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 2048 opens in July during Vikram Samvat 2105 (Vrisha) of the Hindu calendar.
July 2048
Vikram Samvat 2105 (Vrisha)
Ashadha – Shravana
Festivals & Vrats in July 2048
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:05 PM, Jul 2 – 5:50 PM, Jul 3
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 9:23 PM, Jul 5 – 11:43 PM, Jul 6
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:22 AM, Jul 8 – 4:58 AM, Jul 9
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 4:57 AM, Jul 9 – 7:29 AM, Jul 10
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 7:30 AM, Jul 10 – 9:34 AM, Jul 11
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 7:30 AM, Jul 10 – 9:34 AM, Jul 11
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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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 7:30 AM, Jul 10 – 9:34 AM, Jul 11
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 7:30 AM, Jul 10 – 9:34 AM, Jul 11
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 11:30 AM, Jul 12 – 12:49 PM, Jul 13
Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are pulled through Puri on giant chariots.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 1:52 PM, Jul 14 – 2:18 PM, Jul 15
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 2:22 PM, Jul 15 – 2:18 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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Hera Panchami
Tithi 2:22 PM, Jul 15 – 2:18 PM, Jul 16
Five days into Rath Yatra, Goddess Lakshmi visits the Gundicha temple in search of Lord Jagannath.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 2:22 PM, Jul 16 – 1:47 PM, Jul 17
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Bipodtarini Vrata Vrat
Tithi 1:52 PM, Jul 17 – 12:45 PM, Jul 18
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 12:52 PM, Jul 18 – 11:12 AM, Jul 19
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Ulto Rath Yatra
Tithi 9:21 AM, Jul 20 – 6:44 AM, Jul 21
The return chariot festival (Bahuda Yatra), when Lord Jagannath journeys back to his temple.
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Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 6:44 AM, Jul 21 – 3:54 AM, Jul 22
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 9:21 AM, Jul 20 – 6:44 AM, Jul 21
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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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 9:21 AM, Jul 20 – 6:44 AM, Jul 21
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Raivata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Shukla Dashami.
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Niladri Bije
Tithi 12:49 AM, Jul 23 – 9:35 PM, Jul 23
Lord Jagannath returns to the sanctum (Ratna Singhasana) after Rath Yatra, marking its close.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:49 AM, Jul 23 – 9:35 PM, Jul 23
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Vrat
Tithi 12:49 AM, Jul 23 – 9:35 PM, Jul 23
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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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:14 PM, Jul 24 – 3:02 PM, Jul 25
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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Guru Purnima
Tithi 6:14 PM, Jul 24 – 3:02 PM, Jul 25
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 6:14 PM, Jul 24 – 3:02 PM, Jul 25
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 6:14 PM, Jul 24 – 3:02 PM, Jul 25
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 2:59 PM, Jul 25 – 12:06 PM, Jul 26
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 7:16 AM, Jul 28 – 6:19 AM, Jul 29
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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About the Hindu Calendar (Panchangam)
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.
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