The Marathi festival calendar (Gudi Padwa new year). Maharashtrian festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
September 2018
Shaka Samvat 1940 (Vilambi)
Bhadrapada – Ashwina
Festivals & Vrats in September 2018
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Krishna Janmashtami
Tithi 8:49 PM, Sep 2 – 7:25 PM, Sep 3
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna.
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Gopalkala (Dahi Handi)
Tithi 7:23 PM, Sep 3 – 5:27 PM, Sep 4
The day after Janmashtami, when human pyramids break the curd-filled dahi-handi hung high, re-enacting young Krishna's butter-stealing pranks.
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Pithori Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 2:42 AM – 11:28 PM
The Shravana new moon, kept by mothers with the Pithori vrat for their children.
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Hartalika Teej (Kevda Trij) Vrat
Tithi 5:59 PM, Sep 11 – 4:03 PM, Sep 12
On Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya, women keep a waterless fast and worship Shiva and Parvati for marital happiness, on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi; in Gujarat it is kept as Kevda Trij.
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Ganesh Chaturthi (Ganeshotsav)
Tithi 3:58 PM, Sep 12 – 2:48 PM, Sep 13
Maharashtra's grandest festival begins with the installation of Ganpati on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi.
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Jyeshtha Gauri Pujan
Tithi 2:36 PM, Sep 15 – 3:51 PM, Sep 16
During Ganeshotsav, Goddess Gauri (Mahalakshmi) is welcomed as a daughter and worshipped with haldi-kumkum and a feast for prosperity and family well-being.
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Anant Chaturdashi (Ganpati Visarjan)
Tithi 5:43 AM, Sep 23 – 7:32 AM, Sep 24
The immersion of Ganpati on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturdashi.
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Pitru Paksha Begins
Tithi 8:33 AM, Sep 25 – 8:56 AM, Sep 26
The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors begins.
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 Marathi Calendar
The Marathi festival calendar (Gudi Padwa new year). Maharashtrian festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Each day lists its tithi and paksha, the nakshatra, the weekday (vaar) and any festivals or vrats. Tap any day to see the full panchang for that date — tithi start and end times, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, and the inauspicious periods (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika Kalam). Use the month and year selectors to browse this year and the next.