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Festivals 2023

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Mon 2 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 3 Jan, 06:23–08:44Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 4 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 10 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 14 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Sat 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Sun 15 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Mon 16 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Wed 18 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 19 Jan, 06:28–08:49Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 19 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 20 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 21 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 87 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Tue 24 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 25 JanŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 12 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 25 JanVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 12 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 25 JanGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 36 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 28 JanRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Wed 1 FebJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 2 Feb, 06:29–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 2 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 2 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 5 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 9 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 16 FebVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 17 Feb, 08:01–08:50Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 18 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 18 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Thu 23 FebVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 3 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 4 Mar, 06:23–08:46Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 4 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 7 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 132 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna.Boundary
Wed 8 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Boundary
Wed 8 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 11 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 15 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 18 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 19 Mar, 06:16–08:08Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 19 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 20 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 22 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 25 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 26 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 MarBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 30 MarRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 1 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 2 Apr, 13:27–15:54Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 3 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 3 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 4 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 5 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 9 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 14 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Sun 16 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 17 Apr, 06:02–08:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 17 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 18 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 22 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 23 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 108 of 246 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sun 23 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 24 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 26 AprGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 1 MayMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 2 May, 05:57–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 2 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 3 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 4 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 5 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 5 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 8 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 15 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 16 May, 06:42–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 17 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 17 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 22 MayRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 23 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 25 MayAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 25 MaySkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 31 MayNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 1 Jun, 05:54–08:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 1 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 1 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 3 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 6 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Wed 14 JunYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 15 Jun, 05:56–08:26Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 15 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 16 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 20 JunRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 22 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 23 JunSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 25 JunVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 29 JunHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 30 Jun, 08:21–08:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 1 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 2 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Mon 3 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Mon 3 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 3 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 69 of 150 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 6 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 13 JulKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 14 Jul, 06:02–08:32Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 15 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sat 15 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 21 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 29 JulŚukla EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 30 Jul, 06:04–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 30 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 4 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 12 AugKṛṣṇa EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 13 Aug, 06:05–08:20Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 13 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 14 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 19 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 20 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 21 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 27 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 28 Aug, 06:04–08:31Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 28 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 28 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 91 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Wed 30 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 542 of 1440 minutes of the day.Boundary
Wed 30 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 1 SepAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 2 SepKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 2 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sun 3 SepBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Tue 5 SepHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 6 SepJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 6 SepŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 10 SepAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 11 Sep, 06:02–08:28Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 12 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 13 SepAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 13 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 15 SepRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 20 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 21 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 22 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 23 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 39 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 25 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 26 Sep, 13:15–15:40Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Tue 26 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 27 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 28 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Mon 2 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 4 OctCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 6 OctJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 6 OctMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 10 OctIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 11 Oct, 05:58–08:22Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 12 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Thu 12 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 14 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Sun 15 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 18 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 21 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Sun 22 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 24 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 25 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 26 Oct, 05:57–08:20Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 26 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 1 NovKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 1 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 5 NovAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 9 NovRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 10 Nov, 06:00–08:22Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 9 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 10 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 10 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 11 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 12 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sun 12 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 12 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 13 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 14 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 14 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 236 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Wed 15 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 17 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Fri 17 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Sat 18 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 20 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 21 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 236 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 21 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 24 Nov, 06:04–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 24 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 21 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 26 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 27 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 30 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 9 DecUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 10 Dec, 06:11–07:14Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 10 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 11 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 16 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 17 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 23 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 24 Dec, 06:18–06:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 23 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 26 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 30 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate

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