Rulings · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Festivals 2042

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Thu 2 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 3 Jan, 06:23–08:44Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 3 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 9 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 13 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Tue 14 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset.Determinate
Tue 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Wed 15 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Sat 18 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 19 Jan, 06:28–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 19 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 20 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī does not reach aruṇodaya on either day.Boundary
Mon 20 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 24 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 25 JanGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 26 JanŚrī PañcamīPañcamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Sun 26 JanVasanta PañcamīPañcamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Tue 28 JanRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Fri 31 JanJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 1 Feb, 13:35–15:57Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 1 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 2 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 4 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 8 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 16 FebVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 17 Feb, 06:27–08:50Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 18 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 18 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 87 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 23 FebVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 2 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 3 Mar, 06:23–08:47Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 4 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Thu 6 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 144 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 7 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Fri 7 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 10 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 15 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 18 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 19 Mar, 06:16–08:41Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 19 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 20 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 22 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 24 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 28 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 24 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 28 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 24 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 20 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 25 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 28 MarBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 29 MarRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 1 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 2 Apr, 06:09–08:35Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 2 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 34 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 2 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 4 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 5 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 9 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 14 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Wed 16 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 17 Apr, 06:02–08:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 17 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 88 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 18 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 22 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 246 of 246 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 22 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 23 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 24 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 26 AprGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 30 AprMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 1 May, 13:22–15:50Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 1 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 1 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 2 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 3 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 4 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Mon 5 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 35 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 8 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 15 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 16 May, 13:22–15:51Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Sat 17 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 17 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 21 MayRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 22 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 24 MayAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 24 MaySkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 30 MayNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 31 May, 05:54–08:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 31 MayŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 1 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 3 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 7 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 14 JunYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 15 Jun, 05:56–07:54Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 15 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 16 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 19 JunRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 21 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 22 JunSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 24 JunVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 29 JunHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 30 Jun, 05:59–08:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 30 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 2 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Wed 2 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 3 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Thu 3 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 6 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 13 JulKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 14 Jul, 06:02–08:32Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 14 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 15 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 21 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Mon 28 JulŚukla EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 29 Jul, 13:32–16:01Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 30 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 4 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 11 AugKṛṣṇa EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 12 Aug, 06:05–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 13 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 13 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 18 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 20 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 27 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 28 Aug, 06:04–08:31Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 28 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 28 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 30 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 537 of 1440 minutes of the day.Boundary
Sat 30 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 1 SepAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 2 SepKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Wed 3 SepBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 5 SepHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 6 SepJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 6 SepŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Wed 10 SepAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 11 Sep, 06:02–08:28Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 11 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 12 SepAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 12 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 15 SepRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 17 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 18 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 19 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 21 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 22 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 25 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 26 Sep, 13:14–15:39Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Fri 26 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 27 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 28 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Thu 2 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 3 OctCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sun 5 OctMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 6 OctJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 9 OctIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 10 Oct, 05:58–08:22Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 11 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 12 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 13 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 14 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 18 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 21 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Wed 22 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 25 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 26 Oct, 05:58–08:20Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 26 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 31 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 31 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 4 NovAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 8 NovRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 9 Nov, 06:00–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 8 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 10 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Mon 10 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Mon 10 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Tue 11 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Tue 11 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Wed 12 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 13 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 13 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 13 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 236 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Fri 14 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 16 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 16 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 18 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 20 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 21 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 154 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Fri 21 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 23 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 24 Nov, 06:06–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 25 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 38 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 26 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 27 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 2 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sun 30 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 8 DecUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 9 Dec, 06:11–08:32Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 9 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 10 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 16 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 17 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 18 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 18 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 19 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 23 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 24 Dec, 06:19–07:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 23 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 24 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 26 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 29 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate

187 rulings under the 108 rules of the current ruleset, 12 of them on a boundary. A festival that is not listed has no rule in the ruleset yet; it is not being ruled out. Each name opens the working. Read the rules

Add to your calendar

Subscribe once and your calendar keeps Colombo thirteen months ahead, updated as the months turn.

Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Place
6°56′ N 79°51′ E · Asia/Colombo
Engine · ruleset
0.1.0 · 2026.3-draft
This year as
JSON · ICS