The full year of Hindu vrats as a month grid. Each day shows its tithi and any fasting observance falling on it — every Ekadashi, Pradosh, Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi, Masik Shivaratri, Purnima and Amavasya vrat, alongside Navratri, Rama Navami, Maha Shivratri, the Teej vrats, Janmashtami, Karwa Chauth, Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali, Chhath and Holika Dahan — on its actual date for the chosen year.
Annual Vrats 1956 opens in November during Vikram Samvat 2013 (Saumya) of the Hindu calendar.
November 1956
Vikram Samvat 2013 (Saumya)
Kartika – Margashirsha
Festivals & Vrats in November 1956
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 12:23 AM, Nov 1 – 10:59 PM, Nov 1
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Diwali (Lakshmi Puja)
Tithi 11:04 PM, Nov 1 – 10:06 PM, Nov 2
The festival of lights — homes glow with diyas and Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped for wealth; Sindhis keep it as Diyari.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 11:04 PM, Nov 1 – 10:06 PM, Nov 2
The Darsha (Amavasya) day for offering tarpan and shradh to the ancestors, kept when the new moon prevails in the afternoon (aparahna).
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Govardhan Puja / Annakut
Tithi 10:11 PM, Nov 2 – 9:46 PM, Nov 3
Krishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with mountains of food offered to the deity.
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Bali Pratipada (Diwali Padwa / Bestu Varas)
Tithi 10:11 PM, Nov 2 – 9:46 PM, Nov 3
The Diwali Padwa honouring King Bali's return; wives perform aukshan (aarti) for their husbands and new account books and ventures are begun. In Gujarat this is Bestu Varas, the Gujarati New Year.
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Bhai Dooj / Bhau Beej
Tithi 9:51 PM, Nov 3 – 10:02 PM, Nov 4
Sisters apply a tilak and pray for their brothers' well-being, closing the Diwali festival.
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Bhai Phota
Tithi 9:51 PM, Nov 3 – 10:02 PM, Nov 4
The Bengali brother–sister festival on Kartik Shukla Dwitiya — sisters place a sandalwood phota (tilak) on their brothers' foreheads and pray for their long life.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 11:01 PM, Nov 5 – 12:23 AM, Nov 7
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Chhath Puja
Tithi 2:31 AM, Nov 8 – 4:47 AM, Nov 9
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river.
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Skanda Sashti (Soorasamharam)
Tithi 2:31 AM, Nov 8 – 4:47 AM, Nov 9
Six days of worship of Lord Murugan culminate in Soorasamharam — his victory over the demon Surapadman.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 7:29 AM, Nov 10 – 9:51 AM, Nov 11
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Devutthana (Kartiki) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 1:48 PM, Nov 13 – 2:43 PM, Nov 14
Vishnu awakens from cosmic sleep, ending Chaturmas so weddings and Tulsi Vivah resume — known in Maharashtra as Kartiki Ekadashi and also as Prabodhini Ekadashi.
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Tulsi Vivah
Tithi 2:50 PM, Nov 14 – 3:04 PM, Nov 15
The ceremonial marriage of the holy Tulsi plant to Lord Vishnu (Shaligram) on Kartik Dwadashi, the day after Prabodhini Ekadashi, which opens the Hindu wedding season.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:11 PM, Nov 15 – 2:44 PM, Nov 16
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Kartika Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 1:53 PM, Nov 17 – 12:15 PM, Nov 18
The full-moon fast, kept with a day-long vrat, a vigil, Satyanarayan Puja and charity, culminating in the worship of the rising full moon.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 5:33 AM, Nov 21 – 3:00 AM, Nov 22
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalabhairav Jayanti
Tithi 9:59 PM, Nov 23 – 7:42 PM, Nov 24
The appearance of Kala Bhairava, the fierce guardian form of Shiva, on Margashirsha Krishna Ashtami — worshipped at night with his vahana, the dog.
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Utpanna Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 2:33 PM, Nov 27 – 1:37 PM, Nov 28
Marks the appearance of Goddess Ekadashi from Vishnu — the origin of Ekadashi observance.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:53 PM, Nov 29 – 12:47 PM, Nov 30
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 12:40 PM, Nov 30 – 1:00 PM, Dec 1
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
Timings shown for New Delhi (IST) at sunrise — use the city box at the top to change it. Solar months begin by each tradition's own Sankranti rule (same-day, next-day, sunset or aparahna). Era years and lunar month names follow standard Vedic calculations and may differ slightly from regional almanacs around an Adhik Maas.
About the Annual Vrat Calendar
The full year of Hindu vrats as a month grid. Each day shows its tithi and any fasting observance falling on it — every Ekadashi, Pradosh, Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi, Masik Shivaratri, Purnima and Amavasya vrat, alongside Navratri, Rama Navami, Maha Shivratri, the Teej vrats, Janmashtami, Karwa Chauth, Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali, Chhath and Holika Dahan — on its actual date for the chosen year.
Each day lists its tithi and paksha, the nakshatra, the weekday (vaar) and any festivals or vrats. Tap any day to see the full panchang for that date — tithi start and end times, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, and the inauspicious periods (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika Kalam). Use the month and year selectors to browse this year and the next.