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 New Delhi · 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 2016
24 JanSun
Pausha Purnima (Shakambhari)Full-moon day · Pausha
February 2016
22 FebMon
Magha PurnimaFull-moon day · Magha
March 2016
23 MarWed
Holika Dahan (Phalguna Purnima)Full-moon day · Phalguna
April 2016
22 AprFri
Hanuman JayantiFull-moon day · Chaitra
May 2016
21 MaySat
Buddha PurnimaFull-moon day · Vaishakha
June 2016
20 JunMon
Vat PurnimaFull-moon day · Jyeshtha
July 2016
19 JulTue
Guru PurnimaFull-moon day · Ashadha
August 2016
18 AugThu
Raksha Bandhan (Shravana Purnima)Full-moon day · Shravana
September 2016
16 SepFri
Bhadrapada Purnima (Uma-Maheshwara vrat)Full-moon day · Bhadrapada
October 2016
16 OctSun
Sharad PurnimaFull-moon day · Ashwina
November 2016
14 NovMon
Kartika Purnima (Dev Deepawali)Full-moon day · Kartika
December 2016
13 DecTue
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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