
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2046
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Akshaya
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Destruction
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