{ "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "fallback": "greater-coverage", "boundary_margin_s": 300, "general_noon_rule": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 101", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Here noon or madhyahna relates to the period of time from 24 minutes (one ghatika) before mid-day upto the same time after it. This is the most appropriate time. If this time is not covered by the tithi on any day, the festival is to be observed on the succeeding day of the tithi." }, "general_two_day_rule": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 101", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "When the requisite tithi covers the prescribed time on two successive days, the festival is to be observed in such a case on the first day where marked 'Purvaviddha', and on the second day where marked 'Paraviddha'." }, "transit_day_rule": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day." }, "rules": [ { "kind": "lunar", "id": "navaratra-arambha-caitra", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Navaratrarambha (paraviddha)." } ], "name": "Navarātrārambha (Caitra)", "aliases": [ "Vasanta Navarātri", "Chaitra Navratri" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 0, "tithi": [ 0 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "gauri-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Dolotsava, Gauri trtiya, Andolana trtiya, Saubhagya sayana vrata (paraviddha), Sarhul (Bihar)." } ], "name": "Gaurī Tṛtīyā", "aliases": [ "Gangaur" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 0, "tithi": [ 2 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "saubhagya-shayana-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Dolotsava, Gauri trtiya, Andolana trtiya, Saubhagya sayana vrata (paraviddha), Sarhul (Bihar)." } ], "name": "Saubhāgya Śayana Vrata", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 0, "tithi": [ 2 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "lakshmi-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Sri pancami or Laksmi pancami (purvaviddha)." } ], "name": "Lakṣmī Pañcamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 0, "tithi": [ 4 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "bhavani-utpatti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 8 Annapurna puja (Beng.) (paraviddha), Bhavani-utpatti (paraviddha), Asokastami (Special when combined with naks. Punarvasu and Wednesday, after mid-day)." } ], "name": "Bhavānī Utpatti", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 0, "tithi": [ 7 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rama-navami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 9 Ramanavami (madhyahnavyapini, special with Punarvasu naks.), Rama jayanti." } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special when it falls with Punarvasu nakṣatra; the nakṣatra is not tested.", "name": "Rāma Navamī", "aliases": [ "Ram Navami", "Rāma Jayantī" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 0, "tithi": [ 8 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ananga-trayodashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 13 Ananga trayodasi (purvaviddha), Mahavira jayanti (Jain)." } ], "name": "Anaṅga Trayodaśī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 0, "tithi": [ 12 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vishnu-damanaka-chaturdashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 14 Madanabhanji, (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Sivadamanaka caturdasi, Visnudamanaka caturdasi (paraviddha)." } ], "name": "Viṣṇudamanaka Caturdaśī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 0, "tithi": [ 13 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "chaitri-purnima", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Caitri purnima (paraviddha), Hanumat jayanti, Oli ending (Jain)." } ], "name": "Caitrī Pūrṇimā", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 0, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "akshaya-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Aksaya trtiya (purvahna vyapini, paraviddha) (Special when combined with Rohini naksatra and Wednesday), Candanayatra, Parasurama jayanti (pradosavyapini — if occurs on two successive days, the second day is to be observed)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special with Rohiṇī nakṣatra and a Wednesday; neither is tested.", "name": "Akṣaya Tṛtīyā", "aliases": [ "Akshaya Tritiya", "Akha Teej" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 1, "tithi": [ 2 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "purvahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "parashurama-jayanti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Aksaya trtiya (purvahna vyapini, paraviddha) (Special when combined with Rohini naksatra and Wednesday), Candanayatra, Parasurama jayanti (pradosavyapini — if occurs on two successive days, the second day is to be observed)." } ], "name": "Paraśurāma Jayantī", "aliases": [ "Parashuram Jayanti" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 1, "tithi": [ 2 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shankara-jayanti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Sankara jayanti." } ], "name": "Śaṅkara Jayantī", "aliases": [ "Shankaracharya Jayanti" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 1, "tithi": [ 4 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "gangotpatti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Gangotpatti, (madhyahna vyapini, if occurs on two successive days, the first day is to be observed), Jahnu saptami, Sarkara saptami." } ], "name": "Gaṅgotpatti", "aliases": [ "Gaṅgā Saptamī", "Ganga Saptami" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 