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 1994 opens in July during Vikram Samvat 2051 (Sarvajit) of the Hindu calendar.
July 1994
Vikram Samvat 2051 (Sarvajit)
Ashadha – Shravana
Festivals & Vrats in July 1994
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 7:04 PM, Jul 3 – 9:33 PM, Jul 4
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:40 PM, Jul 5 – 1:31 AM, Jul 7
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 1:22 AM, Jul 7 – 2:43 AM, Jul 8
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 2:31 AM, Jul 8 – 3:20 AM, Jul 9
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 2:31 AM, Jul 8 – 3:20 AM, Jul 9
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 2:31 AM, Jul 8 – 3:20 AM, Jul 9
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 3:07 AM, Jul 9 – 3:23 AM, Jul 10
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 3:11 AM, Jul 10 – 2:57 AM, Jul 11
Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are pulled through Puri on giant chariots.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 1:57 AM, Jul 12 – 12:53 AM, Jul 13
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Hera Panchami
Tithi 12:47 AM, Jul 13 – 11:24 PM, Jul 13
Five days into Rath Yatra, Goddess Lakshmi visits the Gundicha temple in search of Lord Jagannath.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 11:19 PM, Jul 13 – 9:40 PM, Jul 14
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 7:43 PM, Jul 15 – 5:39 PM, Jul 16
The Sun enters Karka and begins its southward journey (Dakshinayana) — the night of the gods, opening the holy Chaturmas season of vrats and worship.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 7:43 PM, Jul 15 – 5:39 PM, Jul 16
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Bipodtarini Vrata Vrat
Tithi 7:43 PM, Jul 15 – 5:39 PM, Jul 16
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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Ulto Rath Yatra
Tithi 3:24 PM, Jul 17 – 1:02 PM, Jul 18
The return chariot festival (Bahuda Yatra), when Lord Jagannath journeys back to his temple.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 3:24 PM, Jul 17 – 1:02 PM, Jul 18
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 1:02 PM, Jul 18 – 10:36 AM, Jul 19
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 1:02 PM, Jul 18 – 10:36 AM, Jul 19
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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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:05 AM, Jul 20 – 5:48 AM, Jul 21
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Niladri Bije
Tithi 8:05 AM, Jul 20 – 5:48 AM, Jul 21
Lord Jagannath returns to the sanctum (Ratna Singhasana) after Rath Yatra, marking its close.
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Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Vrat
Tithi 8:05 AM, Jul 20 – 5:48 AM, Jul 21
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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Guru Purnima
Tithi 3:38 AM, Jul 22 – 1:37 AM, Jul 23
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:38 AM, Jul 22 – 1:37 AM, Jul 23
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 3:38 AM, Jul 22 – 1:37 AM, Jul 23
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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Chakshusha Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 3:38 AM, Jul 22 – 1:37 AM, Jul 23
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Chakshusha Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Purnima.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:45 AM, Jul 23 – 12:09 AM, Jul 24
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 11:09 PM, Jul 25 – 11:27 PM, Jul 26
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:55 AM, Jul 30 – 7:22 AM, Jul 31
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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