The Gujarati Panchang (Vikram Samvat with the Kartika new year). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Samvat year and the Amanta month.
Gujarati Panchang 1948 opens in July during Gujarati Samvat 2004 (Vikari) of the Hindu calendar.
July 1948
Gujarati Samvat 2004 (Vikari)
Ashadha – Shravana
Festivals & Vrats in July 1948
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 11:40 AM, Jul 2 – 11:08 AM, Jul 3
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 10:15 AM, Jul 4 – 8:08 AM, Jul 5
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 8:23 AM, Jul 5 – 5:37 AM, Jul 6
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 5:37 AM, Jul 6 – 2:38 AM, Jul 7
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 5:37 AM, Jul 6 – 2:38 AM, Jul 7
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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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 5:37 AM, Jul 6 – 2:38 AM, Jul 7
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the new moon.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 2:38 AM, Jul 7 – 11:25 PM, Jul 7
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 4:24 PM, Jul 9 – 1:10 PM, Jul 10
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 3:29 AM, Jul 15 – 2:57 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.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 3:29 AM, Jul 15 – 2:57 AM, Jul 16
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Raivata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Shukla Dashami.
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Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 3:10 AM, Jul 16 – 3:09 AM, Jul 17
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 3:10 AM, Jul 16 – 3:09 AM, Jul 17
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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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:57 AM, Jul 18 – 4:48 AM, Jul 19
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Vrat
Tithi 3:57 AM, Jul 18 – 4:48 AM, Jul 19
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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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:12 AM, Jul 20 – 8:00 AM, Jul 21
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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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 6:12 AM, Jul 20 – 8:00 AM, Jul 21
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the full moon.
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Guru Purnima
Tithi 6:12 AM, Jul 20 – 8:00 AM, Jul 21
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 6:12 AM, Jul 20 – 8:00 AM, Jul 21
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Chakshusha Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 6:12 AM, Jul 20 – 8:00 AM, Jul 21
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Chakshusha Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Purnima.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 2:35 PM, Jul 24 – 5:03 PM, Jul 25
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 11:08 PM, Jul 28 – 12:16 AM, Jul 30
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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 Gujarati Panchang
The Gujarati Panchang (Vikram Samvat with the Kartika new year). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Samvat year and the Amanta month.
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.