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 1980 opens in January during Gujarati Samvat 2035 (Pramoda) of the Hindu calendar.
January 1980
Gujarati Samvat 2035 (Pramoda)
Posh – Maha
Festivals & Vrats in January 1980
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Pausha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:22 PM, Jan 1 – 2:30 PM, Jan 2
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 2:22 PM, Jan 1 – 2:30 PM, Jan 2
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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Pausha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 2:22 PM, Jan 1 – 2:30 PM, Jan 2
The full moon of Pausha — also kept as Shakambhari Purnima, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 2:22 PM, Jan 1 – 2:30 PM, Jan 2
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:08 AM, Jan 10 – 6:34 AM, Jan 11
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Bhogi / Lohri
Tithi 9:22 AM, Jan 13 – 9:11 AM, Jan 14
The eve of Makar Sankranti — Maharashtra cooks bhogichi bhaji, while Punjab and the Sindhi community (as Lal Loi) light the Lohri bonfire and offer sesame, jaggery and popcorn to bid winter farewell.
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Shattila Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 9:22 AM, Jan 13 – 9:11 AM, Jan 14
Observed with sesame (til) in six ways — bathing, offering and donating — to cleanse past sins.
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Makar Sankranti / Uttarayan / Pongal
Tithi 9:31 AM, Jan 14 – 8:33 AM, Jan 15
The Sun begins its northward journey (Uttarayan); a harvest festival of til-gud (sesame and jaggery), with Gujarat's famous kite-flying and Tamil Nadu's Pongal.
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Bhaum Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:33 AM, Jan 15 – 7:12 AM, Jan 16
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 7:12 AM, Jan 16 – 5:31 AM, Jan 17
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 5:14 AM, Jan 17 – 2:59 AM, Jan 18
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 5:14 AM, Jan 17 – 2:59 AM, Jan 18
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 2:49 AM, Jan 18 – 12:09 AM, Jan 19
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 6:11 PM, Jan 20 – 3:21 PM, Jan 21
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Vasant Panchami
Tithi 3:17 PM, Jan 21 – 12:42 PM, Jan 22
Goddess Saraswati is worshipped for knowledge and the arts as spring (Vasant) begins.
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Brahma Savarni Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 10:10 AM, Jan 23 – 8:19 AM, Jan 24
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Brahma Savarni Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Magha Shukla Saptami.
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Jaya Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 4:46 AM, Jan 27 – 4:17 AM, Jan 28
A fast said to free the devotee from rebirth and the fate of becoming a ghost.
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Bhaum Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:38 AM, Jan 29 – 5:04 AM, Jan 30
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Magha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 6:19 AM, Jan 31 – 7:38 AM, Feb 1
The full moon of Magha — a great day for the Magha snana at sacred rivers, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Magha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:19 AM, Jan 31 – 7:38 AM, Feb 1
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 6:19 AM, Jan 31 – 7:38 AM, Feb 1
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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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.
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