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 1972 opens in April during Kollam Era 1147 of the Hindu calendar.
April 1972
Kollam Era 1147
Meenam – Medam
Festivals & Vrats in April 1972
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 8:41 AM, Apr 2 – 11:07 AM, Apr 3
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:52 PM, Apr 6 – 5:36 PM, Apr 7
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Varuthini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 4:45 PM, Apr 9 – 2:58 PM, Apr 10
A fast that grants protection, good fortune and freedom from sin.
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Bhaum Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:38 PM, Apr 11 – 9:23 AM, Apr 12
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 9:23 AM, Apr 12 – 5:50 AM, Apr 13
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Vishu
Tithi 5:50 AM, Apr 13 – 2:07 AM, Apr 14
The Malayalam astronomical new year; the auspicious Vishukkani is viewed at dawn for a prosperous year.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 5:50 AM, Apr 13 – 2:07 AM, Apr 14
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 5:50 AM, Apr 13 – 2:07 AM, Apr 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 5:50 AM, Apr 13 – 2:07 AM, Apr 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 2:00 AM, Apr 14 – 10:06 PM, Apr 14
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 2:37 PM, Apr 16 – 11:40 AM, Apr 17
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 8:54 AM, Apr 18 – 7:27 AM, Apr 19
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 6:06 AM, Apr 20 – 6:13 AM, Apr 21
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Thrissur Pooram
Tithi 7:38 AM, Apr 23 – 9:22 AM, Apr 24
Kerala's grandest temple festival of caparisoned elephants and percussion, on the Pooram star of Medam.
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Padmini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 7:38 AM, Apr 23 – 9:22 AM, Apr 24
The bright (Shukla) Ekadashi of the extra month (Adhik Maas), kept only in leap-month years.
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Bhaum Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:16 AM, Apr 25 – 1:30 PM, Apr 26
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Adhik Vaishakha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:50 PM, Apr 27 – 6:14 PM, Apr 28
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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Adhik Vaishakha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 3:50 PM, Apr 27 – 6:14 PM, Apr 28
The full moon of Adhik (Purushottam) Vaishakha — the leap month of 1972, held especially meritorious for fasting, charity and the worship of Lord Vishnu.
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 3:50 PM, Apr 27 – 6:14 PM, Apr 28
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 6:14 PM, Apr 28 – 8:38 PM, Apr 29
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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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