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 2016 opens in July during Vikram Samvat 2073 (Saumya) of the Hindu calendar.
July 2016
Vikram Samvat 2073 (Saumya)
Ashadha – Shravana
Festivals & Vrats in July 2016
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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:23 AM, Jul 2 – 9:32 PM, Jul 2
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 9:32 PM, Jul 2 – 6:50 PM, Jul 3
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 6:50 PM, Jul 3 – 4:27 PM, Jul 4
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 6:50 PM, Jul 3 – 4:27 PM, Jul 4
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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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 12:26 PM, Jul 7 – 12:42 PM, Jul 8
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 1:29 PM, Jul 9 – 3:06 PM, Jul 10
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:10 PM, Jul 11 – 7:32 PM, Jul 12
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 12:15 AM, Jul 15 – 2:16 AM, Jul 16
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.
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Gauri Vrat (Morakat) Begins Vrat
Tithi 12:15 AM, Jul 15 – 2:16 AM, Jul 16
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.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 2:08 AM, Jul 16 – 3:44 AM, Jul 17
The Sun enters Karka and begins its southward journey (Dakshinayana) — the night of the gods, opening the holy Chaturmas season of vrats and worship.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:32 AM, Jul 17 – 4:37 AM, Jul 18
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Vrat
Tithi 3:32 AM, Jul 17 – 4:37 AM, Jul 18
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.
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Guru Purnima
Tithi 4:40 AM, Jul 19 – 4:40 AM, Jul 20
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:40 AM, Jul 19 – 4:40 AM, Jul 20
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 1:17 AM, Jul 23 – 11:42 PM, Jul 23
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:37 PM, Jul 26 – 3:22 PM, Jul 27
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Kamika Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 10:44 AM, Jul 29 – 8:34 AM, Jul 30
Worship of Vishnu that grants the merit of bathing in all holy rivers.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:30 AM, Jul 31 – 4:42 AM, Aug 1
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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.