1, "tithi": [ 6 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "parashurama-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)" } ], "name": "Paraśurāma Dvādaśī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 1, "tithi": [ 11 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rukmini-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)" } ], "name": "Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 1, "tithi": [ 11 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "nrisimha-chaturdashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 14 Nrsimha caturdasi (pradosa vyapini — if it occurs on two successive days, the second day is to be observed, special when combined with naksatra 'Svati', yoga 'Siddhi' and 'Saturday')." } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special with Svātī nakṣatra, Siddhi yoga and a Saturday; none is tested.", "name": "Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī", "aliases": [ "Narasimha Jayanti", "Nṛsiṃha Jayantī" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 1, "tithi": [ 13 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sampat-gauri-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima." } ], "name": "Sampat Gaurī Vrata", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 1, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "buddha-purnima", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima." } ], "name": "Buddha Pūrṇimā", "aliases": [ "Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā", "Buddha Purnima", "Vesak" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 1, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rambha-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Rambha trtiya (purvaviddha)." } ], "name": "Rambhā Tṛtīyā", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 2, "tithi": [ 2 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "aranya-gauri-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 6 Aranya sasthi, Aranya gauri vrata, (paraviddha), Skanda sasthi, (purvaviddha), Sitala sasthi yatra (Orissa)" } ], "name": "Araṇya Gaurī Vrata", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 2, "tithi": [ 5 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "skanda-shashthi-jyaishtha", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 6 Aranya sasthi, Aranya gauri vrata, (paraviddha), Skanda sasthi, (purvaviddha), Sitala sasthi yatra (Orissa)" } ], "name": "Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 2, "tithi": [ 5 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shri-rama-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Sri Rama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Campaka dvadasi (Orissa) (purvaviddha)." } ], "name": "Śrī Rāma Dvādaśī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 2, "tithi": [ 11 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vata-savitri-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Vata-savitri vrata (Deccan) (pradosavyapini, purvaviddha), Snanayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha)." } ], "name": "Vaṭa Sāvitrī Vrata", "aliases": [ "Vat Purnima" ], "tradition": "smarta", "region": "Deccan", "timing": { "month": 2, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rathayatra", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 2 Rathayatra (paraviddha, special when combined with naksatra 'Pusya')" } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special with Puṣya nakṣatra; the nakṣatra is not tested.", "name": "Rathayātrā", "aliases": [ "Rath Yatra" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 3, "tithi": [ 1 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "skanda-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Skanda pancami (paraviddha)." } ], "name": "Skanda Pañcamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 3, "tithi": [ 4 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vivasvat-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Vivasvat saptami (purvaviddha)." } ], "name": "Vivasvat Saptamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 3, "tithi": [ 6 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "guru-purnima", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini)." } ], "name": "Guru Pūrṇimā", "aliases": [ "Guru Purnima" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 3, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vyasa-puja", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini)." } ], "name": "Vyāsa Pūjā", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 3, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "udaya-3", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "kokila-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini)." } ], "name": "Kokilā Vrata", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 3, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "sayahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shiva-shayanotsava", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini)." } ], "name": "Śiva Śayanotsava", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 3, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ashunya-shayana-vrata-ashadha", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 2 Asunya sayana vrata (candrodaya vyapini; purvahna vyapini and purvaviddha in Bengal)." } ], "not_evaluated": "In Bengal the row reads pūrvāhṇa and pūrvaviddha; that reading is not applied.", "name": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 3, "tithi": [ 16 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "madhusrava-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Madhusrava (Gujerat) (paraviddha)." } ], "name": "Madhusravā Tṛtīyā", "aliases": [ "Teej", "Hariyali