Modern Hindi Grammar - Indian Institute of Language Studies (IILS)

3. MORPHOLOGY

3.5.2.3. Period of Day

Periods of day are usually expressed by various nouns in the direct
or oblique case with or without postpositions: savaoro- savaoro savere
(savere) ‘early in the morning,’ rat kao ra:t ko ‘during the night’, idna maoM
din me ‘during the day,’ dor sao der se ‘late.’ Other frequent
expressions are: p`at: kala pra:ta: ka:l ‘eary in the morning,’ saMQyaa
sandhya: ‘dusk/evening,’ daophr dophar ‘noon’, daophr ko baad dophar ke
ba:d ‘afternoon.’

3.5.2.4. Days of the Week

The days of the week are:

saaomavaar somva:r Monday
maMgalavaar mangalva:r Tuesday
bauQavaar budhva:r Wednesday
gauÉvaar guruva:r Thursday
Sauk`vaar šukrva:r Friday
Sainavaar šaniva:r/šani:car va:r Saturday
rivavaar/[tvaar raviva:r/itva:r Sunday

3.5.2.5. Months of the Year

Months are expressed in both indigenous and English forms.

1. Hindi months

baOsaaK vaiša:kh April-May
jyaoYz jyešth May-June
AYaaZ, aša:rh June-July
Eaavana šra:van July-August
Baadbha:dr August-September AaiSvana a:švin September-October kait-k ka:rtik October-November maaga- ma:rg November-December paOYa pøš December-January maaGa ma:gh January-February falgauna pha:lgun February-March caOt caitra March-April