Kartika Month

Kártik Month is the calendrical period identified in the book’s endnotes as corresponding to October–November. Its significance in the supplied material is editorial and calendrical: the note provides a modern seasonal equivalent, but does not assign a particular episode to this month.

Calendar Identification

The commentary gives the concise conversion “Kártik: October-November.” This places the month within the year using familiar modern month names; the note does not specify exact dates or describe a festival or observance associated with it.

Use in the Book

The month appears in an endnote rather than as a dated moment in the narrative. The same notes offer a separate calendar gloss for Śrávaṇ Month and caution that the text’s account of the rains should not be taken literally. That broader editorial context shows the care needed when reading seasonal references, but the supplied evidence does not connect Kártik Month itself to a particular rainy-season scene or plot event.