Teej" ], "tradition": "smarta", "region": "Gujerat", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 2 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "naga-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Naga pancami (paraviddha)" } ], "name": "Nāga Pañcamī", "aliases": [ "Nag Panchami" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 4 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "damodara-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana." } ], "name": "Dāmodara Dvādaśī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 11 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "raksha-bandhana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Rakhi purnima, Naroli purnima (Cocoanut day), Raksa Bandhana (in the second half of purnima), Rsi tarpana (madhyahna vyapini), Hayagriva utpatti, Jhulanayatra samapana" } ], "name": "Rakṣā Bandhana", "aliases": [ "Raksha Bandhan", "Rākhī Pūrṇimā", "Rakhi" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija", "half": "second" }, "observance": { "kaala": "day", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rishi-tarpana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Rakhi purnima, Naroli purnima (Cocoanut day), Raksa Bandhana (in the second half of purnima), Rsi tarpana (madhyahna vyapini), Hayagriva utpatti, Jhulanayatra samapana" } ], "name": "Ṛṣi Tarpaṇa", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ashunya-shayana-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 2 Asunyasayana vrata (Dvitiya current at moonrise; if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day)." } ], "name": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 16 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "kajjali-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 3 Kajjali trtiya, (paraviddha), Angaveta trtiya (Orissa)." } ], "name": "Kajjalī Tṛtīyā", "aliases": [ "Kajari Teej" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 17 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "bahula-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day)." } ], "name": "Bahulā Caturthī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "region": "Madhyadesa", "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 18 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "sayahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "hala-shashthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 6 Hala sasthi (paraviddha)." } ], "name": "Hala Ṣaṣṭhī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 20 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shitala-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 7 Sitala saptami (purvaviddha)." } ], "name": "Śītalā Saptamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 21 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "janmashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 8 Janmastami (madhyaratra-vyapini), if midnight is covered on two days, or not on any day, it is to be observed on the 2nd day; special when combined with naksatra 'Rohini' at midnight, more so when on Monday or Wednesday. If the combination occurs before midnight and 'Rohini' extends up to midnight, it is to be observed on that day. Gokulastami." } ], "not_evaluated": "The clauses on Rohiṇī nakṣatra, the Vaiṣṇava observance on the day after saptamī, and the Assam and South India reckoning in the solar month belong to other readings and are not applied.", "name": "Janmāṣṭamī", "aliases": [ "Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī", "Krishna Janmashtami", "Gokulāṣṭamī" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 22 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "aghora-chaturdashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini)." } ], "name": "Aghora Caturdaśī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 4, "tithi": [ 28 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rudra-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Rudra vrata (purvaviddha)." } ], "name": "Rudra Vrata", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 0 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "haritalika-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Haritalika vrata (paraviddha), Gauri vrata (Orissa), Gauri (Mysore)" } ], "name": "Haritālikā Vrata", "aliases": [ "Hartalika Teej" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 2 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ganesha-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 4 Varada caturthi (purvaviddha, madhyahnavyapini), Samvatsari parva (Jain-caturthi paksa), Saubhagya caturthi (Bengal), Ganesa caturthi (madhyahna vyapini and purvaviddha)" } ], "name": "Gaṇeśa Caturthī", "aliases": [ "Ganesh Chaturthi", "Vināyaka Caturthī", "Varada Caturthī" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 3 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rishi-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Rsi pancami (madhyahnavyapini) — If occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed according to Madhava on the 1st day and according to Hemadri and Divodasa on the 2nd day" } ], "name": "Ṛṣi Pañcamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 4 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "disputed", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "surya-shashthi-bhadrapada", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 6 Surya sasthi (paraviddha), Lolarka sasthi" } ], "name": "Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 5 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "muktabharana-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Muktabharana vrata (purvaviddha), Lalita saptami (Bengal & Orissa)." } ], "name": "Muktābharaṇa