Rulings · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Festivals 2002

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Wed 2 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 9 JanSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 10 Jan, 06:56–09:17Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 10 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 11 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 13 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Mon 14 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset.Determinate
Mon 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Tue 15 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Thu 17 JanVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 25 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 26 Jan, 06:59–09:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 26 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 31 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 8 FebṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 9 Feb, 06:59–08:18Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 9 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 10 FebŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 11 FebYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sat 16 FebGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 16 FebTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 17 FebŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 17 FebVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Boundary
Sat 23 FebJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 24 Feb, 14:06–16:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 24 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 25 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 27 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 2 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 9 MarVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 10 Mar, 06:50–09:14Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 11 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 12 MarMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 18 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 25 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 26 Mar, 06:42–09:08Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 26 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 28 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 146 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 29 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Fri 29 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 31 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 4 AprŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 8 AprPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 9 Apr, 06:36–09:02Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 9 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Wed 10 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Sat 13 AprNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 15 AprGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 15 AprSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 16 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 17 AprLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 21 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 23 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 24 Apr, 06:29–08:57Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 24 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 54 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 25 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 26 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 10 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 26 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 38 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 30 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 8 MayVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 9 May, 06:25–08:54Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 9 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 10 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 14 MayParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 15 MayAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 249 of 249 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Thu 16 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 17 MayŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 19 MayGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 22 MayMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 23 May, 13:52–16:22Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Thu 23 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 25 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 85 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 26 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 26 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 6 JunAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 7 Jun, 08:25–08:54Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 8 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 9 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 13 JunRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 14 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 16 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 16 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 21 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 22 Jun, 06:27–08:18Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 21 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 22 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 24 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 28 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 6 JulYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 7 Jul, 06:30–09:00Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 7 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 8 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 12 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 5 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 13 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 14 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 16 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 21 Jul, 06:33–09:03Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 21 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 23 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 149 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Tue 23 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 24 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 149 of 149 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Wed 24 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 25 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 27 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 5 AugKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 6 Aug, 06:35–07:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 6 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 7 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 11 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 12 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 29 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 12 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 19 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 18 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 19 Aug, 07:26–09:03Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 19 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 20 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 22 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 763 of 1440 minutes of the day.Determinate
Thu 22 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 24 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 25 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 26 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Mon 26 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 29 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 30 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 30 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 3 SepAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 4 Sep, 06:33–09:00Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 4 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 5 SepAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 5 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 7 SepRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 9 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 10 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 11 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 12 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 13 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 26 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 13 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 22 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 17 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 18 Sep, 06:31–08:56Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 18 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Wed 18 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 20 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Wed 25 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 27 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 29 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 29 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 3 OctIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 4 Oct, 06:28–08:53Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 4 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 4 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Sun 6 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Mon 7 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 9 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 12 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Sun 13 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 14 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 15 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 572 of 718 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Wed 16 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 17 Oct, 13:38–16:01Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 18 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 24 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 24 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Boundary
Mon 28 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 1 NovRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 2 Nov, 06:28–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 1 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 2 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 2 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 3 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 4 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 82 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Mon 4 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 4 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 5 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 5 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 5 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 237 of 237 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Wed 6 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 8 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 8 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 10 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 12 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 13 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 236 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Wed 13 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 15 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 16 Nov, 06:31–08:53Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 17 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 19 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 23 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 30 NovUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 1 Dec, 06:53–08:58Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 2 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 69 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 2 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 7 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 8 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 9 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 9 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 10 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 16 Dec, 06:45–09:05Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 16 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 17 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 19 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 23 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 30 DecSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 31 Dec, 06:52–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 31 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate

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