Gujarati Samvat Calendar 2017
The Gujarati festival calendar (Vikram Samvat, Kartika new year). Gujarati festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each.
April 2017
Gujarati Samvat 2073 (Kilaka)
Chaitra – Vaishakha
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.
Gujarati Samvat Calendar 2017 - festivals and vrats through the year
The Gujarati Samvat Calendar lists 43 dates in 2017, opening with Vaikuntha Ekadashi on 8 January and closing with Dattatreya Jayanti on 3 December. Of these, 10 are vrats (fasting observances). August is the fullest month with 9 dates. The year runs through Gujarati Samvat 2072 – 2073.
January 2017 Pausha – Magha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jan | Sun | Vaikuntha Ekadashi Vrat | Shukla Dashami |
| 14 Jan | Sat |
Uttarayan (Makar Sankranti) The kite festival on the Sun's entry into Makara. |
Krishna Dwitiya |
February 2017 Magha – Phalguna
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Feb | Wed |
Vasant Panchami
The worship of Goddess Saraswati on Magha Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
| 24 Feb | Fri |
Maha Shivratri
The great night of Lord Shiva. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
March 2017 Phalguna – Chaitra
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar | Sun |
Holika Dahan The bonfire of Holika on the full moon of Phalguna. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 13 Mar | Mon |
Dhuleti (Holi) The festival of colours, the day after Holika Dahan. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 28 Mar | Tue |
Chaitra Navratri Begins
The spring nine nights of Devi worship begin on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 30 Mar | Thu |
Gangaur 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. |
Shukla Tritiya |
April 2017 Chaitra – Vaishakha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Apr | Tue |
Ram Navami The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
| 11 Apr | Tue |
Hanuman Jayanti
The birth of Lord Hanuman on the full moon of Chaitra. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 28 Apr | Fri |
Akshaya Tritiya (Akhatrij) Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya — among the most auspicious days for new ventures. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
May 2017 Vaishakha – Jyeshtha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May | Tue |
Narsimha Jayanti The advent of Lord Narasimha on Vaishakha Shukla Chaturdashi. |
Shukla Chaturdashi |
June 2017 Jyeshtha – Ashadha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun | Sun |
Ganga Dussehra The descent of the Ganga, on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami. |
Shukla Dashami |
| 8 Jun | Thu | Vat Purnima (Vat Pournima) Vrat | Shukla Chaturdashi |
| 25 Jun | Sun |
Ashadhi Beej (Kutchi New Year) The Kutchi new year on Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya, welcoming the monsoon. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
| 25 Jun | Sun |
Ratha Yatra Lord Jagannath's chariot festival, observed grandly in Ahmedabad. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
July 2017 Ashadha – Shravana
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul | Tue | Gauri Vrat (Morakat) Begins Vrat | Shukla Ekadashi |
| 6 Jul | Thu | Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Vrat | Shukla Trayodashi |
| 9 Jul | Sun |
Guru Purnima The full moon of Ashadha honouring teachers and sage Veda Vyasa. |
Shukla Purnima |
August 2017 Shravana – Bhadrapada
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Aug | Thu |
Jhulan Yatra (Hindola) Begins The swing festival of Radha and Krishna — beautifully decorated swings are rocked through to Jhulan Purnima; in Gujarat temples the same hindola (swing) darshan is held. |
Shukla Ekadashi |
| 7 Aug | Mon |
Narali Purnima (Nariyal Purnima) On Shravana Purnima, coastal communities offer coconuts (naral / nariyal) to the sea god Varuna, marking the end of the monsoon and the return to fishing. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 11 Aug | Fri | Bol Choth (Bahula Chauth) Vrat | Krishna Chaturthi |
| 13 Aug | Sun | Randhan Chhath Vrat | Krishna Shashthi |
| 14 Aug | Mon | Shitala Satam Vrat | Krishna Saptami |