Vrata", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 6 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "radhashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 8 Durvastami (purvaviddha — S 8 of saura Bhadra except Bengal), Mahalaksmi vratarambha, Radhastami (madhyahna vyapini)" } ], "name": "Rādhāṣṭamī", "aliases": [ "Radha Ashtami" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 7 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vamana-jayanti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Visnuparivartanotsava, Sakrotthana (in any of the naksatras U. Asadha, Sravana & Dhanistha), Kalki dvadasi, Sravana dvadasi (when combined with naksatra Sravana), Vamana jayanti (madhyahna vyapini)." } ], "name": "Vāmana Jayantī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 11 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ananta-chaturdashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 14 Ananta caturdasi (covering three muhurtas from sunrise, but one muhurta in Bengal)." } ], "not_evaluated": "In Bengal the row asks for one muhūrta from sunrise; that reading is not applied.", "name": "Ananta Caturdaśī", "aliases": [ "Anant Chaturdashi" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 13 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "udaya-3", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "chandra-shashthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 6 Candra sasthi (Sasthi current at moon-rise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)." } ], "name": "Candra Ṣaṣṭhī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 20 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mahalakshmi-vrata-samapana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja" } ], "name": "Mahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 22 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "jitashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja" } ], "name": "Jitāṣṭamī", "aliases": [ "Jitiya" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 22 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mahalaya-amavasya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 30 Mahalaya amavasya (aparahnavyapini)" } ], "not_evaluated": "The note on p. 106 gives the first day in a decreasing tithimāna and the second in an increasing one, when amāvāsyā covers the whole of aparāhṇa on both days; tithimāna is not computed.", "name": "Mahālaya Amāvāsyā", "aliases": [ "Sarvapitṛ Amāvāsyā", "Mahalaya" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 5, "tithi": [ 29 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "aparahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "navaratra-arambha", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Navaratrarambha (paraviddha)." } ], "name": "Navarātrārambha", "aliases": [ "Śāradīya Navarātri", "Navratri", "Navaratri" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 0 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "durga-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise" } ], "name": "Durgā Saptamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 6 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "udaya-1", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mahashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)" } ], "name": "Mahāṣṭamī", "aliases": [ "Durgāṣṭamī", "Durga Ashtami" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 7 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mahanavami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 9 Mahanavami (purvaviddha) (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha covering one muhurta from sunrise)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.", "name": "Mahānavamī", "aliases": [ "Maha Navami" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 8 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vijaya-dashami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 10 Vijaya dasami (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha, covering one muhurta from sunrise. In other places, if it touches Sravana naksatra in the day time it is observed on that day), Sarasvati visarjana (to be observed in naksatra Sravana), Dasahara." } ], "not_evaluated": "The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.", "name": "Vijayā Daśamī", "aliases": [ "Daśaharā", "Dussehra", "Dasara", "Vijayadashami" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 9 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day", "conjunction": { "nakshatra": 21, "kaala": "daytime" } } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "karaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 4 Karaka caturthi (current at moon-rise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)" } ], "name": "Karaka Caturthī", "aliases": [ "Karwa Chauth", "Karva Chauth" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 18 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ahoyi-ashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 8 Ahoyi astami (Gujerat) (current at moonrise), Karastami (Maharashtra). If occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day." } ], "name": "Ahoyī Aṣṭamī", "aliases": [ "Ahoi Ashtami" ], "tradition": "smarta", "region": "Gujerat", "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 22 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "govatsa-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 12 Govatsa dvadasi (pradosa vyapini). If occurs on two days, it is to be observed on the first day." } ], "name": "Govatsa Dvādaśī", "aliases": [ "Vasu Baras" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 26 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "yama-dipadana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 13 