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 2001 opens in June during Vikram Samvat 2058 (Jaya) of the Hindu calendar.
June 2001
Vikram Samvat 2058 (Jaya)
Jyeshtha – Ashadha
Festivals & Vrats in June 2001
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Ganga Dussehra
Tithi 12:30 PM, May 31 – 10:48 AM, Jun 1
The descent of the holy Ganga to earth is celebrated with riverside baths and prayers.
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Nirjala Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 10:42 AM, Jun 1 – 9:18 AM, Jun 2
The strictest Ekadashi — kept without even water; its merit is said to equal all twenty-four.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:57 AM, Jun 3 – 7:20 AM, Jun 4
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Vaikasi Visakam
Tithi 7:57 AM, Jun 3 – 7:20 AM, Jun 4
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 6:46 AM, Jun 5 – 7:09 AM, Jun 6
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 6:46 AM, Jun 5 – 7:09 AM, Jun 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 full moon.
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Vat Purnima (Vat Pournima) Vrat
Tithi 7:08 AM, Jun 4 – 7:00 AM, Jun 5
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 6:46 AM, Jun 5 – 7:09 AM, Jun 6
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 6:46 AM, Jun 5 – 7:09 AM, Jun 6
Farmers begin the sowing season, worshipping the cattle and the plough on the full moon of Jyeshtha.
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Kabirdas Jayanti
Tithi 6:46 AM, Jun 5 – 7:09 AM, Jun 6
The birth anniversary of Sant Kabirdas, the great mystic poet-saint, observed on Jyeshtha Purnima.
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Batuka Bhairava Jayanti
Tithi 6:46 AM, Jun 5 – 7:09 AM, Jun 6
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 6:46 AM, Jun 5 – 7:09 AM, Jun 6
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 6:46 AM, Jun 5 – 7:09 AM, Jun 6
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 6:46 AM, Jun 5 – 7:09 AM, Jun 6
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 10:38 AM, Jun 9 – 12:49 PM, Jun 10
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 7:58 PM, Jun 13 – 9:58 PM, Jun 14
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 12:02 AM, Jun 17 – 12:15 AM, Jun 18
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Bhaum Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:20 PM, Jun 18 – 10:05 PM, Jun 19
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 9:56 PM, Jun 19 – 8:02 PM, Jun 20
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 7:57 PM, Jun 20 – 5:31 PM, Jun 21
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 7:57 PM, Jun 20 – 5:31 PM, Jun 21
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 7:57 PM, Jun 20 – 5:31 PM, Jun 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 new moon.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 5:30 PM, Jun 21 – 2:40 PM, Jun 22
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 2:41 PM, Jun 22 – 11:38 AM, Jun 23
Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are pulled through Puri on giant chariots.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 8:29 AM, Jun 24 – 5:31 AM, Jun 25
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 2:38 AM, Jun 26 – 11:55 PM, Jun 26
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Bipodtarini Vrata Vrat
Tithi 2:38 AM, Jun 26 – 11:55 PM, Jun 26
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 9:46 PM, Jun 27 – 7:52 PM, Jun 28
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Ulto Rath Yatra
Tithi 6:32 PM, Jun 29 – 5:38 PM, Jun 30
The return chariot festival (Bahuda Yatra), when Lord Jagannath journeys back to his temple.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 6:32 PM, Jun 29 – 5:38 PM, Jun 30
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Raivata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Shukla Dashami.
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