Rulings · Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa

Festivals 2036

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Wed 2 JanVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 9 JanPutradā EkādaśīEkādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Boundary
Fri 11 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 83 of 83 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 14 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Tue 15 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Tue 15 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Wed 16 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Wed 16 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 23 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 25 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 26 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 27 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 85 of 85 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Thu 31 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 86 of 86 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 1 FebGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 2 FebŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 2 FebVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 4 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 86 of 86 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Fri 8 FebJayā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 9 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī does not reach madhyāhna on either day.Determinate
Sat 9 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 87 of 87 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 11 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 14 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 22 FebVijayā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 24 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 90 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 25 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 1 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 8 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 9 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 19 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 11 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 148 of 148 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Wed 12 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Thu 13 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 15 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 19 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 23 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 25 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Tue 25 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 28 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 30 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 30 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 31 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 1 AprLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 5 AprRāma NavamīNavamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day.Determinate
Sun 6 AprKāmadā EkādaśīEkādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Boundary
Tue 8 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 8 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 99 of 99 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 9 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 10 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Mon 14 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 22 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 23 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 102 of 102 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 24 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 28 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 126 of 223 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Mon 28 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 103 of 103 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 29 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 30 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 2 MayGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 6 MayMohinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 7 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 38 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 7 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 38 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 7 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 8 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 105 of 105 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 9 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 9 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 13 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 21 MayAparā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 23 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 107 of 107 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 23 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Wed 28 MayRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 29 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day.Determinate
Fri 30 MayAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 30 MaySkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 4 JunNirjalā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 5 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 6 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 8 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 12 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 20 JunYoginī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 21 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 22 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 25 JunRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 27 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 28 JunSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 29 JunVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Boundary
Sat 5 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 7 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 127 of 127 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Mon 7 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 108 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 8 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 127 of 127 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Tue 8 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 9 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 12 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 19 JulKāmikā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 21 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 106 of 106 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 21 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 25 JulMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 26 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 27 JulNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 2 AugPutradā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 3 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 4 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 6 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 797 of 1439 minutes of the day.Determinate
Wed 6 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 8 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 10 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 5 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sun 10 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 133 of 133 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sun 10 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 13 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 14 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 14 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 18 AugAjā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 19 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 102 of 102 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 19 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Wed 20 AugAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 101 of 101 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 22 AugRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 AugGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 24 AugHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā does not reach madhyāhna on either day.Boundary
Mon 25 AugṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 26 AugSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 27 AugMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 28 AugRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 1 SepParivartanī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 1 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Tue 2 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 99 of 99 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 4 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 140 of 140 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Tue 9 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 11 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 12 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 13 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 16 SepIndirā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 17 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 18 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 19 SepMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Sat 20 SepNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 23 SepVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 26 SepDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 49 of 49 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Determinate
Sat 27 SepMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 28 SepMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 29 SepVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 30 SepPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 2 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 8 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 8 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 12 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 15 OctRamā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 16 OctGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 90 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 17 OctYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 33 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 17 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 33 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 17 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 18 OctNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 90 of 90 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sat 18 OctLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 90 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 18 OctKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 19 OctBali PūjāPratipadā covers 89 of 89 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 20 OctGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 21 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 20 OctYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 27 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 20 OctDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 256 of 256 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Wed 22 OctNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 22 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 24 OctSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Mon 27 OctGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 28 OctAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 260 of 260 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 28 OctDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 30 OctPrabodhinī EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 1 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 87 of 87 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 3 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 3 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 6 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Fri 14 NovUtpannā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 15 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 16 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 21 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 22 NovNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 23 NovCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 23 NovSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 24 NovMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 29 NovMokṣadā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 30 NovAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 30 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 56 of 83 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Tue 2 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 83 of 83 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 6 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 13 DecSaphalā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 14 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 82 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 15 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 21 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 29 DecPutradā EkādaśīEkādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 30 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 82 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate

187 rulings under the 108 rules of the current ruleset, 14 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

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