Yama dipadana (pradosa)." } ], "name": "Yama Dīpadāna", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 27 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "naraka-chaturdashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 14 Naraka caturdasi (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)" } ], "name": "Naraka Caturdaśī", "aliases": [ "Naraka Chaturdashi", "Choti Diwali", "Rūpa Caturdaśī" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 28 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "arunodaya", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "diwali-lakshmi-puja", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)" } ], "name": "Lakṣmī Pūjā", "aliases": [ "Dīpāvalī", "Diwali", "Deepavali", "Mahālakṣmī Pūjā" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 29 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "kali-puja", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)" } ], "name": "Kālī Pūjā", "aliases": [ "Kali Puja", "Śyāmā Pūjā" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 6, "tithi": [ 29 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "govardhana-puja", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna)." } ], "name": "Govardhana Pūjā", "aliases": [ "Annakūṭa", "Govardhan Puja" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 0 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "dyuta-pratipad", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna)." } ], "name": "Dyūta Pratipad", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 0 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "purvahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "bali-puja", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna)." } ], "name": "Bali Pūjā", "aliases": [ "Balidaityarāja Pūjā", "Bali Pratipadā" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 0 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "yama-dvitiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 2 Bhratrdvitiya, Yamadvitiya (madhyahna, purvaviddha), Masyadhara (Dwat) puja (Bihar)." } ], "name": "Yama Dvitīyā", "aliases": [ "Bhrātṛ Dvitīyā", "Bhai Dooj", "Bhai Duj" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 1 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "naga-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 4 Naga caturthi (paraviddha and madhyahnavyapini)." } ], "name": "Nāga Caturthī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 3 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "surya-shashthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 6 Nadi sasthi, Skanda sasthi (Madras), Surya sasthi, Chhat (Bihar)." } ], "name": "Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī", "aliases": [ "Chhath", "Chhat" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 5 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "gopashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 8 Gopastami, Gosthastami." } ], "name": "Gopāṣṭamī", "aliases": [ "Goṣṭhāṣṭamī" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 7 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "akshaya-navami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 9 Aksaya navami (purvahnavyapini), Jagaddhatri puja (Bengal), (udayavyapini one muhurta), Anla navami (Orissa), Durga navami (purvaviddha), Gauri vrata." } ], "name": "Akṣaya Navamī", "aliases": [ "Amla Navami" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 8 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "purvahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "durga-navami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 9 Aksaya navami (purvahnavyapini), Jagaddhatri puja (Bengal), (udayavyapini one muhurta), Anla navami (Orissa), Durga navami (purvaviddha), Gauri vrata." } ], "name": "Durgā Navamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 8 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rasayatra", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Rasayatra, (nisithavyapini, i.e. covering a period from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after midnight. If occurs on two days or does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the second day), Puskar Fair. Ratha yatra (Jain), Tripurotsava (evening), Kedara vrata (Orissa), Kartiki purnima." } ], "name": "Rāsayātrā", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "kartiki-purnima", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Rasayatra, (nisithavyapini, i.e. covering a period from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after midnight. If occurs on two days or does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the second day), Puskar Fair. Ratha yatra (Jain), Tripurotsava (evening), Kedara vrata (Orissa), Kartiki purnima." } ], "name": "Kārtikī Pūrṇimā", "aliases": [ "Kartik Purnima" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 7, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "naga-panchami-margashirsha", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Naga pancami (2nd) (paraviddha)." } ], "name": "Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 8, "tithi": [ 4 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "champa-shashthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 6 Campa sasthi (Maharashtra) (paraviddha). (Special when combined with naksatra Satabhisaj, yoga Vyatipata and Sunday), Skanda sasthi (purvaviddha), Guha sasthi" } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special with Śatabhiṣaj nakṣatra, Vyatīpāta yoga and a Sunday; none is tested.", "name": "Campā Ṣaṣṭhī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "region": "Maharashtra", "timing": { "month": 8, "tithi": [ 5 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "skanda-shashthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 