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 2011 opens in July during Kollam Era 1186 of the Hindu calendar.
July 2011
Kollam Era 1186
Mithunam – Karkidakam
Festivals & Vrats in July 2011
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 2:59 PM, Jun 30 – 2:26 PM, Jul 1
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 2:59 PM, Jun 30 – 2:26 PM, Jul 1
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 10:12 AM, Jul 4 – 8:03 AM, Jul 5
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Skanda Shashthi Vrat
Tithi 5:49 AM, Jul 6 – 3:29 AM, Jul 7
A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:08 AM, Jul 8 – 10:49 PM, Jul 8
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 8:37 PM, Jul 9 – 6:33 PM, Jul 10
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 6:33 PM, Jul 10 – 4:41 PM, Jul 11
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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Bhaum Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:01 PM, Jul 12 – 1:43 PM, Jul 13
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:37 PM, Jul 14 – 12:08 PM, Jul 15
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 12:37 PM, Jul 14 – 12:08 PM, Jul 15
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 12:37 PM, Jul 14 – 12:08 PM, Jul 15
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 12:37 PM, Jul 14 – 12:08 PM, Jul 15
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 12:37 PM, Jul 14 – 12:08 PM, Jul 15
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Chakshusha Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Purnima.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 11:54 AM, Jul 16 – 12:25 PM, 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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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 1:16 PM, Jul 18 – 2:48 PM, Jul 19
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 9:21 PM, Jul 22 – 11:42 PM, Jul 23
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Kamika Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 3:07 AM, Jul 26 – 4:13 AM, Jul 27
Worship of Vishnu that grants the merit of bathing in all holy rivers.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:02 AM, Jul 28 – 3:42 AM, Jul 29
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 3:24 AM, Jul 29 – 2:20 AM, Jul 30
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 2:04 AM, Jul 30 – 12:21 AM, Jul 31
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 2:04 AM, Jul 30 – 12:21 AM, Jul 31
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 2:04 AM, Jul 30 – 12:21 AM, Jul 31
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 2:04 AM, Jul 30 – 12:21 AM, Jul 31
Keralites offer Vavu Bali (tarpan) to their ancestors on the new moon of Karkidakam.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 12:10 AM, Jul 31 – 9:54 PM, Jul 31
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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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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