Rulings · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Festivals 1996

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Mon 1 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 2 Jan, 06:23–08:43Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 3 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Tue 9 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 14 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Sun 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Mon 15 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Tue 16 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Wed 17 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 18 Jan, 06:28–08:49Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 18 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 18 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Fri 19 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Tue 23 JanGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 23 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 24 JanŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 24 JanVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 26 JanRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Wed 31 JanJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 1 Feb, 06:29–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 31 JanBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 1 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 4 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 8 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 15 FebVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 16 Feb, 06:28–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 16 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 17 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 22 FebVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 1 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 2 Mar, 06:23–08:47Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 2 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 4 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 144 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Tue 5 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Wed 6 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 8 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 12 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 15 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 16 Mar, 07:33–08:42Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 17 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 17 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 20 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 22 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 22 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 23 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 27 MarBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 28 MarRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 30 MarKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 31 Mar, 13:28–15:54Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 1 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 1 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 2 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 3 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 7 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Sun 14 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 15 Apr, 06:03–07:47Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 15 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 16 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 20 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 246 of 246 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 20 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 21 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 22 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 24 AprGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 29 AprMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 30 Apr, 05:57–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 30 AprParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 30 AprRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 1 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 2 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 38 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 3 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 3 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 6 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 13 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 14 May, 05:54–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 14 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 15 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 20 MayRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 21 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 MayAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 MaySkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 MayNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 30 May, 06:54–09:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 29 MayŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 30 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 1 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 4 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 11 JunYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 12 Jun, 14:26–16:56Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 13 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 14 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 20 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 27 JunŚukla EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 28 Jun, 06:58–09:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 28 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 37 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 3 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Thu 11 JulKṛṣṇa EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 12 Jul, 07:02–09:31Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 12 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 13 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 17 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 19 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 22 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 27 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 28 Jul, 07:04–09:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 28 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 29 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 0 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Tue 30 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 149 of 149 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Tue 30 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 30 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 5 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna.Boundary
Wed 31 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 2 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 9 AugKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 10 Aug, 14:30–16:58Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 11 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 12 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 17 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 18 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 19 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 25 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 26 Aug, 07:04–09:31Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 26 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Mon 26 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 28 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 613 of 1440 minutes of the day.Determinate
Wed 28 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 29 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 31 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 31 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sat 31 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 2 SepHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Tue 3 SepŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 4 SepJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 8 SepAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 9 Sep, 07:02–09:28Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 10 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 11 SepAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 11 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Fri 13 SepRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 16 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 17 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 18 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 19 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 20 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 24 Sep, 07:00–09:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 24 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 24 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 26 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Mon 30 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 2 OctCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 4 OctJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 4 OctMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 8 OctIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 9 Oct, 06:58–09:22Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 9 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 10 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 12 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Sun 13 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 16 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 19 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Sun 20 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Sun 20 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 21 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 117 of 716 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Tue 22 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 23 Oct, 14:06–16:29Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Boundary
Thu 24 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 29 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 29 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 3 NovAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 7 NovRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 8 Nov, 06:29–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 7 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 8 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 8 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 9 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 10 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sun 10 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 10 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 11 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 11 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 12 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 12 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 145 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Boundary
Thu 14 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 14 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 16 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 236 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 19 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 21 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 22 Nov, 06:34–08:55Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 22 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 24 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 28 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 6 DecUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 7 Dec, 13:42–16:03Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 8 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 9 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 14 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 14 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Sun 15 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 16 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 20 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 21 Dec, 06:47–09:08Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 21 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 22 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 24 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 28 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate

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