The Malayalam Panchangam (Kolla Varsham). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Malayalam solar month and the Kollam Era year.
Malayalam Panchangam 1959 opens in August during Kollam Era 1134 · Kollam Era 1135 of the Hindu calendar.
August 1959
Kollam Era 1134 · Kollam Era 1135
Karkidakam – Chingam
Festivals & Vrats in August 1959
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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 5:51 PM, Aug 1 – 7:08 PM, Aug 2
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 7:07 PM, Aug 2 – 7:54 PM, Aug 3
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 7:51 PM, Aug 3 – 8:08 PM, Aug 4
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 7:51 PM, Aug 3 – 8:08 PM, Aug 4
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 7:51 PM, Aug 3 – 8:08 PM, Aug 4
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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Karkidaka Vavu Bali Vrat
Tithi 7:51 PM, Aug 3 – 8:08 PM, Aug 4
Keralites offer Vavu Bali (tarpan) to their ancestors on the new moon of Karkidakam.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 8:06 PM, Aug 4 – 7:55 PM, Aug 5
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 6:18 PM, Aug 7 – 5:02 PM, Aug 8
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Nag Panchami
Tithi 5:03 PM, Aug 8 – 3:30 PM, Aug 9
Serpent deities (Nagas) are worshipped with milk and prayers for protection.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 3:31 PM, Aug 9 – 1:43 PM, Aug 10
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 11:47 AM, Aug 11 – 9:33 AM, Aug 12
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Shravana Putrada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 4:48 AM, Aug 14 – 2:21 AM, Aug 15
Observed by couples who pray to Lord Vishnu for the blessing of children.
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Varalakshmi Vratham Vrat
Tithi 4:48 AM, Aug 14 – 2:21 AM, Aug 15
Married women worship Goddess Lakshmi on the Friday before the full moon for the family's well-being.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:57 PM, Aug 15 – 9:42 PM, Aug 16
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Onam (Thiruvonam)
Tithi 9:44 PM, Aug 16 – 7:46 PM, Aug 17
Kerala's harvest festival welcoming King Mahabali, with Pookalam, Onasadya and boat races.
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Raksha Bandhan
Tithi 7:48 PM, Aug 17 – 6:16 PM, Aug 18
Sisters tie a rakhi on their brothers' wrists, who pledge lifelong protection; Sindhis and Punjabis call it Rakhri.
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Gayatri Jayanti
Tithi 7:48 PM, Aug 17 – 6:16 PM, Aug 18
The appearance day of Goddess Gayatri, the personification of the Gayatri Mantra and mother of the Vedas, on Shravana Purnima.
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Avani Avittam (Upakarma)
Tithi 7:48 PM, Aug 17 – 6:16 PM, Aug 18
Brahmins renew the sacred thread (Yajur Upakarma) on Shravana Purnima.
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Shravana Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:48 PM, Aug 17 – 6:16 PM, Aug 18
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 7:48 PM, Aug 17 – 6:16 PM, Aug 18
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 6:16 PM, Aug 18 – 5:17 PM, Aug 19
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 5:13 PM, Aug 21 – 6:12 PM, Aug 22
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Krishna Janmashtami
Tithi 12:19 AM, Aug 26 – 2:46 AM, Aug 27
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna, marked with fasting, bhajans and Dahi Handi.
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Aja Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 7:06 AM, Aug 29 – 8:11 AM, Aug 30
The "unborn" Ekadashi, said to absolve even the gravest of sins.
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Som Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 9:08 AM, Aug 31 – 8:59 AM, Sep 1
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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