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Festivals 2008

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Fri 4 JanSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 5 Jan, 05:42–08:34Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 5 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 78 of 78 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 6 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 12 JanVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 14 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Mon 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Tue 15 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Wed 16 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Fri 18 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 19 Jan, 06:47–08:43Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 20 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 9 of 80 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 25 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 2 FebṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 3 Feb, 14:22–17:06Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 4 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 83 of 83 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 5 FebŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 6 FebYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 67 of 83 minutes of aruṇodaya.Boundary
Sun 10 FebGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 10 FebTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 84 of 84 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 11 FebŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 11 FebVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 13 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 85 of 85 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sun 17 FebJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 18 Feb, 06:24–08:40Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 17 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 87 of 87 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 20 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 3 MarVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 4 Mar, 06:37–09:09Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 5 MarMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 5 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 91 of 91 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 10 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 17 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 18 Mar, 06:48–09:15Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 18 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 55 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 21 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 145 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sat 22 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Sat 22 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 25 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 29 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 2 AprPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 3 Apr, 07:01–09:20Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 3 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 99 of 99 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 4 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 6 AprNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 8 AprGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 8 AprSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 9 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 10 AprLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 12 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Sun 13 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 16 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 17 Apr, 07:11–08:00Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Boundary
Thu 17 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 17 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 103 of 103 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 18 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 20 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 4 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Wed 23 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Boundary
Thu 1 MayVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 2 May, 08:04–09:31Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 3 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 107 of 107 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 3 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 7 MayAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 211 of 211 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Wed 7 MayParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 8 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 9 MayŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 11 MayGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 15 MayMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 16 May, 07:33–09:37Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 16 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 16 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 17 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 110 of 110 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 18 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 110 of 110 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 19 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 19 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 23 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 31 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 1 Jun, 07:43–08:39Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 1 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 112 of 112 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 2 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 6 JunRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā does not reach madhyāhna on either day.Determinate
Fri 6 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 8 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 8 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 14 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 15 Jun, 07:50–09:49Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 14 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 113 of 113 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 17 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 113 of 113 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 22 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 29 JunYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 30 Jun, 07:53–09:52Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 30 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 113 of 113 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 1 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 4 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 6 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 7 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 9 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 13 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 14 Jul, 08:22–09:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 15 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 111 of 111 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 17 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 17 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 122 of 122 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Thu 17 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 111 of 111 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 18 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 122 of 122 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Sat 19 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 21 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 28 JulKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 29 Jul, 07:41–09:46Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 29 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Wed 30 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 3 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 4 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 5 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 12 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 13 Aug, 07:27–09:37Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 13 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 14 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 105 of 105 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 16 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 731 of 1439 minutes of the day.Determinate
Sat 16 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 19 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Wed 20 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 132 of 132 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 22 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 23 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 23 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 26 AugAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 27 Aug, 13:55–16:10Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Thu 28 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 102 of 102 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 28 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Fri 29 AugAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 101 of 101 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 31 AugRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 3 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 4 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 5 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 6 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 7 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 11 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 12 Sep, 06:50–09:11Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 11 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Fri 12 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 14 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 142 of 142 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Thu 18 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 19 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sun 21 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 7 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 21 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 25 SepIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 26 Sep, 06:30–08:57Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 26 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 27 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 28 SepMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 148 of 148 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Mon 29 SepNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 3 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Mon 6 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 50 of 50 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Tue 7 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 8 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 9 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 763 of 763 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Fri 10 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 11 Oct, 13:50–16:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 12 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 89 of 89 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 17 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 17 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 20 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Fri 24 OctRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 25 Oct, 05:53–08:32Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 25 OctGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 86 of 86 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 26 OctYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 86 of 86 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 26 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 86 of 86 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 26 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Mon 27 OctNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 86 of 86 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Mon 27 OctKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Tue 28 OctLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 29 OctGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 OctBali PūjāPratipadā covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 29 OctDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 268 of 268 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Thu 30 OctYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 1 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 1 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Thu 6 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 7 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 273 of 273 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Fri 7 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 9 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 10 Nov, 05:38–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 10 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 82 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 12 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 12 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 15 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 23 NovUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 24 Nov, 05:30–08:19Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 24 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 79 of 79 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 25 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 1 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 3 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 3 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 4 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 9 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 10 Dec, 05:29–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 9 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 10 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 77 of 77 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 11 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Mon 15 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 22 DecSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 23 Dec, 14:12–17:05Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 24 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 77 of 77 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 25 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 31 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate

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