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 1969 opens in July during Kollam Era 1144 of the Hindu calendar.
July 1969
Kollam Era 1144
Mithunam – Karkidakam
Festivals & Vrats in July 1969
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 2:14 PM, Jul 2 – 11:27 AM, Jul 3
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 6:33 AM, Jul 6 – 6:51 AM, Jul 7
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Parama Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 8:41 AM, Jul 9 – 10:32 AM, Jul 10
The dark (Krishna) Ekadashi of the extra month (Adhik Maas) — held to be exceptionally meritorious.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:34 PM, Jul 11 – 2:52 PM, Jul 12
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 2:52 PM, Jul 12 – 5:16 PM, Jul 13
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 5:16 PM, Jul 13 – 7:41 PM, Jul 14
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 5:16 PM, Jul 13 – 7:41 PM, Jul 14
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 5:16 PM, Jul 13 – 7:41 PM, Jul 14
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 7:41 PM, Jul 14 – 10:04 PM, Jul 15
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 10:03 PM, Jul 15 – 12:20 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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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 2:19 AM, Jul 18 – 4:09 AM, Jul 19
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 5:15 AM, Jul 20 – 6:13 AM, Jul 21
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 3:43 AM, Jul 24 – 1:50 AM, Jul 25
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 1:34 AM, Jul 25 – 10:57 PM, Jul 25
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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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:30 PM, Jul 26 – 3:52 PM, Jul 27
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:00 PM, Jul 28 – 8:14 AM, Jul 29
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 12:00 PM, Jul 28 – 8:14 AM, Jul 29
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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Guru Purnima
Tithi 12:00 PM, Jul 28 – 8:14 AM, Jul 29
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 12:00 PM, Jul 28 – 8:14 AM, Jul 29
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Chakshusha Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 12:00 PM, Jul 28 – 8:14 AM, Jul 29
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Chakshusha Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Purnima.
Timings shown for New Delhi (IST) at sunrise — use the city box at the top to change it. Solar months begin by each tradition's own Sankranti rule (same-day, next-day, sunset or aparahna). Era years and lunar month names follow standard Vedic calculations and may differ slightly from regional almanacs around an Adhik Maas.
About the Malayalam Panchangam (Kolla Varsham)
The Malayalam Panchangam (Kolla Varsham). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Malayalam solar month and the Kollam Era year.
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