| 15 Aug | Tue |
Janmashtami
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna. |
Krishna Ashtami |
| 24 Aug | Thu | Hartalika Teej (Kevda Trij) Vrat | Shukla Tritiya |
| 25 Aug | Fri |
Ganesh Chaturthi
The birth of Lord Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi. |
Shukla Chaturthi |
| 26 Aug | Sat | Rishi Panchami Vrat | Shukla Panchami |
September 2017 Bhadrapada – Ashwina
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep | Thu |
Pitru Paksha Begins The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors begins. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 21 Sep | Thu |
Sharad Navratri Begins The autumn nine nights of Devi worship begin. |
Shukla Pratipada |
| 28 Sep | Thu |
Durga Ashtami
The eighth night of Navratri, sacred to Goddess Durga. |
Shukla Ashtami |
| 30 Sep | Sat |
Dussehra (Vijayadashami) The triumph of good over evil on Ashwina Shukla Dashami. |
Shukla Dashami |
October 2017 Ashwina – Kartika
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct | Thu |
Sharad Purnima
The bright autumn full moon of Ashwina, kept with Kojagari Lakshmi worship. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 12 Oct | Thu | Ahoi Ashtami Vrat | Krishna Saptami |
| 16 Oct | Mon |
Vasubaras / Vagh Baras (Govatsa Dwadashi) The first day of Diwali, when cows and their calves are worshipped in gratitude for their nourishment — kept as Vasubaras in Maharashtra and Vagh Baras in Gujarat, where traders close the old account books. |
Krishna Dwadashi |
| 17 Oct | Tue |
Dhanteras The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
| 18 Oct | Wed |
Kali Chaudas
The night before Diwali's Amavasya, Goddess Kali is worshipped to destroy negativity; sleep and laziness (alasya) are symbolically driven from the home. |
Krishna Chaturdashi |
| 19 Oct | Thu |
Diwali The worship of Goddess Lakshmi and Sharda Puja on Kartika Amavasya. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 20 Oct | Fri |
Bali Pratipada (Diwali Padwa / Bestu Varas) The Diwali Padwa honouring King Bali's return; wives perform aukshan (aarti) for their husbands and new account books and ventures are begun. In Gujarat this is Bestu Varas, the Gujarati New Year. |
Shukla Pratipada |
| 21 Oct | Sat |
Bhai Beej Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
| 25 Oct | Wed |
Labh Pancham The fifth day after Diwali (Kartik Shukla Panchami) — the auspicious day Gujarati traders reopen their shops and account books, praying to Lakshmi and Ganesha for profit (labh) in the new year. |
Shukla Panchami |
November 2017 Kartika – Margashirsha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov | Sat |
Dev Diwali (Kartik Purnima) The Diwali of the gods on Kartika Purnima. |
Shukla Purnima |
December 2017 Margashirsha – Pausha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec | Sun |
Dattatreya Jayanti The advent of Lord Dattatreya on Margashirsha Purnima. |
Shukla Purnima |
Months of the Gujarati Samvat Calendar in 2017
The Gujarati Samvat Calendar does not begin its year on 1 January, so each of its months straddles two Gregorian ones. These are the months that ran through 2017, covering Gujarati Samvat 2072 – 2073. A month marked part is one the Gregorian year cuts short at its own start or end.
| Month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pausha part | 1 Jan 2017 | 14 Jan 2017 | 14 |
| Magha | 15 Jan 2017 | 12 Feb 2017 | 29 |
| Phalguna | 13 Feb 2017 | 14 Mar 2017 | 30 |
| Chaitra | 15 Mar 2017 | 13 Apr 2017 | 30 |
| Vaishakha | 14 Apr 2017 | 14 May 2017 | 31 |
| Jyeshtha | 15 May 2017 | 15 Jun 2017 | 32 |
| Ashadha | 16 Jun 2017 | 16 Jul 2017 | 31 |
| Shravana | 17 Jul 2017 | 16 Aug 2017 | 31 |
| Bhadrapada | 17 Aug 2017 | 16 Sep 2017 | 31 |
| Ashwina | 17 Sep 2017 | 17 Oct 2017 | 31 |
| Kartika | 18 Oct 2017 | 16 Nov 2017 | 30 |
| Margashirsha | 17 Nov 2017 | 15 Dec 2017 | 29 |
| Pausha part | 16 Dec 2017 | 31 Dec 2017 | 16 |
What happened in the sky in 2017
Beyond the dates the Gujarati Samvat Calendar lists, 2017 brought 4 eclipses - 2 solar and 2 lunar - of which 2 were above the horizon somewhere in India. Uttarayan (Makar Sankranti) fell on 14 January, 1 day earlier in the year than in 2016 - a lunar year runs about eleven days short of a solar one.
