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 London · change city
Times in London (Europe/London, GMT/BST).
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
7 JanWed
Pausha Purnima (Shakambhari)Full-moon day · Pausha
February 2004
6 FebFri
Magha PurnimaFull-moon day · Magha
March 2004
6 MarSat
Holika Dahan (Phalguna Purnima)Full-moon day · Phalguna
April 2004
5 AprMon
Hanuman JayantiFull-moon day · Chaitra
May 2004
4 MayTue
Buddha PurnimaFull-moon day · Vaishakha
June 2004
3 JunThu
Vat PurnimaFull-moon day · Jyeshtha
July 2004
2 JulFri
Guru PurnimaFull-moon day · Ashadha
31 JulSat
Adhika Shravana PurnimaFull-moon day · Shravana
August 2004
29 AugSun
Raksha Bandhan (Shravana Purnima)Full-moon day · Shravana
September 2004
28 SepTue
Bhadrapada Purnima (Uma-Maheshwara vrat)Full-moon day · Bhadrapada
October 2004
27 OctWed
Sharad PurnimaFull-moon day · Ashwina
November 2004
26 NovFri
Kartika Purnima (Dev Deepawali)Full-moon day · Kartika
December 2004
26 DecSun
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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