The Hindu lunar calendar (Panchang). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and any festivals or vrats, with the Vikram Samvat year and the lunar (Amanta) month.
Hindu Calendar 1964 opens in September during Vikram Samvat 2021 (Pingala) of the Hindu calendar.
September 1964
Vikram Samvat 2021 (Pingala)
Bhadrapada – Ashwina
Festivals & Vrats in September 1964
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Aja Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 9:13 PM, Sep 1 – 6:50 PM, Sep 2
The "unborn" Ekadashi, said to absolve even the gravest of sins.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:23 PM, Sep 3 – 2:04 PM, Sep 4
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 2:00 PM, Sep 4 – 11:54 AM, Sep 5
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 11:47 AM, Sep 5 – 10:03 AM, Sep 6
The Darsha (Amavasya) day for offering tarpan and shradh to the ancestors, kept when the new moon prevails in the afternoon (aparahna).
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 11:47 AM, Sep 5 – 10:03 AM, Sep 6
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the new moon.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 11:47 AM, Sep 5 – 10:03 AM, Sep 6
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 11:47 AM, Sep 5 – 10:03 AM, Sep 6
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Gowri Habba
Tithi 7:28 AM, Sep 8 – 7:35 AM, Sep 9
Goddess Gauri is welcomed and worshipped on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya, the day before Ganesha Chaturthi.
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Ganesh Chaturthi
Tithi 7:28 AM, Sep 8 – 7:35 AM, Sep 9
The birth of Lord Ganesha, welcomed home with clay idols, modaks and ten days of celebration.
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Hartalika Teej (Kevda Trij) Vrat
Tithi 7:28 AM, Sep 8 – 7:35 AM, Sep 9
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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Rudra Savarni Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 7:28 AM, Sep 8 – 7:35 AM, Sep 9
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Rudra Savarni Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya.
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Chaurchan (Chaturchandra)
Tithi 7:17 AM, Sep 9 – 8:07 AM, Sep 10
Mithila worships the moon and Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, taking the moon's sight as a blessing.
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Rishi Panchami Vrat
Tithi 7:17 AM, Sep 9 – 8:07 AM, Sep 10
The Sapta Rishis (seven sages) are worshipped on Bhadrapada Shukla Panchami; women observe a fast in reverence and for purification.
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Balarama Jayanti
Tithi 7:52 AM, Sep 10 – 9:22 AM, Sep 11
The appearance day of Lord Balarama, Krishna's elder brother and bearer of the plough, on Bhadrapada Shukla Shashthi.
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Nuakhai
Tithi 7:52 AM, Sep 10 – 9:22 AM, Sep 11
Western Odisha's harvest festival of the first new rice (nua anna), the day after Ganesh Chaturthi.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 9:12 AM, Sep 11 – 11:15 AM, Sep 12
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Jyeshtha Gauri Pujan
Tithi 11:10 AM, Sep 12 – 1:36 PM, Sep 13
During Ganeshotsav, Goddess Gauri (Mahalakshmi) is welcomed as a daughter and worshipped with haldi-kumkum and a feast for prosperity and family well-being.
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Radhashtami
Tithi 1:35 PM, Sep 13 – 4:11 PM, Sep 14
The birth of Radha, Krishna's beloved, celebrated with worship and fasting fifteen days after Janmashtami.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:35 PM, Sep 13 – 4:11 PM, Sep 14
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Baba Ramdev Jayanti
Tithi 6:45 PM, Sep 15 – 9:01 PM, Sep 16
The birth anniversary of Baba Ramdevji of Ramdevra, the folk-deity revered as an incarnation of Krishna by Hindus and as Ramsha Pir by Muslims; the Ramdevra fair draws lakhs of pilgrims from Bhadrapada Shukla Dwitiya.
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Vishwakarma Puja
Tithi 6:45 PM, Sep 15 – 9:01 PM, Sep 16
Vishwakarma, the divine architect, is worshipped by artisans, engineers and craftsmen on Kanya Sankranti.
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Parsva Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 8:59 PM, Sep 16 – 10:48 PM, Sep 17
Vishnu turns on his side during cosmic sleep — also called Parivartini or Vamana Ekadashi.
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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:46 PM, Sep 18 – 12:19 AM, Sep 20
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Anant Chaturdashi
Tithi 12:09 AM, Sep 20 – 12:02 AM, Sep 21
The final day of Ganesh Utsav, with Ganpati Visarjan and worship of Anant (Vishnu).
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Indra Jatra
Tithi 12:09 AM, Sep 20 – 12:02 AM, Sep 21
Kathmandu's great festival of Indra and the living goddess Kumari, from Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturdashi.
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Bhadrapada Purnima Vrat
Tithi 11:53 PM, Sep 20 – 11:09 PM, Sep 21
The full moon of Bhadrapada — on the eve of Pitru Paksha, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Bhadrapada Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:53 PM, Sep 20 – 11:09 PM, Sep 21
The full-moon fast, kept with a day-long vrat, a vigil, Satyanarayan Puja and charity, culminating in the worship of the rising full moon.
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 11:53 PM, Sep 20 – 11:09 PM, Sep 21
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the full moon.
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Pitru Paksha Begins
Tithi 11:02 PM, Sep 21 – 9:46 PM, Sep 22
A fortnight of shraddha and tarpan offerings to departed ancestors begins the day after Bhadrapada Purnima.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 11:02 PM, Sep 21 – 9:46 PM, Sep 22
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 6:03 PM, Sep 24 – 3:57 PM, Sep 25
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 9:30 AM, Sep 28 – 7:30 AM, Sep 29
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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