Sharad/Sarath/Sharath ( sa, शरद्)is the autumn season or ritu in the

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. It roughly corresponds to the western months of mid-September to mid-November. Sharad is preceded by Varsha and followed by Hemant. The Hindu calendar contains six seasons ( Vasant, Grishma, Varsha, Sharad, Hemant, Shishir) with two months each. Sharad is characterized by clear skies, after three months of rains. Sharad

Navratri Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival observed in the honour of the goddess Durga. It spans over nine nights (and ten days), first in the month of Chaitra (March/April of the Gregorian calendar), and again in the month of Sharada. It is o ...

, are the first nine auspicious days of the season,

Sharad Purnima Sharad Purnima (also known as Kumara Purnima, Kojagari Purnima, Navanna Purnima, Kojagrat Purnima or Kaumudi Purnima) is a religious festival celebrated on the full moon day of the Hindu lunar month of Ashvin (September to October), marki ...

, the full moon day in the month of

Ashwin Ashvin or Ashwin or Ashwan (; bn, আশ্বিন; hi, आश्विन; or, ଆଶ୍ୱିନ; Malay/ Indonesian: ''Aswin''; Thai: ''Asawin''), also known as Aswayuja, is the seventh month of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, the solar ...

, is celebrated as the day of divine Rasalila by Shri Krishna. That is the brightest full moon night of the year. Sharad is also a Hindu name given to the grandchildren of Seva or the child of gods and it is also a month of Hindu calendar

Famous people from the name Sharad

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Sharad Pawar Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on four occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Mini ...

– President of the

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* Sharad Singh Bhandari – Nepalese politician * Sharad Bansode – Indian politician *

Sharad Anantrao Joshi Sharad Anantrao Joshi (3 September 1935 – 12 December 2015) was an Indian politician who founded the Swatantra Bharat Paksh party and ''Shetkari Sanghatana'' (farmers' Organisation), He was also a Member of the Parliament of India representin ...

– Member of the

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representing

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in the

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Sharad Yadav Sharad Yadav (born 1 July 1947) is a politician from Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party. He has been elected to Lok Sabha seven times and to Rajya Sabha thrice from JD(U). He was the first national president of Janata Dal (United) since its form ...

– Politician * Sharad Kumar Awasthi – former MLA from Ram Nagar *

Sharad Tripathi Sharad Tripathi (9 January 1972 – 30 June 2021) was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Sant Kabir Nagar constituency in the 2014 general election. Education He c ...

– Member of the

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(9 January 1972 – 30 June 2021) *

Sharad Ranpise Sharad Ranpise (18 September 1951 – 23 September 2021) was an Indian politician who was a member of the Indian National Congress. On 10 July 2018, he was re-elected unopposed with 10 others to the Maharashtra Legislative Council The Maha ...

– Member of the

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Sharad Dighe Sharad Shankar Dighe (1924-2002) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Bombay North Central as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was earlier the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The ...

– former member of the Indian National Congress from the Bombay North Central (1924–2002) Film and Television *

Sharad Kapoor Sharad Kapoor (born 13 February 1976) is an Indian actor, who works in Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region enc ...

– Indian actor * Sharad Talwalkar – Indian

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film and television actor * Sharad Vyas – Television actor *

Sharad Ponkshe Sharad Ponkshe is an Indian actor and writer, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He is a speaker and an actor in Marathi film, theater and television. Career Ponkshe started his career in the year 1988 and worked in multiple fields incl ...

– Indian actor and writer *

Sharad Sharma Sharad Sharma is an Indian cartoonist based in New Delhi, India. He was associated with many newspapers and magazines before he switched to electronic media and introduced political animation to Indian TV news channels. In the late 1990s, he for ...

– Indian

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Sharad Kelkar Sharad Kelkar (born 7 October 1976) is an Indian film actor and voice artist from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He works primarly in Hindi films, Marathi films. Kelkar has appeared as lead in television serials for brief period of time, now he do web se ...

– Indian actor * Sharad Gogate – Marathi publisher and writer * Sharad Haskar – Photographer * Sharad Malhotra – Indian film and television actor *

Sharad Joshi Sharad Joshi was an Indian poet, writer, satirist and a dialogue and scriptwriter in Hindi films and television. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990. Biography Early life and education Sharad Joshi was born on 21 May 1931 in Ujjain, Madhya ...

– Indian poet, writer,

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and a

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and scriptwriter in Hindi films and television (1931–1991) Law and order *

Sharad Arvind Bobde Sharad Arvind Bobde (born 24 April 1956) is an Indian judge who served as the 47th Chief Justice of India from 18 November 2019 to 23 April 2021. He is a former Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. He is also serving as the Chancel ...

– 47 Chief Justice of India * Sharad Kumar – former

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(IPS) officer Medicine *

Sharad Panday Sharad Pandey (22 October 1934 — 8 November 2004) was an Indian heart surgeon. He was on the team of surgeons who performed the first-ever heart transplant in India at the King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical ...

– Indian heart surgeon *

Sharad Vaidya Sharad Vaidya (7 March 1936 – 19 October 2000) was an Indian surgeon who specialized in cancer surgery. He established the Goa Cancer Society and founded the Gosalia Memorial Cancer Hospital and the National Organisation for Tobacco Eradicatio ...

– Indian surgeon * Sharad Kumar Dixit – Indian born American

plastic surgeon Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery includes craniof ...

Sports * Sharad Diwadkar – Indian

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er * Sharad Rao – Indian Cricketer * Sharad Hazare – Indian Cricketer (1945–2022) * Sharad Kumar – Indian

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high jumper *

Sharad Vesawkar Sharad Vesawkar ( ne, शरद भेषावकर, born 9 October 1988) is a Nepalese professional cricketer. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against UAE in March 2004. ...

– Nepalese Cricketer Entrepreneur * Sharad Devarajan – CEO of Gotham Comics * Sharad Sagar – Indian

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and the Founder and CEO of Dexterity Global

References

*Selby, Martha Ann (translator). ''The Circle of Six Seasons'', 2003, * Raghavan, V. ''Ṛtu in Sanskrit literature'', Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri from Nepal, 1972. Hindu calendar Autumn {{Hinduism-stub