Months in Malayalam

This page lists the twelve Gregorian months as they are written and spoken in Malayalam, followed by the twelve months of the traditional Malayalam calendar (Kollavarsham), which starts with Chingam in August-September. The Gregorian names are loanwords from English, so they are easy to recognize. Tip: the Malayalam-calendar months are still widely used for festivals like Onam (in Chingam) and Vishu (in Medam).

MalayalamPronunciationEnglish
ജനുവരിjanuvariJanuary
ഫെബ്രുവരിfebruvariFebruary
മാർച്ച്maarchMarch
ഏപ്രിൽaprilApril
മേയ്meyMay
ജൂൺjoonJune
ജൂലൈjoolaiJuly
ഓഗസ്റ്റ്ogastuAugust
സെപ്റ്റംബർseptambarSeptember
ഒക്ടോബർoktobarOctober
നവംബർnavambarNovember
ഡിസംബർdisambarDecember
ചിങ്ങംchingamChingam (Aug-Sep), first Malayalam month
കന്നിkanniKanni (Sep-Oct), second Malayalam month
തുലാംthulaamThulam (Oct-Nov), third Malayalam month
വൃശ്ചികംvrishchikamVrishchikam (Nov-Dec), fourth Malayalam month
ധനുdhanuDhanu (Dec-Jan), fifth Malayalam month
മകരംmakaramMakaram (Jan-Feb), sixth Malayalam month
കുംഭംkumbhamKumbham (Feb-Mar), seventh Malayalam month
മീനംmeenamMeenam (Mar-Apr), eighth Malayalam month
മേടംmedamMedam (Apr-May), ninth Malayalam month
ഇടവംedavamEdavam (May-Jun), tenth Malayalam month
മിഥുനംmidhunamMidhunam (Jun-Jul), eleventh Malayalam month
കർക്കടകംkarkkadakamKarkkadakam (Jul-Aug), twelfth Malayalam month

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