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 1961 opens in September during Gujarati Samvat 2017 (Paridhavi) of the Hindu calendar.
September 1961
Gujarati Samvat 2017 (Paridhavi)
Bhadrapada – Ashwina
Festivals & Vrats in September 1961
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Hartalika Teej (Kevda Trij) Vrat
Tithi 12:25 PM, Sep 12 – 1:45 PM, Sep 13
On Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya, women keep a waterless fast and worship Shiva and Parvati for marital happiness, on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi; in Gujarat it is kept as Kevda Trij.
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Ganesh Chaturthi
Tithi 1:50 PM, Sep 13 – 2:43 PM, Sep 14
The birth of Lord Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi.
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Rishi Panchami Vrat
Tithi 2:47 PM, Sep 14 – 3:11 PM, Sep 15
The Sapta Rishis (seven sages) are worshipped on Bhadrapada Shukla Panchami; women observe a fast in reverence and for purification.
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Pitru Paksha Begins
Tithi 5:00 PM, Sep 24 – 1:49 PM, Sep 25
The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors begins.
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.