Rulings · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Festivals 2003

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Wed 1 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 6 JanVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 13 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Tue 14 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset.Determinate
Tue 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Tue 14 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 15 Jan, 06:57–09:18Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 15 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Wed 15 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 21 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 28 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 29 Jan, 06:59–09:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 29 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 79 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 30 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 31 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Tue 4 FebTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Wed 5 FebGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 6 FebŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 6 FebVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 8 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Thu 13 FebJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 14 Feb, 06:58–09:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 13 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 14 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 16 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 19 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Thu 27 FebVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 28 Feb, 06:54–06:57Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 28 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 1 MarMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 7 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 14 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 15 Mar, 08:07–09:13Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 16 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 18 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 8 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Wed 19 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Wed 19 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 21 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 25 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 28 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 29 Mar, 06:41–09:07Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 30 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 30 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 2 AprNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 AprGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 AprSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 5 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 6 AprLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 10 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 11 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 13 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 14 Apr, 06:33–09:00Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 14 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Mon 14 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 14 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 15 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 16 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 19 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 27 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 28 Apr, 06:28–08:56Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 28 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 29 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 4 MayAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 247 of 247 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sun 4 MayParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 5 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 6 MayŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 8 MayGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 12 MayMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 13 May, 06:24–08:53Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 13 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 13 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 13 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Wed 14 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 16 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Fri 16 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Sun 18 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Mon 26 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 27 May, 06:57–08:53Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 28 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 29 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 3 JunRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 4 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 6 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 6 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 11 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 12 Jun, 06:25–08:55Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Boundary
Wed 11 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 12 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 13 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Tue 17 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 25 JunYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 26 Jun, 06:28–08:58Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 27 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 27 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 1 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 3 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 6 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 10 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 11 Jul, 06:31–09:01Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 11 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 13 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Sun 13 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 13 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sun 13 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 15 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 16 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 25 JulKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 26 Jul, 06:34–09:03Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 26 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 27 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 31 JulMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 1 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 2 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 8 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 9 Aug, 06:35–09:03Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 9 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 9 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 11 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 430 of 1440 minutes of the day.Boundary
Mon 11 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 13 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 14 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 15 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 148 of 148 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 15 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 18 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 19 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 23 AugAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 24 Aug, 07:37–09:02Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 25 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 26 AugAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 26 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 35 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 28 AugRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 30 AugHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 31 AugGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 1 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Mon 1 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 3 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 6 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 7 Sep, 06:33–08:59Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 7 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 8 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 9 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 146 of 146 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Sun 14 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 16 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 18 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 18 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 22 SepIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 23 Sep, 06:30–08:55Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 23 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 24 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 25 SepMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 145 of 145 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Fri 26 SepNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 29 SepVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 2 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Fri 3 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 18 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 3 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 30 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 5 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 240 of 722 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Mon 6 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 7 Oct, 06:28–08:52Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 7 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 13 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 13 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Boundary
Sat 18 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 21 OctRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 22 Oct, 13:37–16:00Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Wed 22 OctGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 23 OctYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 23 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 23 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Fri 24 OctNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Fri 24 OctKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 25 OctLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 28 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 25 OctBali PūjāPratipadā covers 68 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 26 OctGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 26 OctDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 238 of 238 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Mon 27 OctYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Tue 28 OctNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 28 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 30 OctSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 1 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 2 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 237 of 237 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sun 2 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 5 Nov, 06:29–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 6 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 8 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 8 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 12 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 20 NovUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 21 Nov, 06:33–08:54Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 21 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 22 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 27 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 28 NovNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 29 NovCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Sat 29 NovSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Sat 29 NovMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 4 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 5 Dec, 06:39–09:00Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 5 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 6 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Mon 8 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 12 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 19 DecSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 20 Dec, 13:48–16:09Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Sun 21 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 21 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 26 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate

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