Rulings · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Festivals 2017

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Sun 1 JanVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 8 JanPutradā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 9 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 117 of 117 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 13 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Fri 13 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Sat 14 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Sun 15 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Sun 15 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 23 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 24 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 114 of 114 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 25 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 26 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 114 of 114 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Mon 30 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 102 of 112 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 31 JanGaṇeśa JayantīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 1 FebŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 1 FebVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 3 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 111 of 111 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Mon 6 FebJayā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 7 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 8 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 109 of 109 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 10 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 13 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 22 FebVijayā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 23 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 24 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 1 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 8 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 9 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 99 of 99 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 11 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 141 of 141 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sun 12 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Mon 13 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 15 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 20 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 25 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 25 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Tue 28 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 30 MarGaurī TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 42 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 30 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 42 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 30 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 6 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 31 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 3 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 6 AprKāmadā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 8 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 8 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 87 of 87 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 9 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 10 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Fri 14 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 22 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 23 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 82 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 24 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 28 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 278 of 278 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Fri 28 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 40 of 80 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 29 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 30 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 1 MayGaṅgotpattiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 6 MayMohinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 6 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 6 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 7 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 78 of 78 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 8 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 77 of 77 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 10 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 10 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 14 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 21 MayAparā EkādaśīEkādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Tue 23 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 74 of 74 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 23 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 27 MayRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 28 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 30 MayAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 30 MaySkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 4 JunNirjalā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 5 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 6 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 71 of 71 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 8 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 71 of 71 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 12 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 20 JunYoginī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 21 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 70 of 70 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 22 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Sun 25 JunRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 26 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 27 JunSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 29 JunVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 5 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 71 of 71 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 8 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 181 of 181 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Sat 8 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 8 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 181 of 181 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sat 8 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 72 of 72 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Mon 10 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 12 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 19 JulKāmikā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 20 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 74 of 74 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 21 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 25 JulMadhusravā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 26 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 27 JulNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 3 AugPutradā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 3 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 78 of 78 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 6 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Mon 7 AugRakṣā BandhanaThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 440 of 1441 minutes of the day.Boundary
Tue 8 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 10 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 10 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 169 of 169 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Thu 10 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 12 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sun 13 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 14 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 17 AugAjā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 18 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 20 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 19 AugAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 83 of 83 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 19 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 22 AugRudra VrataPratipadā does not reach madhyāhna on either day.Determinate
Wed 23 AugHaritālikā VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 24 AugGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 25 AugṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 26 AugSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 27 AugMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 29 AugRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 1 SepParivartanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 2 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 3 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 88 of 88 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 4 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 156 of 156 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Fri 8 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sun 10 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 12 SepJitāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 91 of 91 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 12 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 15 SepIndirā EkādaśīEkādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Sun 17 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 18 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 19 SepMahālaya AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 147 of 147 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Wed 20 SepNavarātrārambhaPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 23 SepVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 27 SepDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Wed 27 SepMahāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 28 SepMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 30 SepVijayā DaśamīDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 441 of 706 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Sun 1 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 2 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 99 of 99 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 8 OctKaraka CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 8 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 11 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 15 OctRamā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 15 OctGovatsa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 16 OctYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 16 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 17 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 18 OctNaraka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Wed 18 OctLakṣmī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 105 of 105 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 18 OctKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 19 OctBali PūjāPratipadā covers 105 of 105 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 20 OctGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 20 OctDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 217 of 217 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 21 OctYama DvitīyāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 OctNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 25 OctSūrya ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 27 OctGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 28 OctAkṣaya NavamīNavamī covers 210 of 210 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Boundary
Sat 28 OctDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 31 OctPrabodhinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 1 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 109 of 109 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 3 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 3 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 12 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 6 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 13 NovUtpannā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 15 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 114 of 114 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 16 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 22 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 NovNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 NovCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 NovSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 25 NovMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 NovMokṣadā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 30 NovAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 1 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 30 of 117 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 2 DecDattātreyotpattiPūrṇimā covers 118 of 118 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 5 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Wed 13 DecSaphalā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 15 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 119 of 119 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 15 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 21 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 29 DecPutradā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 30 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 119 of 119 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate

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