Vaishakha
E1004926
Vaishakha is the second month of the traditional Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in April–May and associated with various religious observances and festivals.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12788477 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vaishakha Context triple: [Chaitra, precedes, Vaishakha]
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A.
Phalguna
Phalguna is the twelfth month of the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in February–March and associated with several major festivals and religious observances.
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B.
Shravan month
Shravan month is a holy period in the Hindu calendar, typically falling in July–August, marked by intensive worship of Lord Shiva, fasting, and pilgrimages to sacred sites.
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C.
Chaitra month
Chaitra month is the first month of the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in March–April, and is associated with the onset of spring and numerous regional festivals.
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D.
Ashadha
Ashadha is a month in the traditional Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling around June–July, associated with the onset of the monsoon season in the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Vesākha
Vesākha is the Buddhist festival commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvāṇa) of Gautama Buddha, observed on the full moon day of the Vesak month in many Asian countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vaishakha Target entity description: Vaishakha is the second month of the traditional Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in April–May and associated with various religious observances and festivals.
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A.
Phalguna
Phalguna is the twelfth month of the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in February–March and associated with several major festivals and religious observances.
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B.
Shravan month
Shravan month is a holy period in the Hindu calendar, typically falling in July–August, marked by intensive worship of Lord Shiva, fasting, and pilgrimages to sacred sites.
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C.
Chaitra month
Chaitra month is the first month of the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in March–April, and is associated with the onset of spring and numerous regional festivals.
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D.
Ashadha
Ashadha is a month in the traditional Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling around June–July, associated with the onset of the monsoon season in the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Vesākha
Vesākha is the Buddhist festival commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvāṇa) of Gautama Buddha, observed on the full moon day of the Vesak month in many Asian countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu calendar month
ⓘ
lunar month ⓘ month ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hindu festivals
ⓘ
religious observances ⓘ |
| associatedWithSeason |
early summer
ⓘ
spring ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | lunisolar ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunar ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| follows |
Chaitra
ⓘ
linked to:
Chaitra month
|
| hasReligiousSignificance | yes ⓘ |
| hasScriptForm | वैशाख ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
Baisakh
ⓘ
linked to:
Boishakh
Vaishakh ⓘ
linked to:
Vaishakha
|
| linkedToLunarPhase |
full moon
ⓘ
new moon ⓘ |
| observedIn |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ other South Asian regions ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hindu lunar calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Hindu lunisolar calendar
traditional Hindu calendar ⓘ |
| positionInYear | second month ⓘ |
| precedes |
Jyeshtha
ⓘ
linked to:
Jyestha
|
| typicalGregorianSpan |
April
ⓘ
May ⓘ |
| usedFor |
pilgrimage dates
ⓘ
religious fasts ⓘ timing of Hindu festivals ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Hinduism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vaishakha Description of subject: Vaishakha is the second month of the traditional Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in April–May and associated with various religious observances and festivals.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.