Panchang · Festivals and vrats
Festivals and vrats in 2004
Each date is worked out from the lunar day, the Moon’s nakshatra or the Sun’s entry into a sign, by the sunrise of the chosen city. Open a festival to read how its date was fixed.
Dates for Los Angeles · change city
Times in Los Angeles (America/Los Angeles, PST/PDT).
Month names: the rules use the amanta month, which ends at the new moon (as in South and West India). In the dark half of the month North India’s purnimanta calendar has already moved to the next month, so dark-half entries show both names, for example Kamika Ekadashi: Shravana Krishna (purnimanta) = Ashadha Krishna (amanta). Shravan Somvar follows the purnimanta month, as Delhi almanacs print it.
January 2004
21 JanWed
Mauni AmavasyaNew-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Magha Amavasya (purnimanta) = Pausha Amavasya (amanta)
February 2004
19 FebThu
Magha AmavasyaNew-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Phalguna Amavasya (purnimanta) = Magha Amavasya (amanta)
March 2004
20 MarSat
Phalguna Amavasya (Shani)New-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Chaitra Amavasya (purnimanta) = Phalguna Amavasya (amanta)
April 2004
18 AprSun
Chaitra AmavasyaNew-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Vaishakha Amavasya (purnimanta) = Chaitra Amavasya (amanta)
May 2004
18 MayTue
Vat Savitri Amavasya (Bhaumvati)New-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Jyeshtha Amavasya (purnimanta) = Vaishakha Amavasya (amanta)
June 2004
17 JunThu
Jyeshtha AmavasyaNew-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Ashadha Amavasya (purnimanta) = Jyeshtha Amavasya (amanta)
July 2004
16 JulFri
Hariyali AmavasyaNew-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Shravana Amavasya (purnimanta) = Ashadha Amavasya (amanta)
August 2004
15 AugSun
Adhika Shravana AmavasyaNew-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Adhika Shravana Amavasya
September 2004
14 SepTue
Shravana Amavasya (Bhaumvati)New-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Bhadrapada Amavasya (purnimanta) = Shravana Amavasya (amanta)
October 2004
13 OctWed
Mahalaya / Sarvapitri AmavasyaNew-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Ashwina Amavasya (purnimanta) = Bhadrapada Amavasya (amanta)
November 2004
12 NovFri
Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) AmavasyaNew-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) = Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
December 2004
11 DecSat
Kartika Amavasya (Shani)New-moon day; for remembering the ancestors · Margashirsha Amavasya (purnimanta) = Kartika Amavasya (amanta)
Plain-language notes are the School’s summaries of common almanac usage, for study. They are not advice.
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