Panchang · Festivals and vrats
Festivals and vrats in 2018
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 Puri · change city
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 2018
2 JanTue
Pausha Purnima (Shakambhari)Full-moon day · Pausha
31 JanWed
Magha PurnimaFull-moon day · Magha
March 2018
2 MarFri
Holika Dahan (Phalguna Purnima)Full-moon day · Phalguna
31 MarSat
Hanuman JayantiFull-moon day · Chaitra
April 2018
30 AprMon
Buddha PurnimaFull-moon day · Vaishakha
May 2018
29 MayTue
Adhika Jyeshtha PurnimaFull-moon day · Jyeshtha
June 2018
28 JunThu
Vat PurnimaFull-moon day · Jyeshtha
July 2018
27 JulFri
Guru PurnimaFull-moon day · Ashadha
August 2018
26 AugSun
Raksha Bandhan (Shravana Purnima)Full-moon day · Shravana
September 2018
25 SepTue
Bhadrapada Purnima (Uma-Maheshwara vrat)Full-moon day · Bhadrapada
October 2018
24 OctWed
Sharad PurnimaFull-moon day · Ashwina
November 2018
23 NovFri
Kartika Purnima (Dev Deepawali)Full-moon day · Kartika
December 2018
22 DecSat
Margashirsha Purnima (Dattatreya Jayanti)Full-moon day · Margashirsha
Plain-language notes are the School’s summaries of common almanac usage, for study. They are not advice.
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