The Marathi festival calendar (Gudi Padwa new year). Maharashtrian festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
August 2020
Shaka Samvat 1942 (Sharvari)
Shravana – Bhadrapada
Festivals & Vrats in August 2020
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Narali Purnima (Nariyal Purnima)
Tithi 9:27 PM, Aug 2 – 9:23 PM, Aug 3
On Shravana Purnima, coastal communities offer coconuts (naral / nariyal) to the sea god Varuna, marking the end of the monsoon and the return to fishing.
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Krishna Janmashtami
Tithi 9:14 AM, Aug 11 – 11:17 AM, Aug 12
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna.
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Gopalkala (Dahi Handi)
Tithi 11:25 AM, Aug 12 – 1:00 PM, Aug 13
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 10:51 AM, Aug 18 – 8:11 AM
The Shravana new moon, kept by mothers with the Pithori vrat for their children.
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Hartalika Teej (Kevda Trij) Vrat
Tithi 2:13 AM, Aug 21 – 11:03 PM, Aug 21
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 11:02 PM, Aug 21 – 7:55 PM, Aug 22
Maharashtra's grandest festival begins with the installation of Ganpati on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi.
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Jyeshtha Gauri Pujan
Tithi 10:29 AM, Aug 26 – 9:25 AM, Aug 27
During Ganeshotsav, Goddess Gauri (Mahalakshmi) is welcomed as a daughter and worshipped with haldi-kumkum and a feast for prosperity and family well-being.
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.