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 1986 opens in April during Gujarati Samvat 2042 (Ishwara) of the Hindu calendar.
April 1986
Gujarati Samvat 2042 (Ishwara)
Chaitra – Vaishakha
Festivals & Vrats in April 1986
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Chaitra Navratri Begins
Tithi 11:31 AM, Apr 9 – 1:21 PM
The spring nine nights of Devi worship begin on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.
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Gangaur
Tithi 3:27 PM, Apr 11 – 5:52 PM, Apr 12
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.
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Ram Navami
Tithi 4:40 AM, Apr 18 – 5:40 AM, Apr 19
The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami.
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Hanuman Jayanti
Tithi 9:30 PM, Apr 23 – 6:19 PM
The birth of Lord Hanuman on the full moon of Chaitra.
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.