Looks like most people were conceived during winter.
RichChipmunk on
Love this! April being the lowest concentration of births every year since 2009 is fascinating. Now to figure out the reason why Indian folks don’t be f*ckin in July…
Jsturkenboom on
Quite interesting to see!
How does this trend compare to worldwide birthrates per month? Accounting for differences in average birthrate, of course.
Manoos on
marriage season is nov and dec and hence baby season from aug sep
spots_reddit on
wind the thing back nine months and you get an “Indians in heat” heat map
carmichaelcar on
This is probably the same for most countries. Someone should post the US version of this which I expect to be more or less the same. In most cultures November December is the holiday season where people are not thinking about work as much.
Ruths138 on
Why are we just looking at a scale between ~6-10%? When are the remaining 90% of births??
Even if it were fractions, it would not add up.
Data can be misleading, so check your scales.
Fun_Ad_8277 on
It would be interesting to see a similar comparison of birth timing in other generally hot countries. I suspect seasonal weather play an outsized role here vs. culture.
npeggsy on
Did they pause recording births during the first month of COVID? Even for April, 2020 is a significant change from previous years.
sandyibanez on
In 2009, people in India celebrated Valentine’s Day
ExtinctLikeNdiaye on
You can deffo tell how they were passing the time during the first months of the pandemic 😉
BioWhack on
So a very skinny bell curve distribution on the expected dead average of 8.33
yingele on
Do they fuck more at Christmas?
kemonkey1 on
Fun fact, the September birth trend is actually an unexplainable global phenomenon. North and Southern hemisphere alike, across all different climate areas, Even in cultures that don’t celebrate year end holidays all have more births in September for some reason.
SE_prof on
So April 2020 was the beginning of the pandemic, but in July 2019 there was no apparent issue. Is it possible that this chart records hospital deliveries and during the first lock down many babies were delivered at home? (Please don’t make a joke about deliveries during the pandemic 🤣🤣)
![[OC] Seasonality of births in India](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/jidipv4mkb6f1-1536x1534.png "[OC] Seasonality of births in India")
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What do Indians have against April births?
This is so cool.
Does this have to do with the weather or culture?
Looks like most people were conceived during winter.
Love this! April being the lowest concentration of births every year since 2009 is fascinating. Now to figure out the reason why Indian folks don’t be f*ckin in July…
Quite interesting to see!
How does this trend compare to worldwide birthrates per month? Accounting for differences in average birthrate, of course.
marriage season is nov and dec and hence baby season from aug sep
wind the thing back nine months and you get an “Indians in heat” heat map
This is probably the same for most countries. Someone should post the US version of this which I expect to be more or less the same. In most cultures November December is the holiday season where people are not thinking about work as much.
Why are we just looking at a scale between ~6-10%? When are the remaining 90% of births??
Even if it were fractions, it would not add up.
Data can be misleading, so check your scales.
It would be interesting to see a similar comparison of birth timing in other generally hot countries. I suspect seasonal weather play an outsized role here vs. culture.
Did they pause recording births during the first month of COVID? Even for April, 2020 is a significant change from previous years.
In 2009, people in India celebrated Valentine’s Day
You can deffo tell how they were passing the time during the first months of the pandemic 😉
So a very skinny bell curve distribution on the expected dead average of 8.33
Do they fuck more at Christmas?
Fun fact, the September birth trend is actually an unexplainable global phenomenon. North and Southern hemisphere alike, across all different climate areas, Even in cultures that don’t celebrate year end holidays all have more births in September for some reason.
So April 2020 was the beginning of the pandemic, but in July 2019 there was no apparent issue. Is it possible that this chart records hospital deliveries and during the first lock down many babies were delivered at home? (Please don’t make a joke about deliveries during the pandemic 🤣🤣)