Overview
- Adhik Maas, which began Sunday, continues until June 15 in this year’s Hindu lunar calendar.
- Guidance for the month centers on spiritual practice, with devotees urged to chant Vishnu mantras, read scriptures, fast, give to the poor, and pause weddings and housewarmings.
- In 2026 the extra month falls in Adhik Jyeshtha, which astrologers say heightens focus on karma, emotional healing, finances, relationships, and mental peace.
- Indian outlets published sign‑by‑sign remedies, highlighting simple acts such as visiting Vishnu temples, lighting a diya, offering Tulsi leaves or flowers, donating food or water, and reciting the Bhagavad Gita.
- It functions as a leap month added roughly every 32–33 months to realign lunar months with the solar year, and tradition traces its sanctity to Lord Vishnu naming it Purushottam Maas in the Padma Purana.