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 2012 opens in June during Gujarati Samvat 2068 (Shobhakrit) of the Hindu calendar.
June 2012
Gujarati Samvat 2068 (Shobhakrit)
Jyeshtha – Ashadha
Festivals & Vrats in June 2012
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Vat Purnima (Vat Pournima) Vrat
Tithi 11:54 PM, Jun 2 – 8:18 PM, Jun 3
On Jyeshtha Purnima, married women fast and circle the banyan (vat) tree praying for their husbands' long life, in the spirit of Savitri who won back Satyavan.
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Ashadhi Beej (Kutchi New Year)
Tithi 10:07 PM, Jun 20 – 11:21 PM
The Kutchi new year on Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya, welcoming the monsoon.
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Ratha Yatra
Tithi 10:07 PM, Jun 20 – 11:21 PM, Jun 21
Lord Jagannath's chariot festival, observed grandly in Ahmedabad.
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Gauri Vrat (Morakat) Begins Vrat
Tithi 3:32 PM, Jun 29 – 12:41 PM, Jun 30
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.
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.