The Gujarati festival calendar (Vikram Samvat, Kartika new year). Gujarati festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each.
Gujarati Samvat 1952 opens in March during Gujarati Samvat 2007 (Shubhakrit) · Gujarati Samvat 2008 (Shobhakrit) of the Hindu calendar.
March 1952
Gujarati Samvat 2007 (Shubhakrit) · Gujarati Samvat 2008 (Shobhakrit)
Phalguna – Chaitra
Festivals & Vrats in March 1952
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Holika Dahan
Tithi 10:18 PM, Mar 10 – 11:50 PM, Mar 11
The bonfire of Holika on the full moon of Phalguna.
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Dhuleti (Holi)
Tithi 11:45 PM, Mar 11 – 12:49 AM, Mar 13
The festival of colours, the day after Holika Dahan.
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Chaitra Navratri Begins
Tithi 1:42 AM – 11:36 PM
The spring nine nights of Devi worship begin on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.
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Gangaur
Tithi 10:14 PM, Mar 27 – 9:17 PM, Mar 28
The climax of an eighteen-day Rajasthani festival to Gauri (Parvati) on Chaitra Shukla Tritiya; married women pray for their husbands and unmarried girls for a good groom, with grand processions of Gauri and Isar (Shiva) idols in Jaipur and Udaipur.
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 Samvat Calendar
The Gujarati festival calendar (Vikram Samvat, Kartika new year). Gujarati festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each.
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.