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 2040 opens in July during Gujarati Samvat 2096 (Prajapati) of the Hindu calendar.
July 2040
Gujarati Samvat 2096 (Prajapati)
Ashadha – Shravana
Festivals & Vrats in July 2040
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:12 AM, Jul 1 – 3:13 AM, Jul 2
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 4:28 AM, Jul 4 – 5:36 AM, Jul 5
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:37 AM, Jul 6 – 9:53 AM, Jul 7
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 9:51 AM, Jul 7 – 12:16 PM, Jul 8
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 12:15 PM, Jul 8 – 2:44 PM, Jul 9
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 12:15 PM, Jul 8 – 2:44 PM, Jul 9
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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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 12:15 PM, Jul 8 – 2:44 PM, Jul 9
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 12:15 PM, Jul 8 – 2:44 PM, Jul 9
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 9:48 PM, Jul 12 – 11:48 PM, Jul 13
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 2:19 AM, Jul 16 – 3:01 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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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 2:47 AM, Jul 17 – 2:51 AM, Jul 18
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 1:38 AM, Jul 19 – 12:12 AM, Jul 20
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 11:59 PM, Jul 19 – 9:47 PM, Jul 20
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 11:59 PM, Jul 19 – 9:47 PM, Jul 20
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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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:43 PM, Jul 21 – 3:17 PM, Jul 22
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Vrat
Tithi 6:43 PM, Jul 21 – 3:17 PM, Jul 22
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 11:31 AM, Jul 23 – 7:35 AM, Jul 24
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 11:31 AM, Jul 23 – 7:35 AM, Jul 24
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 11:31 AM, Jul 23 – 7:35 AM, Jul 24
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 11:31 AM, Jul 23 – 7:35 AM, Jul 24
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 11:31 AM, Jul 23 – 7:35 AM, Jul 24
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 8:42 PM, Jul 26 – 5:56 PM, Jul 27
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 2:17 PM, Jul 30 – 2:52 PM, Jul 31
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.