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 1996 opens in July during Vikram Samvat 2053 (Virodhi) of the Hindu calendar.
July 1996
Vikram Samvat 2053 (Virodhi)
Ashadha (Adhik) – Ashadha – Shravana
Festivals & Vrats in July 1996
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Adhik Ashadha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 1:15 PM, Jun 30 – 9:28 AM, Jul 1
The full moon of Adhik (Purushottam) Ashadha — the leap month of 1996, held especially meritorious for fasting, charity and the worship of Lord Vishnu.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:15 PM, Jun 30 – 9:28 AM, Jul 1
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 10:10 PM, Jul 3 – 6:52 PM, Jul 4
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 12:39 PM, Jul 7 – 12:08 PM, Jul 8
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Parama Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 12:41 PM, Jul 10 – 1:53 PM, Jul 11
The dark (Krishna) Ekadashi of the extra month (Adhik Maas) — held to be exceptionally meritorious.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:25 PM, Jul 12 – 5:18 PM, Jul 13
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 5:18 PM, Jul 13 – 7:25 PM, Jul 14
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 7:26 PM, Jul 14 – 9:43 PM, Jul 15
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 7:26 PM, Jul 14 – 9:43 PM, Jul 15
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 7:26 PM, Jul 14 – 9:43 PM, Jul 15
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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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 9:44 PM, Jul 15 – 12:08 AM, Jul 17
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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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 9:44 PM, Jul 15 – 12:08 AM, Jul 17
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 12:09 AM, Jul 17 – 2:36 AM, Jul 18
Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are pulled through Puri on giant chariots.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 4:59 AM, Jul 19 – 7:18 AM, Jul 20
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Aadi Pooram
Tithi 5:06 AM, Jul 19 – 7:12 AM, Jul 20
The birth of Andal (Kodhai) on the Pooram star of Aadi, celebrated grandly at Srivilliputhur.
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Bipodtarini Vrata Vrat
Tithi 5:06 AM, Jul 19 – 7:12 AM, Jul 20
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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Hera Panchami
Tithi 7:21 AM, Jul 20 – 9:05 AM, Jul 21
Five days into Rath Yatra, Goddess Lakshmi visits the Gundicha temple in search of Lord Jagannath.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 9:16 AM, Jul 21 – 10:29 AM, Jul 22
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 11:27 AM, Jul 23 – 11:14 AM, Jul 24
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Ulto Rath Yatra
Tithi 10:40 AM, Jul 25 – 8:45 AM, Jul 26
The return chariot festival (Bahuda Yatra), when Lord Jagannath journeys back to his temple.
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Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 9:04 AM, Jul 26 – 6:22 AM, Jul 27
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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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 10:40 AM, Jul 25 – 8:45 AM, Jul 26
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Raivata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Shukla Dashami.
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Gauri Vrat (Morakat) Begins Vrat
Tithi 9:04 AM, Jul 26 – 6:22 AM, Jul 27
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 3:21 AM, Jul 28 – 12:01 AM, Jul 29
Lord Jagannath returns to the sanctum (Ratna Singhasana) after Rath Yatra, marking its close.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:21 AM, Jul 28 – 12:01 AM, Jul 29
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Vrat
Tithi 3:21 AM, Jul 28 – 12:01 AM, Jul 29
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 8:02 PM, Jul 29 – 4:05 PM, Jul 30
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 8:02 PM, Jul 29 – 4:05 PM, Jul 30
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 8:02 PM, Jul 29 – 4:05 PM, Jul 30
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 8:02 PM, Jul 29 – 4:05 PM, Jul 30
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 4:03 PM, Jul 30 – 12:10 PM, Jul 31
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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