6 Campa sasthi (Maharashtra) (paraviddha). (Special when combined with naksatra Satabhisaj, yoga Vyatipata and Sunday), Skanda sasthi (purvaviddha), Guha sasthi" } ], "name": "Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 8, "tithi": [ 5 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mitra-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Mitra saptami (purvaviddha)." } ], "name": "Mitra Saptamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 8, "tithi": [ 6 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "akhanda-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Matsya dvadasi, Akhanda dvadasi (paraviddha), Vyanjana dvadasi & Dana dvadasi (Orissa)." } ], "name": "Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 8, "tithi": [ 11 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "dattatreyotpatti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Dattatreyotpatti (pradosa)." } ], "name": "Dattātreyotpatti", "aliases": [ "Dattātreya Jayantī", "Datta Jayanti" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 8, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "yama-tarpana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)" } ], "name": "Yama Tarpaṇa", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 9, "tithi": [ 28 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "arunodaya", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "tila-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 4 Tila caturthi and Kunda caturthi (pradosavyapini), Varada caturthi (Bengal & Orissa), Ganesa caturthi, Ganesa jayanti (madhyahnavyapini purvaviddha)." } ], "name": "Tila Caturthī", "aliases": [ "Kunda Caturthī" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 10, "tithi": [ 3 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ganesha-jayanti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 4 Tila caturthi and Kunda caturthi (pradosavyapini), Varada caturthi (Bengal & Orissa), Ganesa caturthi, Ganesa jayanti (madhyahnavyapini purvaviddha)." } ], "name": "Gaṇeśa Jayantī", "aliases": [ "Maghi Ganesh Jayanti" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 10, "tithi": [ 3 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shri-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Sri Pancami (purvaviddha), Sarasvati puja (Bengal), Vasanta pancami, Madana pancami." } ], "name": "Śrī Pañcamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 10, "tithi": [ 4 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vasanta-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Sri Pancami (purvaviddha), Sarasvati puja (Bengal), Vasanta pancami, Madana pancami." } ], "name": "Vasanta Pañcamī", "aliases": [ "Vasant Panchami", "Basant Panchami" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 10, "tithi": [ 4 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ratha-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Ratha saptami (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise), Acala saptami, Vidhana saptami, Arogya saptami [purvaviddha]." } ], "name": "Ratha Saptamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 10, "tithi": [ 6 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "arunodaya", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "bhishma-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Bhisma dvadasi (purvaviddha), Amalaki dvadasi, Santana dvadasi, Varaha dvadasi" } ], "name": "Bhīṣma Dvādaśī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 10, "tithi": [ 11 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "maghi-purnima", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Maghi purnima (paraviddha)" } ], "name": "Māghī Pūrṇimā", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 10, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "maha-shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 14 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day" } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "name": "Mahāśivarātri", "aliases": [ "Maha Shivaratri", "Shivratri" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 10, "tithi": [ 28 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "disputed", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "holika-dahana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana." } ], "not_evaluated": "The hour the row gives for the rite (\"it should be observed on second half of purnima at night\") is not tested: sāyāhna alone settles the day.", "name": "Holikā Dahana", "aliases": [ "Holika Dahan" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 11, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "sayahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "holi", "follows": { "festival": "holika-dahana", "days": 1 }, "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana." } ], "name": "Holī", "aliases": [ "Holi" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "month": 11, "tithi": [ 14 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "sayahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vasantotsava", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 1 Vasantotsava (current at sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)." } ], "name": "Vasantotsava", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 11, "tithi": [ 15 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shitalashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)" } ], "name": "Śītalāṣṭamī", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": 11, "tithi": [ 22 ], "adhika": "nija" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "name": "Ekādaśī", "aliases": [ "Ekadashi", "Ekadasi" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": "every", "tithi": [ 