Eclipses of 2017
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Gujarati Samvat date | Seen from India |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb 6:13 AM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Magha Krishna Pratipada | Penumbral only |
| 26 Feb 8:23 PM | Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) 2 days after Maha Shivratri | Phalguna Amavasya | Not visible |
| 7 Aug 11:50 PM | Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) on Narali Purnima (Nariyal Purnima) | Shravana Purnima | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 21 Aug 11:55 PM | Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Bhadrapada Amavasya | Not visible |
Sutak Kaal was observed for 1 of these. A penumbral (Upachhaya) eclipse is not counted as a grahan.
Guru and Shani in 2017
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 7:40 PM | Shani (Saturn) | Vrishchika → Dhanu |
| 21 Jun 4:40 AM | Shani (Saturn) | Dhanu → Vrishchika re-entry while retrograde |
| 12 Sep 7:00 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Kanya → Tula |
| 26 Oct 3:30 PM | Shani (Saturn) | Vrishchika → Dhanu |
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign, Saturn about two and a half. Rahu entered Karka on 18 August 2017, carrying the eclipse axis with it.
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Frequently asked questions about the Gujarati Samvat Calendar 2017
How many festivals and vrats does the Gujarati Samvat Calendar list in 2017?
The Gujarati Samvat Calendar lists 43 dates in 2017, of which 10 are vrats. The first is Vaikuntha Ekadashi on Sunday, 8 January 2017, and the last is Dattatreya Jayanti on Sunday, 3 December 2017.
What are the main festival dates in the Gujarati Samvat Calendar for 2017?
The first major observances of 2017 are:
- Uttarayan (Makar Sankranti) - Saturday, 14 January 2017
- Vasant Panchami - Wednesday, 1 February 2017
- Maha Shivratri - Friday, 24 February 2017
- Holika Dahan - Sunday, 12 March 2017
- Dhuleti (Holi) - Monday, 13 March 2017
- Chaitra Navratri Begins - Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Which month of 2017 has the most observances in the Gujarati Samvat Calendar?
August 2017 is the fullest month with 9 dates, including Jhulan Yatra (Hindola) Begins, Narali Purnima (Nariyal Purnima), Bol Choth (Bahula Chauth), Randhan Chhath, Shitala Satam, Janmashtami, Hartalika Teej (Kevda Trij), Ganesh Chaturthi.
Which traditional year does 2017 correspond to in the Gujarati Samvat Calendar?
The Gregorian year 2017 spans Gujarati Samvat 2072 – 2073. The traditional year does not begin on 1 January, so one Gregorian year usually covers the end of one era year and the start of the next.
Did 2017 have an Adhik Maas?
No. 2017 had twelve lunar months with no Adhik Maas, so its festival dates fall in their usual Gregorian window rather than being pushed later by an intercalary month.
Were there any eclipses in 2017?
2017 had 4 eclipses:
- 11 February 2017 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), penumbral only, so no Sutak was observed
- 26 February 2017 - Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 7 August 2017 - Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 21 August 2017 - Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
Sutak Kaal is observed only for an eclipse actually visible where you are, so 1 of these was kept in India.
Did Guru or Shani change sign in 2017?
Yes - 4 sign changes among the slow grahas in 2017:
- Shani (Saturn) entered Dhanu on 26 January 2017
- Shani (Saturn) entered Vrishchika on 21 June 2017, moving retrograde
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Tula on 12 September 2017
- Shani (Saturn) entered Dhanu on 26 October 2017
Jupiter takes about a year to cross one sign and Saturn about two and a half, so these transits colour the whole year rather than a single week.
How do I see the tithi and nakshatra for a specific date in 2017?
Use the month grid above: pick a month from the selector, then tap any day to open its full panchang - tithi with start and end times, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, and the inauspicious periods (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika Kalam). Set your city in the box at the top first, because these timings are sunrise-based and shift with location. The Gujarati Samvat Calendar opens on the current month.
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 any year in the archive or plan ahead into the coming years.
This calendar names the tithi and festivals for each day. For sunrise, Rahu Kalam and muhurat windows on a chosen date, open the Panchang. Other regional calendars are on the Calendars index. Fast stories live under Vrat Katha.
