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Mdu - Madurai is an age-old convention used in Postal notations, long before IRCTC came into existence. 
Similarly, Cbe - Coimbatore, Chn - Chennai, Mas (not Mad) - Madras, Tri/y - Tiruchi/Trichy, Blr - Bangalore.
But Railway station codes convention maybe totally awkward like SBC - Bangalore City, Hx - Cuddappah...
So, better to follow Postal code conventions, which were kept by British, one of the so many disciplined things they did in/for India. 
Vaibhav wrote:
the Diwali day is the last day of the Indian calendar (it's no-moon night - which is lit bright with many lamps).
It is a new-moon night, technically speaking... 
So, Happy new year to everyone!
I have not heard abt this before. You are really full of interesting info.... 
parthabe wrote:
Vaibhav wrote:
the Diwali day is the last day of the Indian calendar (it's no-moon night - which is lit bright with many lamps).
It is a new-moon night, technically speaking...
LOL! You're right!
Yes Mukundh, we are not accustomed to using/referring Indian calendar except for the festivals (that too, our pundits and grand parents take care). But in Gujarat this is still observed - Diwali being a festival of five main days. There are days before these 5 days, with some special names too, but the real "ritual" begins on 2 days before Diwali with closing of "this" year's accounts and worshipping Lakshmi - the Goddess of Wealth. And from that day, businesses close till the fifth day of the New Year. That day the businesses are opened and the new business year begins.
This is not the "new fiscal year" which runs from April to March (year end and taxes are based on that fiscal year). The year that ends on the Diwali celebration is on the account books. In Gujarat businesses literally close till that 5th day. However, in the Government offices now there are only 2 days holiday - Diwali and the New Year. The day after the New Year (the second day of the year) is the festival for brothers and sisters.
In my home we used to do the "worship of Lakshmi and of the book of accounts for the new year" - with a swastika, red powder and rice - the sacred elements. And this ritual is observed by businessmen (at least Gujarati) even out side India - in Lisbon for e.g., where there are Gujarati businessmen migrated from Africa in the past century.
muks wrote:
So, Happy new year to everyone!
I have not heard abt this before. You are really full of interesting info....
🙂 This info is remembered by "every one," because the one essay that we must write in the primary school is about "Diwali" 😄 in addition to other festivals and "cow" and "India." 😄
In South India, I suppose they have a different calendar (not the one that begins with King Vikram) - as far as I remember reading somewhere. Otherwise please correct me.
