Editing Vishu (section)

==Etymology and origin==
{{See also|Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar}}
''Vishu'', from Sanskrit ''Viṣuvam'', literally means 'equal',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spokensanskrit.org/index.php?mode=3&script=hk&tran_input=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5&direct=au&anz=100|title = Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit}}</ref> and it connoted to the celebration of [[March equinox|spring equinox]] in the past.<ref name=vishugok/> The spring equinox however occurs 24 days before the day of Vishu, on 21 March/[[Malayalam calendar|Meenam]] 7, due to [[precession of equinoxes]].