Rulings · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Festivals 2014

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Sat 4 JanVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 11 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 12 Jan, 07:23–08:47Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 13 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Mon 13 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.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
Wed 15 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Sun 19 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 27 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 28 Jan, 06:29–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 28 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 29 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 30 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sun 2 FebTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 3 FebGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 FebŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 FebVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 6 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Mon 10 FebJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 11 Feb, 06:29–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 11 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 12 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 14 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 18 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 25 FebVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 26 Feb, 08:10–08:48Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 27 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 27 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 4 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 12 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 13 Mar, 06:19–08:43Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 13 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 16 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 145 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Mon 17 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Mon 17 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 20 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 24 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 27 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 28 Mar, 06:11–07:52Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 28 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 29 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 31 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 2 AprGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 2 AprSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 3 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 AprLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 7 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 8 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 11 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 12 Apr, 06:04–08:31Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 12 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 12 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 14 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Mon 14 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 15 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 18 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 25 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 26 Apr, 05:59–08:27Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 26 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 27 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 1 MayParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 2 MayAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 247 of 247 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 3 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sun 4 MayŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 6 MayGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 10 MayMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 11 May, 13:21–15:50Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 11 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 11 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 12 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 13 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 14 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 14 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 17 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 24 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 25 May, 06:47–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 26 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 26 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 44 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Sat 31 MayRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 1 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 3 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 3 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 9 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 10 Jun, 05:55–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 10 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 10 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 12 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 15 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Mon 23 JunYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 24 Jun, 05:57–08:28Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 24 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 25 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 29 JunRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 1 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 2 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 8 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 9 Jul, 13:31–16:01Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Boundary
Thu 10 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 11 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Sat 12 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Sat 12 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 12 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 54 of 150 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sun 13 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 15 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 22 JulKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 23 Jul, 06:04–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 24 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 25 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Tue 29 JulMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 30 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Fri 1 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 7 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 8 Aug, 06:05–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 8 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Fri 8 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 10 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 601 of 1440 minutes of the day.Determinate
Sun 10 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 11 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Wed 13 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 13 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 148 of 148 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Wed 13 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 15 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 16 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 17 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 21 AugAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 22 Aug, 06:05–08:32Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 22 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 23 AugAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 23 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 26 AugRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 28 AugHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 29 AugGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 30 AugṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 31 AugSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 1 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 5 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 6 Sep, 06:03–08:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 6 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 6 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 8 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 146 of 146 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Thu 11 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 13 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 15 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 16 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 19 SepIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 20 Sep, 13:17–15:42Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 21 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 22 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 23 SepMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 145 of 145 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Thu 25 SepNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 28 SepVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 1 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Thu 2 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 32 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 2 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 16 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 4 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 86 of 722 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Sat 4 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 5 Oct, 13:11–15:36Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Mon 6 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 11 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 11 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 15 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 19 OctRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 20 Oct, 05:57–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 20 OctGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 21 OctYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 21 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 22 OctNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Wed 22 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 23 OctLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 23 OctKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 24 OctGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 OctBali PūjāPratipadā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 24 OctDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 238 of 238 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 25 OctYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 27 OctNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 27 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 OctSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 31 OctGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 1 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 237 of 237 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 1 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 3 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 4 Nov, 05:59–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 4 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 6 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 6 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 10 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 18 NovUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 19 Nov, 06:02–08:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 19 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 80 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Thu 20 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 26 NovNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 26 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Thu 27 NovCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 27 NovSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 28 NovMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 3 Dec, 06:08–08:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 3 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 4 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 71 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 5 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 73 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Tue 9 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Boundary
Thu 18 DecSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 19 Dec, 06:16–08:37Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 19 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 20 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 25 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate

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