Colombo · Caitra and Vaiśākha, Vikrama 2073

May 2016

चैत्र · वैशाख

The tithi at each sunrise, how long it holds, and what is observed. A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, so a tithi can be skipped (kṣaya) or held over two sunrises (vṛddhi).

New Moon · Amāvasyā: Fri 6
Full Moon · Pūrṇimā: Sat 21
Vṛṣabha saṅkrānti: Sat 14 · 16:42
2 tithis skipped (kṣaya): Thu 5, Sun 29
1 tithi held twice (vṛddhi): Wed 25

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

1Sun

Navamī until 19:23

Dhaniṣṭhā

2Mon

K10

Daśamī until 17:29

Śatabhiṣā

3Tue

K11

Ekādaśī until 14:58

Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Varūthinī Ekādaśī

4Wed

K12

Dvādaśī until 11:56

Uttara Bhādrapadā

Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata

5Thu

K13

Trayodaśī until 08:29

then Caturdaśī kṣaya

Revatī

Śivarātri

6Fri

K15

Amāvasyā until 25:00

Aśvinī

7Sat

Ś1

Pratipadā until 21:17

Bharaṇī

8Sun

Ś2

Dvitīyā until 17:51

Rohiṇī

Paraśurāma Jayantī

9Mon

Ś3

Tṛtīyā until 14:52

Mṛgaśirā

Akṣaya Tṛtīyā

10Tue

Ś4

Caturthī until 12:30

Ārdrā

On a boundary: Śaṅkara Jayantī+1

11Wed

Ś5

Pañcamī until 10:53

Punarvasu

12Thu

Ś6

Ṣaṣṭhī until 10:06

Puṣya

GaṅgotpattiGanga Saptami

13Fri

Ś7

Saptamī until 10:11

Āśleṣā

14Sat

Ś8

Aṣṭamī until 11:05

Maghā

Vṛṣabha saṅkrānti, 16:42

15Sun

Ś9

Navamī until 12:42

Pūrva Phalgunī

16Mon

Ś10

Daśamī until 14:50

Uttara Phalgunī

17Tue

Ś11

Ekādaśī until 17:18

Uttara Phalgunī

Mohinī Ekādaśī

18Wed

Ś12

Dvādaśī until 19:52

Hasta

Paraśurāma Dvādaśī+1

19Thu

Ś13

Trayodaśī until 22:23

Citrā

On a boundary: Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata

20Fri

Ś14

Caturdaśī until 24:42

Svātī

Nṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha Jayanti

21Sat

Ś15

Pūrṇimā until 26:44

Viśākhā

Buddha Pūrṇimā+1

22Sun

Pratipadā until 28:27

Anurādhā

23Mon

Dvitīyā until 29:48

Jyeṣṭhā

24Tue

Tṛtīyā past sunrise

Mūla

25Wed

Tṛtīyā vṛddhi · until 06:46

Pūrvāṣāḍhā

Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī

26Thu

Caturthī until 07:20

Uttarāṣāḍhā

27Fri

Pañcamī until 07:28

Śravaṇa

28Sat

Ṣaṣṭhī until 07:09

Dhaniṣṭhā

29Sun

Saptamī until 06:19

then Aṣṭamī kṣaya

Śatabhiṣā

30Mon

Navamī until 27:04

Pūrva Bhādrapadā

31Tue

K10

Daśamī until 24:40

Uttara Bhādrapadā

the Moon at sunrise
Cell tone: how much of the Moon is lit at sunrise, new to full
new Moon
full Moon
Name a ruled observance
ruled on a boundary
27:31 the tithi holds until, on the day’s own clock

This month उत्सव

All of 2016 in Colombo, and its calendars

Tue 3
Varūthinī Ekādaśī
Wed 4
Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata
Thu 5
Śivarātri
Thu 5
Caturdaśī is kṣaya: it begins and ends between two sunrises
Sun 8
Paraśurāma Jayantī
Mon 9
Akṣaya Tṛtīyā
Tue 10
Śaṅkara Jayantī · on a boundary
Tue 10
Vināyaka Caturthī · on a boundary
Thu 12
Gaṅgotpatti · Ganga Saptami
Sat 14
Vṛṣabha saṅkrānti · the Sun enters Vṛṣabha at 16:42
Tue 17
Mohinī Ekādaśī
Wed 18
Paraśurāma Dvādaśī
Wed 18
Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī
Thu 19
Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata · on a boundary
Fri 20
Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī · Narasimha Jayanti
Sat 21
Buddha Pūrṇimā
Sat 21
Sampat Gaurī Vrata
Wed 25
Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī
Wed 25
Tṛtīyā is vṛddhi: it holds at a second sunrise
Sun 29
Aṣṭamī is kṣaya: it begins and ends between two sunrises

This month as JSON · ICS, every day by its tithi

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