Rulings · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Festivals 1999

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Tue 5 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 13 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Wed 13 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 14 Jan, 06:57–09:18Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 14 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset.Determinate
Thu 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Fri 15 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Fri 15 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 15 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 16 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Thu 21 JanGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 21 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 34 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 22 JanŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 22 JanVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 JanRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Wed 27 JanJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 28 Jan, 14:04–16:26Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Thu 28 JanBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 29 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 31 JanMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 4 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 12 FebVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 13 Feb, 06:58–09:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 13 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 14 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 19 FebVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 26 FebĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 27 Feb, 06:54–09:18Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 27 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 1 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 144 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Wed 3 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 5 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 10 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 13 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 14 Mar, 14:02–16:27Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Boundary
Mon 15 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 16 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 18 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 21 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 28 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 21 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 20 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 24 MarBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 25 MarRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 27 MarKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 28 Mar, 07:33–09:07Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 29 MarAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 29 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 30 MarViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 31 MarCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 4 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 12 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 13 Apr, 06:34–09:01Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 13 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 64 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 14 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Wed 14 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 18 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 246 of 246 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sun 18 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 19 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 20 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 22 AprGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 26 AprMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 27 Apr, 06:28–08:56Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 27 AprParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 27 AprRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 27 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 28 AprNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 30 AprBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 30 AprSampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 12 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 13 May, 06:24–08:53Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 13 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 13 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Tue 18 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 25 MayŚukla EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 26 May, 13:52–16:22Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 27 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 2 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 10 JunKṛṣṇa EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 11 Jun, 06:25–08:55Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 11 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 12 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 16 JunRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 17 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 18 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 18 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 24 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 25 Jun, 06:28–08:58Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 25 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 26 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 28 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 2 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 9 JulYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 10 Jul, 06:31–09:01Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 10 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 11 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 14 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 16 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 17 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 19 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 24 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 25 Jul, 06:34–09:03Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 25 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 27 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 149 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna.Boundary
Tue 27 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 28 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 149 of 149 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Wed 28 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 29 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 31 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 7 AugKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 8 Aug, 08:04–09:03Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 9 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 9 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 14 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 16 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 22 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 23 Aug, 13:57–16:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 23 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 24 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 26 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 706 of 1440 minutes of the day.Determinate
Thu 26 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 28 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 29 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 30 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Mon 30 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 1 SepHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 2 SepJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 2 SepŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 6 SepAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 7 Sep, 06:33–07:19Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 7 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 8 SepAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 8 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 10 SepRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 12 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 13 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 14 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 15 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 16 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 18 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Tue 21 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 22 Sep, 06:30–08:56Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 22 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 73 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 24 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Tue 28 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 30 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 1 OctMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 2 OctJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 5 OctIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 6 Oct, 06:28–08:52Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 6 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 7 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 9 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Sun 10 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 13 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 17 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Sun 17 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 426 of 717 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Thu 21 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 22 Oct, 06:27–08:50Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 22 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 27 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 27 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 31 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 3 NovRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 4 Nov, 13:35–15:58Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 4 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 5 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 5 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 6 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 7 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sun 7 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 7 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 8 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Mon 8 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 9 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Tue 9 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 237 of 237 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Boundary
Fri 12 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 12 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 14 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 16 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 17 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 236 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Wed 17 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 19 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 20 Nov, 06:56–08:54Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 21 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 22 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 23 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 26 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 3 DecUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 4 Dec, 06:38–08:59Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 5 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 5 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Sun 12 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Mon 13 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 14 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 14 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 15 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 19 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 20 Dec, 06:46–09:07Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 20 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Mon 20 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 22 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 25 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate

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