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 1989 opens in February during Vikram Samvat 2045 (Vrisha) of the Hindu calendar.
February 1989
Vikram Samvat 2045 (Vrisha)
Magha – Phalguna
Festivals & Vrats in February 1989
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Shattila Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 10:00 PM, Feb 1 – 9:40 PM, Feb 2
Observed with sesame (til) in six ways — bathing, offering and donating — to cleanse past sins.
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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:24 PM, Feb 3 – 6:31 PM, Feb 4
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 6:31 PM, Feb 4 – 4:01 PM, Feb 5
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 4:04 PM, Feb 5 – 1:07 PM, Feb 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 4:04 PM, Feb 5 – 1:07 PM, Feb 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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Mauni Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 4:04 PM, Feb 5 – 1:07 PM, Feb 6
The Amavasya of silence on Magha Krishna Amavasya — a holy dip in the Ganga, quiet meditation and daan are kept to cleanse and steady the mind.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:10 PM, Feb 6 – 9:59 AM, Feb 7
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 3:31 AM, Feb 9 – 12:24 AM, Feb 10
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Vasant Panchami
Tithi 12:28 AM, Feb 10 – 9:39 PM, Feb 10
Goddess Saraswati is worshipped for knowledge and the arts as spring (Vasant) begins.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 9:42 PM, Feb 10 – 7:18 PM, Feb 11
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Ratha Saptami
Tithi 7:18 PM, Feb 11 – 5:26 PM, Feb 12
Surya's chariot turns north — devotees bathe at dawn and worship the Sun god on Magha Shukla Saptami.
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Brahma Savarni Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 7:18 PM, Feb 11 – 5:26 PM, Feb 12
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Brahma Savarni Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Magha Shukla Saptami.
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Bhishma Ashtami
Tithi 5:24 PM, Feb 12 – 4:05 PM, Feb 13
Tarpan is offered to Bhishma Pitamaha, who chose to leave his body on Magha Shukla Ashtami.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:24 PM, Feb 12 – 4:05 PM, Feb 13
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Jaya Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 2:55 PM, Feb 15 – 3:16 PM, Feb 16
A fast said to free the devotee from rebirth and the fate of becoming a ghost.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:00 PM, Feb 17 – 5:17 PM, Feb 18
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masi Magam
Tithi 6:57 PM, Feb 19 – 8:58 PM, Feb 20
On the Magham star of the Tamil month Maasi, temple deities are taken in procession to the sea and rivers for a holy bath.
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Magha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 6:57 PM, Feb 19 – 8:58 PM, Feb 20
The full moon of Magha — a great day for the Magha snana at sacred rivers, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Magha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:57 PM, Feb 19 – 8:58 PM, Feb 20
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 6:57 PM, Feb 19 – 8:58 PM, Feb 20
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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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 9:00 PM, Feb 20 – 11:19 PM, Feb 21
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Attukal Pongala
Tithi 11:21 PM, Feb 21 – 1:52 AM, Feb 23
Lakhs of women cook pongala for the Attukal Bhagavathy on the Pooram star of the month of Kumbham.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 4:34 AM, Feb 24 – 7:14 AM, Feb 25
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:19 PM, Feb 28 – 1:58 PM, Mar 1
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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