[ritu-kâla] masculine properseason; period of the menses; the days immediately following suitable for conception; -gush, adjective feminine; also equal for be ing in the days favourable for conception; -thấ, adverb, -ial, -ially regularly; -páti, masculine lord of seasons; duly; exactly; -parna, masculine noun of a king of Ayodhyâ; -mát, adjective observing regular sea sons: -î, feminine; also equal for marriageable; being at the period suitable for conception; -râga, masculine spring; -liṅga, neuter characteristic mark of a season; -sás, adverb, -ial, -ially duly; -samhâra, masculine collection of the seasons: title of a poem by Kâlidâsa; -samaya, masculine time favourable for conception; -snâtâ, perfect passive participle feminine; also equal for having bathed after menstrua tion, prepared for sexual intercourse.
Source: Macdonell