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Festivals 2021

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Sat 2 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 9 JanSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 10 Jan, 06:26–08:47Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 10 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 11 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 13 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.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
Sat 16 JanVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 25 Jan, 06:29–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 26 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 31 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 7 FebṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 8 Feb, 13:36–15:58Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Boundary
Tue 9 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 10 FebYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Wed 10 FebŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 15 FebGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 15 FebTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 16 FebŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 16 FebVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 19 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Tue 23 FebJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 24 Feb, 06:25–08:49Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 24 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 24 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 27 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 9 MarVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 10 Mar, 06:20–08:44Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 10 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 11 MarMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 17 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 25 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 26 Mar, 06:12–08:22Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 26 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 28 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 146 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Mon 29 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Mon 29 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 31 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 4 AprŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 7 AprPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 8 Apr, 13:26–15:53Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 9 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 10 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 12 AprNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Thu 15 AprGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 15 AprSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 16 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 17 AprLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 20 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 21 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 23 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 24 Apr, 05:59–08:27Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 24 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 34 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 25 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 26 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 27 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Thu 29 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Fri 7 MayVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 8 May, 05:55–08:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 8 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 9 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 14 MayParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 15 MayAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 126 of 249 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 15 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 16 MayŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 19 MayGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sun 23 MayMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 24 May, 05:53–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 23 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 23 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 24 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 25 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 26 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 26 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 29 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 6 JunAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 7 Jun, 05:54–08:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 7 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 8 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 13 JunRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 14 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 16 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 16 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 21 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 22 Jun, 05:57–08:27Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 22 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Tue 22 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 24 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 27 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 5 JulYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 6 Jul, 06:00–08:30Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 7 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 8 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 11 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 13 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 14 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 16 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 20 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 21 Jul, 06:03–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 21 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 23 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā does not reach the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on either day.Boundary
Fri 23 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 23 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 149 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 23 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 25 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 27 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 4 AugKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 5 Aug, 06:05–08:34Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 5 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 6 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 11 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 12 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 13 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 18 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 19 Aug, 06:33–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 19 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 20 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 22 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 679 of 1440 minutes of the day.Determinate
Sun 22 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 25 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 25 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 122 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Wed 25 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 28 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 29 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 30 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 3 SepAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 4 Sep, 06:03–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 4 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 5 SepAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 5 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 7 SepRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 9 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 10 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 11 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 12 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 13 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 14 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 17 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 18 Sep, 06:01–06:55Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 17 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 18 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 19 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Boundary
Fri 24 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 26 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 28 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 29 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sat 2 OctIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 3 Oct, 05:58–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 4 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 4 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 6 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Thu 7 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 9 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 12 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Wed 13 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 14 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 15 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 199 of 718 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Sat 16 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 17 Oct, 05:57–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 17 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 24 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 24 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 28 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 1 NovRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 2 Nov, 05:58–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 1 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 2 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 2 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 3 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 4 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Thu 4 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 4 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 5 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 5 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 5 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 237 of 237 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 6 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 8 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 8 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 9 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 11 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 12 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 236 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Fri 12 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 15 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 16 Nov, 06:01–08:02Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 16 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 18 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 19 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Tue 23 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 30 NovUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 1 Dec, 07:35–08:28Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 2 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 2 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 7 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 8 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 9 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 9 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 10 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 14 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 15 Dec, 06:14–08:35Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 15 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 16 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 18 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 22 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 30 DecSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 31 Dec, 06:22–08:43Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 31 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate

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