The Indic Festival Puzzle After graduate school, I moved to a new city in the United States. Socializing with fellow Indians is something one looks forward to, quite earnestly if I may say so, and the obvious occasions are festivals. That is when I started noticing the prescribed timings, and the annual debate over who is celebrating when: Diwali puja on "Kartik, Amavasya, Pradosh Kaal," Ganesh Chaturthi on "Bhadrapad, Shukla Paksha, Chaturthi, Madhyahna Kala." What does any

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