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Festivals 2040

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Tue 3 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 10 JanSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 11 Jan, 06:26–08:47Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 11 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 13 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 12 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 14 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Sun 15 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Sun 15 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Mon 16 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Tue 17 JanVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 24 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 25 Jan, 13:34–15:55Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 26 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 1 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 9 FebṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 10 Feb, 06:29–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 10 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 10 FebŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Sat 11 FebYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Wed 15 FebTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 16 FebŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Thu 16 FebVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Thu 16 FebGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Boundary
Sun 19 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Thu 23 FebJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 24 Feb, 06:42–08:49Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 24 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 25 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 27 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 2 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 9 MarVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 10 Mar, 06:20–08:44Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 10 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 11 MarMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 16 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 24 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 25 Mar, 06:12–08:38Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 26 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 28 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 146 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Thu 29 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Thu 29 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 31 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 4 AprŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 7 AprPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 8 Apr, 06:06–08:32Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 9 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 9 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 12 AprNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Sat 14 AprGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 14 AprSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 16 AprLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 19 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 20 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 24 Apr, 05:59–08:27Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 24 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 25 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 24 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 25 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 26 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 30 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 7 MayVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 8 May, 05:55–07:54Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 8 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 9 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 13 MayParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 14 MayAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 249 of 249 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 15 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 16 MayŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 18 MayGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 22 MayMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 23 May, 07:37–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 23 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 23 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 24 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 25 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 26 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 26 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 29 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 5 JunAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 6 Jun, 05:54–08:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 7 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Thu 7 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 12 JunRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 13 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 15 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 16 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 21 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 22 Jun, 05:57–08:27Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 22 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Fri 22 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 24 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 27 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 4 JulYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 5 Jul, 13:30–16:00Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 6 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 7 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 11 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 13 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 14 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 16 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 20 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 21 Jul, 06:03–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 21 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 83 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 23 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā does not reach the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on either day.Boundary
Mon 23 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 149 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 25 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 26 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 3 AugKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 4 Aug, 06:05–08:34Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 5 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 6 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 10 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 11 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Mon 13 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 18 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 19 Aug, 13:28–15:56Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Sun 19 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 20 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 22 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 515 of 1440 minutes of the day.Boundary
Wed 22 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 24 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 25 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sat 25 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 27 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 28 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 2 SepAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 3 Sep, 06:03–08:30Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 3 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 4 SepAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Tue 4 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 7 SepRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 9 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 10 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 11 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 12 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 13 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 14 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 17 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 18 Sep, 06:01–08:07Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 17 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 18 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 19 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Sun 23 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 25 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 27 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 28 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 2 OctIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 3 Oct, 05:58–08:22Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 3 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 4 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 5 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 6 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 9 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 12 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Sat 13 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 14 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 15 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 356 of 718 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Tue 16 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 17 Oct, 05:57–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 17 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 23 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 23 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 27 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 31 OctRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 1 Nov, 07:06–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 1 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 2 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 2 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 3 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sat 3 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 4 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 4 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 5 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 5 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 5 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 237 of 237 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 6 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 8 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 8 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 10 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 43 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 11 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 12 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 126 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Mon 12 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 14 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 15 Nov, 13:06–15:28Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 16 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 18 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 18 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 22 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 30 NovUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 1 Dec, 06:07–08:28Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 1 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 69 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 2 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 7 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 8 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 9 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 9 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 10 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 14 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 15 Dec, 06:14–08:35Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 15 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 15 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 17 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 22 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 30 DecSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 31 Dec, 06:22–08:43Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 31 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate

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