2018
- Monday, 22 January 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
- Wednesday, 21 February 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
- Thursday, 22 March 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
- Saturday, 21 April 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
- Sunday, 20 May 2018 · Adhika Skanda Shashthi
- Monday, 18 June 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
- Tuesday, 17 July 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
- Thursday, 16 August 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
- Friday, 14 September 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
- Sunday, 14 October 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
- Tuesday, 13 November 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
- Thursday, 13 December 2018 · Skanda Shashthi
2019
- Saturday, 12 January 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Sunday, 10 February 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Tuesday, 12 March 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Wednesday, 10 April 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Friday, 10 May 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Saturday, 8 June 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Sunday, 7 July 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Monday, 5 August 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Wednesday, 4 September 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Thursday, 3 October 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Saturday, 2 November 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Monday, 2 December 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
- Tuesday, 31 December 2019 · Skanda Shashthi
How the date is fixed
The Shukla Shashthi of every lunar month. The date is the day on which the tithi begins, if it begins between sunrise and sunset (that day it is joined with the tithi before it); if it begins at night, the next day, when it is running at sunrise†. Dark-half entries carry both month names: purnimanta (North India) and amanta.
† Practice varies between schools; our faculty is reviewing these rules.
About
The sixth tithi of every bright half is kept for Murugan (Skanda) in Tamil Nadu and across South India. The day on which Shashthi joins Panchami is preferred: if Shashthi begins between sunrise and sunset, that day is taken; if it begins at night, the next day. The fast can therefore fall on the civil day of Panchami. The Shashthi of amanta Kartika (Tamil Aippasi) is the annual Skanda Shashthi with Soorasamharam.
How it is observed
A fast from sunrise, broken in the evening after the worship of Murugan, with the Kanda Shashti Kavacham recited.