Annual Vrats

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 2008 opens in July during Vikram Samvat 2065 (Plava) of the Hindu calendar.

July 2008

Vikram Samvat 2065 (Plava)

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Festivals & Vrats in July 2008

  • Masik Shivaratri Vrat

    Tuesday, 1 July 2008 Trayodashi

    Tithi 2:58 PM, Jul 1 11:20 AM, Jul 2

    The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.

  • Darsha Amavasya Vrat

    Wednesday, 2 July 2008 Chaturdashi

    Tithi 11:16 AM, Jul 2 7:48 AM, Jul 3

    The Darsha (Amavasya) day for offering tarpan and shradh to the ancestors, kept when the new moon prevails in the afternoon (aparahna).

  • Amavasya Vrat

    Thursday, 3 July 2008 Amavasya

    Tithi 11:16 AM, Jul 2 7:48 AM, Jul 3

    The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.

  • Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat

    Sunday, 6 July 2008 Chaturthi

    Tithi 11:20 PM, Jul 5 9:33 PM, Jul 6

    A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.

  • Skanda Shashthi Vrat

    Tuesday, 8 July 2008 Shashthi

    Tithi 8:50 PM, Jul 7 8:39 PM, Jul 8

    A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).

  • Masik Durgashtami Vrat

    Thursday, 10 July 2008 Ashtami

    Tithi 9:27 PM, Jul 9 10:41 PM, Jul 10

    A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.

  • Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi Vrat

    Sunday, 13 July 2008 Ekadashi

    Tithi 2:53 AM, Jul 13 5:13 AM, Jul 14

    Lord Vishnu begins his four-month cosmic sleep and Chaturmas starts; in Maharashtra it is Ashadhi Ekadashi, the climax of the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage to Lord Vitthal.

  • Gauri Vrat (Morakat) Begins Vrat

    Sunday, 13 July 2008 Ekadashi

    Tithi 2:53 AM, Jul 13 5:13 AM, Jul 14

    A five-day fast (also called Morakat Vrat) kept by unmarried Gujarati girls from Ashadha Shukla Ekadashi to Purnima, worshipping Goddess Gauri and tending sprouted wheat (javaara) to be blessed with a good husband.

  • Bhaum Pradosh Vrat Vrat

    Tuesday, 15 July 2008 Dwadashi

    Tithi 7:42 AM, Jul 15 9:51 AM, Jul 16

    A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.

  • Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)

    Wednesday, 16 July 2008 Trayodashi

    Tithi 7:42 AM, Jul 15 9:51 AM, Jul 16

    The Sun enters Karka and begins its southward journey (Dakshinayana) — the night of the gods, opening the holy Chaturmas season of vrats and worship.

  • Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Vrat

    Wednesday, 16 July 2008 Trayodashi

    Tithi 7:42 AM, Jul 15 9:51 AM, Jul 16

    A five-day vrat to Goddess Jaya (Parvati) from Ashadha Shukla Trayodashi, observed in Gujarat by unmarried girls and married women with a saltless fast for marital bliss and a long-lived husband, ending in a night-long jagran.

  • Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat

    Thursday, 17 July 2008 Chaturdashi

    Tithi 11:55 AM, Jul 17 1:30 PM, Jul 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.

  • Guru Purnima

    Friday, 18 July 2008 Purnima

    Tithi 11:55 AM, Jul 17 1:30 PM, Jul 18

    A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.

  • Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat

    Monday, 21 July 2008 Tritiya

    Tithi 4:07 PM, Jul 21 4:04 PM, Jul 22

    A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.

  • Kalashtami Vrat

    Friday, 25 July 2008 Saptami

    Tithi 1:12 PM, Jul 25 11:12 AM, Jul 26

    A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.

  • Kamika Ekadashi Vrat

    Monday, 28 July 2008 Dashami

    Tithi 6:14 AM, Jul 28 3:21 AM, Jul 29

    Worship of Vishnu that grants the merit of bathing in all holy rivers.

  • Pradosh Vrat Vrat

    Wednesday, 30 July 2008 Trayodashi

    Tithi 12:19 AM, Jul 30 9:16 PM, Jul 30

    A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.

  • Masik Shivaratri Vrat

    Wednesday, 30 July 2008 Trayodashi

    Tithi 9:16 PM, Jul 30 6:20 PM, Jul 31

    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.