Rulings · Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa

Festivals 2020

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Mon 6 JanPutradā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 8 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 83 of 83 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 13 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 14 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Tue 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Wed 15 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Thu 16 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Mon 20 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 22 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 84 of 84 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 22 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 23 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 84 of 84 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Tue 28 JanGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 28 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 29 JanŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 JanVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 1 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 86 of 86 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Wed 5 FebJayā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 6 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 6 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 87 of 87 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 8 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 14 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 11 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Wed 19 FebVijayā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 20 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 89 of 89 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 21 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 27 FebVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 6 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 7 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 9 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 149 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Tue 10 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Tue 10 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 12 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 16 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 19 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 21 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 22 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 25 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 27 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 27 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 28 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 29 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 1 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 2 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 4 AprKāmadā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 5 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 6 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 36 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 6 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 12 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 7 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 10 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Sat 18 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 20 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 101 of 101 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 20 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Sat 25 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 102 of 102 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 26 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 203 of 224 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Sun 26 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 27 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Wed 29 AprGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sun 3 MayMohinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 4 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 4 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 5 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Tue 5 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 7 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 7 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 10 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 18 MayAparā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 19 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 106 of 106 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 20 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 25 MayRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 26 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 28 MayAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 28 MaySkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 2 JunNirjalā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 2 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 3 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 5 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 8 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 16 JunYoginī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 18 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 19 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 22 JunRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 24 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 25 JunSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 27 JunVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 1 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 2 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 4 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā does not reach the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 4 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 4 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 126 of 126 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sat 4 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 6 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 8 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 16 JulKāmikā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 18 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 107 of 107 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 18 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 23 JulMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 JulNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day.Determinate
Thu 30 JulPutradā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 31 JulDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 1 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 43 of 105 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Mon 3 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 672 of 1439 minutes of the day.Boundary
Mon 3 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 4 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 6 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 7 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 132 of 132 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Fri 7 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 9 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 10 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 11 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 15 AugAjā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 16 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 102 of 102 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 17 AugAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 102 of 102 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 17 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 19 AugRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 21 AugHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 22 AugGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 23 AugṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 24 AugSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī does not reach madhyāhna on either day.Determinate
Mon 24 AugMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 25 AugRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 28 AugParivartanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 29 AugVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 30 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 100 of 100 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 31 AugAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 139 of 139 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Sat 5 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 7 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 9 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 10 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 13 SepIndirā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 15 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 89 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 15 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 16 SepMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā does not reach aparāhṇa on either day.Boundary
Sun 20 SepVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 27 SepŚukla EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 28 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Mon 5 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 13 OctKṛṣṇa EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 14 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 90 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 15 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 17 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 19 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 22 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 51 of 51 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Fri 23 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 24 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 25 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 27 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 28 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 88 of 88 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 4 NovKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 4 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 8 NovAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 11 NovRamā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 11 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day.Boundary
Thu 12 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 12 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 13 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 14 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 85 of 85 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sat 14 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 14 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 15 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 15 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 152 of 268 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Mon 16 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 18 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 18 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 20 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 22 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 271 of 271 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Mon 23 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 25 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 27 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 83 of 83 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 29 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sun 29 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 3 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 11 DecUtpannā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 12 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 82 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 12 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 3 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Thu 17 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 41 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 18 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 19 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 19 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 20 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 25 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 26 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 27 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 82 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 29 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 82 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate

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