Dvitiya

Dvitiya (Sanskrit: द्वितीय, romanized: Dvitīya) also referred to as Beej (Sanskrit: बीज, romanized: Bīja) and Dooj (Sanskrit: दुजा, romanized: Dujā) is the Sanskrit word for "second",^[1] and is the second day of the lunar fortnight (Paksha) of the Hindu calendar.^[2]^[3] Each Hindu month has two dvitiya days, being the second day of the "bright" (Shukla) and of the "dark" (Krishna) fortnights respectively. Dvitiya occurs on the second and the seventeenth day of each month.

^ Selin, Helaine (2013-11-11). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 806. ISBN 978-94-017-1416-7.
^ Turner, R. L. (1999). A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 381. ISBN 978-81-208-1665-7.
^ Klostermaier, Klaus K. (2010-03-10). A Survey of Hinduism: Third Edition. State University of New York Press. p. 493. ISBN 978-0-7914-8011-3.

[1] Selin, Helaine (2013-11-11). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 806. ISBN 978-94-017-1416-7.

[2] Turner, R. L. (1999). A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 381. ISBN 978-81-208-1665-7.

[3] Klostermaier, Klaus K. (2010-03-10). A Survey of Hinduism: Third Edition. State University of New York Press. p. 493. ISBN 978-0-7914-8011-3.

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