Rulings · Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa

Festivals 1991

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Thu 3 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 11 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 13 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Sun 13 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 83 of 83 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 13 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 14 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset.Determinate
Mon 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Mon 14 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 83 of 83 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Tue 15 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Sat 19 JanGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 19 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 84 of 84 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 20 JanŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 20 JanVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 23 JanRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 52 of 84 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sat 26 JanJayā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 27 JanBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 27 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 29 JanMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 2 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 10 FebVijayā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 11 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 88 of 88 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 12 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 18 FebVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 FebĀmalakī EkādaśīEkādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Tue 26 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 90 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 28 FebHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 152 of 152 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 1 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Fri 1 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 3 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 8 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 12 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 13 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 14 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 16 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 19 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 20 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 23 MarBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 MarRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 26 MarKāmadā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 27 MarAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 32 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 27 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 28 MarViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 29 MarCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 10 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 12 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 100 of 100 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 12 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Sun 14 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Thu 18 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day.Determinate
Wed 24 AprŚukla EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 26 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 102 of 102 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 2 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 10 MayKṛṣṇa EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 11 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 105 of 105 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 12 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 16 MayAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 216 of 216 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Thu 16 MayParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 106 of 106 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 17 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 18 MayŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 19 MayGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 11 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 MayMohinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 24 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 25 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 107 of 107 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 26 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 107 of 107 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 28 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Tue 28 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sat 1 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 8 JunAparā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 10 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 10 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 14 JunRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 15 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 17 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 17 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 22 JunNirjalā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 23 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 24 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 26 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 30 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 8 JulYoginī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 9 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 107 of 107 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 10 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 13 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 14 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 15 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 17 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 22 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 23 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 106 of 106 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 26 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 129 of 129 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Fri 26 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 26 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 129 of 129 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 26 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 106 of 106 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Sun 28 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 30 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 6 AugKāmikā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 7 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 8 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 12 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 13 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 14 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 20 AugPutradā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 21 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 22 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 101 of 101 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 24 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 483 of 1439 minutes of the day.Boundary
Sat 24 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 26 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 28 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 28 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 138 of 138 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Wed 28 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 30 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sat 31 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 1 SepJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 4 SepAjā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 6 SepAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 71 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 6 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 28 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 6 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 9 SepRudra VrataPratipadā does not reach madhyāhna on either day.Determinate
Tue 10 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 11 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 12 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 13 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 14 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Thu 19 SepParivartanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 20 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 21 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 22 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Thu 26 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 28 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 30 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 30 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 4 OctIndirā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 5 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 6 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 7 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 150 of 150 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 8 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 11 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 14 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 51 of 51 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Tue 15 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 16 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 17 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 418 of 763 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Sat 19 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 20 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 89 of 89 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 26 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 26 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 29 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 2 NovRamā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 2 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 87 of 87 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 3 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 87 of 87 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 3 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 87 of 87 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 4 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 5 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 87 of 87 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Tue 5 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 86 of 86 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 5 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 6 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 86 of 86 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 7 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 7 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 264 of 264 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Fri 8 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 10 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 10 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 12 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 14 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 15 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 268 of 268 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Boundary
Fri 15 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 19 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 84 of 84 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 21 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 21 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 24 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 1 DecUtpannā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 3 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 83 of 83 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 4 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 10 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 11 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 12 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 12 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 13 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 17 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 18 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 18 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Fri 20 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 82 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 24 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 31 DecSaphalā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate

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