observances

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daily


(lunar) monthly

  • 1: Ishti (shukla) 🗓️
  • 2: Chandra darshana 🗓️
  • 4: Vinayaka Chaturthi 🗓️
  • 6: Skanda Sashti 🗓️
  • 7: Bhanu Saptami (Sundays only) ☀️
  • 8: Masik Durgashtami 🗓️ 🌺
  • 11: Ekadashi (shukla) 🗓️ 🐚
  • 13: Pradosham (shukla) 🗓️ 🧿
  • 15: Purnima 🗓️ (Satyanarayan puja, Anvadhan)

annual


Chaitra
  • Chaitra Navratri
  • Lakshmi Panchami
  • Ram Navami
Vaishakha
  • Akshaya Tritiya
  • Sita Navami
  • Shani Jayanti
Jyeshtha
  • Ganga Dussehra
  • Gayatri Jayanti (Jyeshtha)
Ashadha
  • Ashadha Gupta Navratri
  • Chaturmasya begins
  • Guru Purnima
  • Sawan Shivaratri
Shravana
  • Raksha Bandhan
  • Gayatri Jayanti
  • Upakarma
  • Krishna Janmashtami
Bhadrapada
Ashwina
  • Shardiya Navratri
Kartika
  • Chaturmasya ends
Margashirsha
Pausha
  • Shakambhari Navratri
Magha
  • Magha Gupta Navratri
  • Mahashivratri
Phalguna


Chaitra
Vaishakha
Jyeshtha
Ashadha
Shravana
Bhadrapada
  • Amavasya
Ashwina
  • Amavasya
Kartika
  • Amavasya
Margashirsha
  • Amavasya
Pausha
  • Amavasya
Magha
  • Amavasya
Phalguna
  • Amavasya
Adhik maas
  • ???
Note - on eclipse days, recite Vishnu Sahasranamam
Year begins with Chaitra, which contains the first Shukla pratipad in Meena sun sign
If there are two lunar months starting (under the Amavasya system) -- or two shukla pratipads - in one solar month, the first becomes adhik maas.