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Festivals 2018

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Thu 4 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 12 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 13 Jan, 07:53–09:48Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 13 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Sat 13 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 115 of 115 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 14 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Sun 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Sun 14 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 15 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Mon 15 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 115 of 115 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sat 20 JanGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 114 of 114 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 21 JanŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 21 JanVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 23 JanRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 98 of 113 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sat 27 JanJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 28 Jan, 07:44–09:45Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 28 JanBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 28 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 50 of 112 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 30 JanMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 3 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 10 FebVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 11 Feb, 13:50–15:56Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 12 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 107 of 107 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 13 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 19 FebVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 25 FebĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 26 Feb, 13:52–16:06Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Tue 27 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 102 of 102 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 1 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 136 of 136 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 2 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Fri 2 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 4 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 9 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 12 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 13 Mar, 14:53–17:15Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 14 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 15 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 17 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 19 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 19 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 20 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 21 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 24 MarBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 25 MarRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 27 MarKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 28 Mar, 07:23–09:53Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 28 MarAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 8 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 28 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 29 MarViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 30 MarCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 3 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 11 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 12 Apr, 06:59–09:37Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Fri 13 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 86 of 86 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 13 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 17 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 18 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 268 of 268 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Thu 19 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 17 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 19 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 31 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 21 AprGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 25 AprMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 26 Apr, 06:39–09:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 26 AprParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 26 AprRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 27 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 80 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sat 28 AprNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 44 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 29 AprBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 29 AprSampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 3 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 11 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 12 May, 06:20–09:11Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 12 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 78 of 78 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 13 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 18 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 25 MayŚukla EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 26 May, 06:09–08:11Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 26 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 74 of 74 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 1 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 9 JunKṛṣṇa EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 10 Jun, 07:57–09:03Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 11 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 64 of 72 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 11 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 15 JunRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 16 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 23 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 24 Jun, 06:05–09:05Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 24 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 72 of 72 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 27 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 72 of 72 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 1 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 9 JulYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 10 Jul, 06:13–09:10Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 10 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 74 of 74 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 11 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 14 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 16 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 18 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 24 Jul, 06:24–08:56Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 24 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 76 of 76 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 26 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 173 of 173 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Thu 26 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 77 of 77 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 27 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 173 of 173 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Fri 27 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 28 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 31 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 7 AugKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 8 Aug, 06:37–09:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 8 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 80 of 80 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 9 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 13 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 14 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 15 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 21 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 22 Aug, 06:51–09:32Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 22 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 25 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 721 of 1441 minutes of the day.Boundary
Sat 25 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 27 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 28 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 158 of 158 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 31 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 1 SepŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 2 SepJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 5 SepAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 6 Sep, 08:00–09:39Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 7 SepAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 54 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 7 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 35 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 7 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 10 SepRudra VrataPratipadā does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Tue 11 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 12 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 13 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 14 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 15 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 16 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 20 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 21 Sep, 07:19–09:45Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 21 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 21 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 23 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Fri 28 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 29 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 1 OctJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 1 OctMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 5 OctIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 6 Oct, 07:33–09:52Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 6 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 100 of 100 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 7 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 8 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 137 of 137 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 9 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 12 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 15 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 45 of 45 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Tue 16 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 17 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 18 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 438 of 662 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Sat 20 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 21 Oct, 07:49–10:00Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 21 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 105 of 105 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 27 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 27 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 30 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 3 NovRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 4 Nov, 07:05–09:09Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 3 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 109 of 109 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 4 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 109 of 109 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 4 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 109 of 109 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 5 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 6 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 110 of 110 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Tue 6 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 110 of 110 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 6 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 7 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 7 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 110 of 110 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 8 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 8 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 204 of 204 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Boundary
Sat 10 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sun 11 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 13 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 15 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 16 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 199 of 199 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Fri 16 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 18 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 19 Nov, 13:16–15:14Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 20 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 114 of 114 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 22 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 22 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 45 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Sun 25 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 2 DecUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 3 Dec, 08:20–09:31Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 4 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 116 of 116 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 5 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 10 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 12 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 34 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 12 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 14 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 13 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 14 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 18 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 19 Dec, 07:49–09:41Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 19 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 20 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 56 of 117 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 21 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 117 of 117 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 25 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate

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