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Festivals 2031

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Sat 4 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 5 Jan, 06:24–08:45Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 5 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 12 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 14 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Tue 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Wed 15 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Thu 16 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Sun 19 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 20 Jan, 06:28–08:50Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 20 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Tue 21 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 22 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sun 26 JanGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 26 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 27 JanŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 27 JanVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 JanRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Mon 3 FebJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 4 Feb, 06:29–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 3 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 7 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 10 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 18 FebVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 19 Feb, 06:27–08:50Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 19 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Wed 19 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 25 FebVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 5 Mar, 13:34–15:58Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Boundary
Thu 6 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 8 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 144 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sun 9 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Mon 10 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 12 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 16 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 19 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 20 Mar, 06:15–08:40Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 20 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 21 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 23 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 25 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 25 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 26 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 27 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Mon 31 MarBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 1 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 3 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 4 Apr, 06:44–08:34Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 5 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 5 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 6 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 7 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 10 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 14 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Thu 17 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 18 Apr, 06:07–08:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 19 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 19 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 24 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 246 of 246 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Thu 24 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 25 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 26 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 28 AprGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sat 3 MayMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 4 May, 05:56–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 4 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 4 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 4 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 5 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 6 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Tue 6 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Fri 9 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 17 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 18 May, 05:54–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 18 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 19 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 24 MayRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 25 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 27 MayAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 27 MaySkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 1 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 2 Jun, 13:24–15:53Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 2 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 3 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 4 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Sun 8 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 15 JunYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 16 Jun, 05:56–08:26Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 17 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 17 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Sat 21 JunRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Wed 25 JunSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 27 JunVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 1 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 2 Jul, 05:59–08:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 2 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 4 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Fri 4 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 5 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Mon 7 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 15 JulKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 16 Jul, 06:02–08:32Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 16 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 17 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 22 JulMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 23 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 24 JulNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 30 JulPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 31 Jul, 06:05–08:34Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 31 JulDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 31 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 2 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 535 of 1440 minutes of the day.Boundary
Sat 2 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 4 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 5 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 5 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Wed 6 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 149 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 8 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 9 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 9 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 13 AugAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 14 Aug, 07:37–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 15 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 16 AugAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 16 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 28 AugŚukla EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 29 Aug, 13:25–15:52Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Sat 30 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 4 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 12 SepKṛṣṇa EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 13 Sep, 06:02–08:28Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 14 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 14 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 17 SepRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 19 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 21 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 22 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 23 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 24 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 27 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 28 Sep, 05:59–07:37Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 27 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 28 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 29 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Sat 4 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 6 OctCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 8 OctJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 8 OctMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 12 OctIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 13 Oct, 05:58–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 13 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 14 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 15 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 78 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa.Boundary
Fri 17 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 19 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 22 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Thu 23 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 25 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 26 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 27 Oct, 05:58–08:20Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 27 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 2 NovKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 2 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 7 NovAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 11 NovRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 12 Nov, 06:00–06:11Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Boundary
Tue 11 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 12 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 12 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 13 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 24 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Boundary
Thu 13 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 14 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 14 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 15 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 15 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 15 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 236 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sun 16 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 18 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 18 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 20 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Boundary
Fri 21 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 22 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 160 of 235 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 22 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 24 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 25 Nov, 13:08–15:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 26 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 28 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 28 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 2 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 10 DecUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 11 Dec, 06:12–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 12 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 12 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 17 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 18 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 19 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 19 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 24 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 25 Dec, 06:19–08:40Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 25 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 25 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 28 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate

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