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 1966 opens in June during Vikram Samvat 2023 (Siddharthi) of the Hindu calendar.
June 1966
Vikram Samvat 2023 (Siddharthi)
Jyeshtha – Ashadha
Festivals & Vrats in June 1966
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Vaikasi Visakam
Tithi 3:09 PM, Jun 1 – 1:58 PM, Jun 2
The Visakam star of Vaikasi, celebrated as the birth star of Lord Murugan with special temple worship.
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Jyeshtha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
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 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
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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Vat Purnima (Vat Pournima) Vrat
Tithi 3:09 PM, Jun 1 – 1:58 PM, Jun 2
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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Snana Yatra
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
On Deva Snana Purnima, Lord Jagannath is given a grand ceremonial bath before retiring into seclusion ahead of Rath Yatra.
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Eruvaka Purnima
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
Farmers begin the sowing season, worshipping the cattle and the plough on the full moon of Jyeshtha.
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Kabirdas Jayanti
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
The birth anniversary of Sant Kabirdas, the great mystic poet-saint, observed on Jyeshtha Purnima.
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Batuka Bhairava Jayanti
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
The manifestation day of Batuka Bhairava, the child form of Lord Shiva (Bhairava), observed on Jyeshtha Purnima.
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Jyeshtha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
The full moon of Jyeshtha — Vat Purnima and Deva Snana Purnima, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Vaivaswata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the present Vaivaswata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Jyeshtha Purnima.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 1:38 PM, Jun 6 – 2:59 PM, Jun 7
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 9:17 PM, Jun 10 – 11:38 PM, Jun 11
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 3:18 AM, Jun 14 – 4:35 AM, Jun 15
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:40 AM, Jun 16 – 4:38 AM, Jun 17
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 4:18 AM, Jun 17 – 3:33 AM, Jun 18
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 3:16 AM, Jun 18 – 1:52 AM, Jun 19
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 3:16 AM, Jun 18 – 1:52 AM, Jun 19
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 3:16 AM, Jun 18 – 1:52 AM, Jun 19
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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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:39 AM, Jun 19 – 11:41 PM, Jun 19
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Jagannath Rath Yatra
Tithi 11:33 PM, Jun 19 – 9:10 PM, Jun 20
Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are pulled through Puri on giant chariots.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 6:25 PM, Jun 21 – 3:39 PM, Jun 22
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Hera Panchami
Tithi 3:38 PM, Jun 22 – 12:55 PM, Jun 23
Five days into Rath Yatra, Goddess Lakshmi visits the Gundicha temple in search of Lord Jagannath.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 12:52 PM, Jun 23 – 10:19 AM, Jun 24
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Ani Thirumanjanam
Tithi 10:14 AM, Jun 24 – 7:57 AM, Jun 25
The grand sacred anointing of Lord Nataraja at Chidambaram on the Uttiram (Uttara Phalguni) star of the Tamil month Aani.
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Bipodtarini Vrata Vrat
Tithi 10:14 AM, Jun 24 – 7:57 AM, Jun 25
Women fast and worship Goddess Bipodtarini, a form of Durga, to be delivered from dangers — observed between Rath and Ulto Rath.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 7:48 AM, Jun 25 – 5:51 AM, Jun 26
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Ulto Rath Yatra
Tithi 4:05 AM, Jun 27 – 2:30 AM, Jun 28
The return chariot festival (Bahuda Yatra), when Lord Jagannath journeys back to his temple.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 4:05 AM, Jun 27 – 2:30 AM, Jun 28
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Raivata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Shukla Dashami.
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Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 2:39 AM, Jun 28 – 1:27 AM, Jun 29
Lord Vishnu begins his four-month cosmic sleep and Chaturmas starts; in Maharashtra it is Ashadhi Ekadashi, the climax of the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage to Lord Vitthal.
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Gauri Vrat (Morakat) Begins Vrat
Tithi 2:39 AM, Jun 28 – 1:27 AM, Jun 29
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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Niladri Bije
Tithi 12:53 AM, Jun 30 – 12:26 AM, Jul 1
Lord Jagannath returns to the sanctum (Ratna Singhasana) after Rath Yatra, marking its close.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:53 AM, Jun 30 – 12:26 AM, Jul 1
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Vrat
Tithi 12:53 AM, Jun 30 – 12:26 AM, Jul 1
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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