Try This:
import pandas as pd
data = {
"YEAR" : [2016,2016,2020,2020,2021,2021,2021,2021,2021,2021,2021,2021,2021,2021],
"MONTH" : [1,2,4,5,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
df.loc[(df["YEAR"] <= 2021) & (df["MONTH"] < 7),"TIME_TYPE"] = "History"
df.loc[(df["YEAR"] >= 2021) & (df["MONTH"] >= 7),"TIME_TYPE"] = "Forecast"
print(df)
Result:
YEAR MONTH TIME_TYPE
0 2016 1 History
1 2016 2 History
2 2020 4 History
3 2020 5 History
4 2021 1 History
5 2021 2 History
6 2021 3 History
7 2021 4 History
8 2021 5 History
9 2021 6 History
10 2021 7 Forecast
11 2021 8 Forecast
12 2021 9 Forecast
13 2021 10 Forecast