Rulings · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Festivals 2016

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Wed 6 JanSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 7 Jan, 06:25–07:55Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 7 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 8 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 13 JanVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 14 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Fri 15 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Fri 15 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Sat 16 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Wed 20 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 21 Jan, 06:28–08:50Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 21 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 27 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 4 FebṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 5 Feb, 07:25–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 6 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 6 FebŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 46 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Sun 7 FebYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Thu 11 FebGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Thu 11 FebTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 12 FebŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 12 FebVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 14 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Thu 18 FebJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 19 Feb, 06:27–08:50Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 19 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 22 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 26 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 5 MarVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 6 Mar, 06:21–08:46Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 6 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 7 MarMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 12 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 19 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 20 Mar, 06:15–08:40Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 20 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 22 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 145 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna.Boundary
Wed 23 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Boundary
Thu 24 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 27 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 31 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 3 AprPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 4 Apr, 13:27–15:53Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Tue 5 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 5 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 33 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 8 AprNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 9 AprGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 9 AprSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 10 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 11 AprLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Thu 14 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 15 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 17 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 18 Apr, 07:40–08:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 19 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 20 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 21 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 25 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 3 MayVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 4 May, 05:56–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 4 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 5 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 8 MayParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 9 MayAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 248 of 248 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 10 MayŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 1 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Tue 10 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Thu 12 MayGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 17 MayMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 18 May, 05:54–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 18 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 18 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 19 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 20 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 21 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 21 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 25 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 1 JunAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 2 Jun, 05:54–08:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 2 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 76 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 3 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 7 JunRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 8 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 10 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 10 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 16 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 17 Jun, 05:56–08:26Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 16 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 17 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 19 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 23 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 30 JunYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 1 Jul, 13:30–16:00Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Boundary
Sat 2 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 2 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 6 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 8 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sat 9 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Mon 11 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 15 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 16 Jul, 08:29–08:32Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 17 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 19 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Tue 19 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 21 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 23 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 30 JulKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 31 Jul, 06:04–06:31Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 31 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 1 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 5 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 6 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 7 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 14 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 15 Aug, 06:05–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 15 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 15 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 18 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 532 of 1440 minutes of the day.Boundary
Thu 18 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 19 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 20 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 21 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 148 of 148 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sun 21 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 23 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 24 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 24 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 28 AugAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 29 Aug, 06:04–08:31Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 29 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 30 AugAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 30 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 2 SepRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 4 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 5 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 6 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 7 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 8 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 9 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 13 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 14 Sep, 06:01–07:03Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 13 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 14 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 15 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 146 of 146 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Mon 19 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 21 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 23 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 23 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 26 SepIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 27 Sep, 07:11–08:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 28 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 29 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 30 SepMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 145 of 145 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 1 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 5 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 8 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Sun 9 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 10 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 11 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 719 of 719 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Wed 12 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 13 Oct, 05:58–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 13 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 17 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 18 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Tue 18 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 22 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 26 OctRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 27 Oct, 05:58–08:20Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 26 OctGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 27 OctYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Thu 27 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 28 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 29 OctNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sat 29 OctKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 30 OctLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 31 OctGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 31 OctBali PūjāPratipadā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 31 OctDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 237 of 237 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 1 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 3 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 3 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 5 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Tue 8 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 9 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 237 of 237 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Wed 9 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 11 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 12 Nov, 06:00–06:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 12 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 13 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 14 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 17 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 25 NovUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 26 Nov, 06:05–08:26Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 26 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 27 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 3 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 4 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 5 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 5 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 6 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 10 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 11 Dec, 06:12–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 11 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 11 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 13 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 16 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 24 DecSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 25 Dec, 13:21–15:42Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 26 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 27 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate

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