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 2002 opens in July during Gujarati Samvat 2058 (Vijaya) of the Hindu calendar.
July 2002
Gujarati Samvat 2058 (Vijaya)
Ashadha – Shravana
Festivals & Vrats in July 2002
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Ashadhi Beej (Kutchi New Year)
Tithi 2:13 PM, Jul 11 – 11:58 AM
The Kutchi new year on Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya, welcoming the monsoon.
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Ratha Yatra
Tithi 2:13 PM, Jul 11 – 11:58 AM, Jul 12
Lord Jagannath's chariot festival, observed grandly in Ahmedabad.
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Gauri Vrat (Morakat) Begins Vrat
Tithi 5:38 PM, Jul 19 – 4:19 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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Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Vrat
Tithi 3:18 PM, Jul 21 – 2:42 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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Guru Purnima
Tithi 2:22 PM, Jul 23 – 2:35 PM, Jul 24
The full moon of Ashadha honouring teachers and sage Veda Vyasa.
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.