Panchang · Festivals and vrats
Festivals and vrats in 2016
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 Dallas · change city
Times in Dallas (America/Chicago, CST/CDT).
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 2016
5 JanTue
Saphala EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Pausha Krishna (purnimanta) = Margashirsha Krishna (amanta)
19 JanTue
Pausha Putrada EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Pausha Shukla
February 2016
4 FebThu
Shattila EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Magha Krishna (purnimanta) = Pausha Krishna (amanta)
18 FebThu
Jaya EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Magha Shukla
March 2016
4 MarFri
Vijaya EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Phalguna Krishna (purnimanta) = Magha Krishna (amanta)
18 MarFri
Amalaki EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Phalguna Shukla
April 2016
3 AprSun
Papamochani EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Chaitra Krishna (purnimanta) = Phalguna Krishna (amanta)
17 AprSun
Kamada EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Chaitra Shukla
May 2016
3 MayTue
Varuthini EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Vaishakha Krishna (purnimanta) = Chaitra Krishna (amanta)
16 MayMon
Mohini EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Vaishakha Shukla
June 2016
1 JunWed
Apara EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Jyeshtha Krishna (purnimanta) = Vaishakha Krishna (amanta)
15 JunWed
Nirjala EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Jyeshtha Shukla
30 JunThu
Yogini EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Ashadha Krishna (purnimanta) = Jyeshtha Krishna (amanta)
July 2016
15 JulFri
Devshayani EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Ashadha Shukla
29 JulFri
Kamika EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Shravana Krishna (purnimanta) = Ashadha Krishna (amanta)
August 2016
13 AugSat
Shravana Putrada EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Shravana Shukla
27 AugSat
Aja EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Bhadrapada Krishna (purnimanta) = Shravana Krishna (amanta)
September 2016
12 SepMon
Parsva (Parivartini) EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Bhadrapada Shukla
26 SepMon
Indira EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Ashwina Krishna (purnimanta) = Bhadrapada Krishna (amanta)
October 2016
12 OctWed
Papankusha EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Ashwina Shukla
25 OctTue
Rama EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Kartika Krishna (purnimanta) = Ashwina Krishna (amanta)
November 2016
10 NovThu
Devutthana (Prabodhini) EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Kartika Shukla
24 NovThu
Utpanna EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Margashirsha Krishna (purnimanta) = Kartika Krishna (amanta)
December 2016
10 DecSat
Mokshada EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Margashirsha Shukla
24 DecSat
Saphala EkadashiEleventh lunar day; a fast for Vishnu · Pausha Krishna (purnimanta) = Margashirsha Krishna (amanta)
Plain-language notes are the School’s summaries of common almanac usage, for study. They are not advice.
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