10, 25 ], "adhika": "both" }, "instances": [ { "month": 0, "tithi": 10, "name": "Kāmadā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 0, "tithi": 25, "name": "Varūthinī Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 1, "tithi": 10, "name": "Mohinī Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 1, "tithi": 25, "name": "Aparā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 2, "tithi": 10, "name": "Nirjalā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 2, "tithi": 25, "name": "Yoginī Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 3, "tithi": 10, "name": "Hariśayanī Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 3, "tithi": 25, "name": "Kāmikā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 4, "tithi": 10, "name": "Putradā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 4, "tithi": 25, "name": "Ajā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 5, "tithi": 10, "name": "Parivartanī Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 5, "tithi": 25, "name": "Indirā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 6, "tithi": 10, "name": "Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 6, "tithi": 25, "name": "Ramā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 7, "tithi": 10, "name": "Prabodhinī Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 7, "tithi": 25, "name": "Utpannā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 8, "tithi": 10, "name": "Mokṣadā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 8, "tithi": 25, "name": "Saphalā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 9, "tithi": 10, "name": "Putradā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 9, "tithi": 25, "name": "Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 10, "tithi": 10, "name": "Jayā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 10, "tithi": 25, "name": "Vijayā Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 11, "tithi": 10, "name": "Āmalakī Ekādaśī" }, { "month": 11, "tithi": 25, "name": "Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī" } ], "observance": { "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "aliases": [ "Vinayaka Chaturthi" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": "every", "except_months": [ 5, 10 ], "tithi": [ 3 ], "adhika": "both" }, "observance": { "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "aliases": [ "Sankashti Chaturthi", "Sankatahara Chaturthi" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": "every", "tithi": [ 18 ], "adhika": "both" }, "observance": { "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "name": "Pradoṣa Vrata", "aliases": [ "Pradosh Vrat" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": "every", "tithi": [ 12, 27 ], "adhika": "both" }, "observance": { "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "name": "Śivarātri", "aliases": [ "Masik Shivaratri", "Māsa Śivarātri" ], "tradition": "smarta", "timing": { "month": "every", "except_months": [ 10 ], "tithi": [ 28 ], "adhika": "both" }, "observance": { "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" } }, { "kind": "solar", "id": "vaishakhi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Mesadi — Cadaka puja (Bengal), Bahag Bihu (Assam), Cheiraoba (Manipur), Visu (T. C. State), Vaisakhi (on the samkramana day commencing from sunrise)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The other names in the row (Cadaka puja, Bahag Bihu, Cheiraoba, Visu) are regional observances and wait with the regional rows.", "name": "Vaiśākhī", "aliases": [ "Vaisakhi", "Baisakhi" ], "tradition": "smarta", "principal": true, "timing": { "rashi": 0 }, "observance": { "kaala": "day" } }, { "kind": "solar", "id": "makara-sankranti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Makaradi — Makaradi snana, Magh Bihu (Assam), Tila samkranti, Pongal (S. India), Bhogi (S. India — on the day before Pongal), Mattu Pongal (S. India — on the day after Pongal)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). 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India — on the day after Pongal)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The rule that heads the solar festivals, the day \"taken to begin from midnight\" (p. 106), is not applied to Pongal. It is kept on the first day of the month of Makara as the Tamil districts count it, a transit after sunset going to the next day (p. 244); the Rashtriya Panchang prints Pongal so.", "name": "Pongal", "aliases": [ "Tai Pongal", "Thai Pongal" ], "tradition": "smarta", "region": "S. India", "principal": true, "timing": { "rashi": 9 }, "observance": { "kaala": "sunset-day" } }, { "kind": "solar", "id": "bhogi", "follows": { "festival": "pongal", "days": -1 }, "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Makaradi — Makaradi snana, Magh Bihu (Assam), Tila samkranti, Pongal (S. India), Bhogi (S. India — on the day before Pongal), Mattu Pongal (S. India — on the day after Pongal)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } ], "name": "Bhogi", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "region": "S. India", "principal": true, "timing": { "rashi": 9 }, "observance": { "kaala": "sunset-day" } }, { "kind": "solar", "id": "mattu-pongal", "follows": { "festival": "pongal", "days": 1 }, "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Makaradi — Makaradi snana, Magh Bihu (Assam), Tila samkranti, Pongal (S. India), Bhogi (S. India — on the day before Pongal), Mattu Pongal (S. India — on the day after Pongal)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } ], "name": "Mattu Pongal", "aliases": [], "tradition": "smarta", "region": "S. India", "principal": true, "timing": { "rashi": 9 }, "observance": { "kaala": "sunset-day" } } ] }