Mithila Panchang 1947
The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
May 1947
La. Sam. 828
Vaishakha – Jyeshtha – Ashadha
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.
Mithila Panchang 1947 - festivals and vrats through the year
The Mithila Panchang lists 29 dates in 1947, opening with Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on 14 January and closing with Vivah Panchami on 17 December. Of these, 2 are vrats (fasting observances). November is the fullest month with 6 dates. The year runs through La. Sam. 827 – 828. 1947 carries an Adhik Maas (Shravana (Adhik)), the extra lunar month that pushes several festivals later than usual.
January 1947 Pausha – Magha – Phalguna
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan | Tue |
Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) The Sun's entry into Makara, kept with til and chuda-dahi. |
Krishna Ashtami |
| 27 Jan | Mon |
Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami)
The worship of Goddess Saraswati on Magha Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
February 1947 Magha – Phalguna – Chaitra
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Feb | Wed |
Maha Shivaratri
The great night of Lord Shiva. |
Krishna Chaturdashi |
March 1947 Phalguna – Chaitra – Vaishakha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Mar | Sat |
Holi (Phagua) The festival of colours, the day after the Phalguna full moon. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 23 Mar | Sun |
Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja
The spring nine nights of Devi worship in Mithila. |
Shukla Pratipada |
| 30 Mar | Sun |
Ram Navami The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
April 1947 Chaitra – Vaishakha – Jyeshtha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr | Mon |
Jur Sital (Maithili New Year) The Maithili new year (Mesha Sankranti / Satuani), when elders sprinkle cooling water as blessings. |
Krishna Ashtami |
| 23 Apr | Wed |
Akshaya Tritiya An auspicious day for new beginnings on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya. |
Shukla Tritiya |
| 29 Apr | Tue |
Janaki Navami (Sita Navami) The appearance of Goddess Sita on Vaishakha Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Navami |
May 1947 Vaishakha – Jyeshtha – Ashadha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May | Thu |
Ganga Dussehra The descent of the Ganga, on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami. |
Shukla Dashami |
June 1947 Jyeshtha – Ashadha – Shravana
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun | Sun |
Mithun Sankranti
The Sun's entry into Mithuna. |
Krishna Ekadashi |
July 1947 Ashadha – Shravana – Bhadrapada – Shravana (Adhik)
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jul | Thu |
Guru Purnima The full moon of Ashadha honouring teachers and sage Veda Vyasa. |
Shukla Purnima |
August 1947 Shravana (Adhik) – Bhadrapada
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug | Wed |
Nag Panchami Serpent deities are worshipped on Shravana Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Chaturthi |
| 31 Aug | Sun |
Raksha Bandhan Shravana Purnima — sisters tie the rakhi on their brothers' wrists. |
Shukla Purnima |
September 1947 Ashwina – Bhadrapada
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep | Mon |
Krishna Janmashtami
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna. |
Krishna Ashtami |
| 17 Sep | Wed | Haritalika Teej Vrat | Shukla Tritiya |
| 18 Sep | Thu |
Chaurchan (Chaturchandra) Mithila worships the moon and Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, taking the moon's sight as a blessing. |
Shukla Chaturthi |
| 29 Sep | Mon | Anant Chaturdashi Vrat | Shukla Chaturdashi |
October 1947 Kartika – Ashwina – Margashirsha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct | Wed |
Pitru Paksha (Shradh) The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 14 Oct | Tue |
Mahalaya The new moon closing Pitru Paksha and ushering in Durga Puja. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 22 Oct | Wed |
Durga Puja (Dashain)
The great autumn worship of Goddess Durga. |
Shukla Ashtami |
| 29 Oct | Wed |
Kojagara (Lakshmi Puja)
The Kojagari full moon worship of Goddess Lakshmi, special to newlyweds in Mithila. |
Shukla Purnima |
November 1947 Margashirsha – Kartika – Pausha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov | Mon |
Dhanteras The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
| 12 Nov | Wed |
Diwali (Sukhraatri) The festival of lights and worship of Goddess Lakshmi, kept in Mithila as Sukhraatri. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 14 Nov | Fri |
Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
| 19 Nov | Wed |
Chhath Puja
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river. |
Shukla Shashthi |
| 21 Nov | Fri |
Gopashtami The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
| 28 Nov | Fri |
Sama Chakeva A Maithili folk festival of the bond between brother and sister, culminating on the Kartik full moon. |
Shukla Purnima |
December 1947 Pausha – Margashirsha – Magha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec | Wed |
Vivah Panchami The wedding anniversary of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita on Margashirsha Shukla Panchami, celebrated grandly in Janakpur and Ayodhya. |
Shukla Panchami |
Months of the Mithila Panchang in 1947
The Mithila Panchang does not begin its year on 1 January, so each of its months straddles two Gregorian ones. These are the months that ran through 1947, covering La. Sam. 827 – 828. A month marked part is one the Gregorian year cuts short at its own start or end.
| Month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pausha part | 1 Jan 1947 | 7 Jan 1947 | 7 |
| Magha | 8 Jan 1947 | 14 Jan 1947 | 7 |
| Phalguna | 15 Jan 1947 | 22 Jan 1947 | 8 |
| Magha | 23 Jan 1947 | 5 Feb 1947 | 14 |
| Phalguna | 6 Feb 1947 | 12 Feb 1947 | 7 |
| Chaitra | 13 Feb 1947 | 21 Feb 1947 | 9 |
| Phalguna | 22 Feb 1947 | 7 Mar 1947 | 14 |
| Chaitra | 8 Mar 1947 | 14 Mar 1947 | 7 |
| Vaishakha | 15 Mar 1947 | 22 Mar 1947 | 8 |
| Chaitra | 23 Mar 1947 | 5 Apr 1947 | 14 |
| Vaishakha | 6 Apr 1947 | 13 Apr 1947 | 8 |
| Jyeshtha | 14 Apr 1947 | 21 Apr 1947 | 8 |
| Vaishakha | 22 Apr 1947 | 5 May 1947 | 14 |
| Jyeshtha | 6 May 1947 | 14 May 1947 | 9 |
| Ashadha | 15 May 1947 | 20 May 1947 | 6 |
| Jyeshtha | 21 May 1947 | 3 Jun 1947 | 14 |
| Ashadha | 4 Jun 1947 | 15 Jun 1947 | 12 |
| Shravana | 16 Jun 1947 | 18 Jun 1947 | 3 |
| Ashadha | 19 Jun 1947 | 3 Jul 1947 | 15 |
| Shravana | 4 Jul 1947 | 16 Jul 1947 | 13 |
| Bhadrapada | 17 Jul 1947 | 18 Jul 1947 | 2 |
| Shravana (Adhik) | 19 Jul 1947 | 16 Aug 1947 | 29 |
| Bhadrapada | 17 Aug 1947 | 31 Aug 1947 | 15 |
| Ashwina | 1 Sep 1947 | 14 Sep 1947 | 14 |
| Bhadrapada | 15 Sep 1947 | 16 Sep 1947 | 2 |
| Ashwina | 17 Sep 1947 | 30 Sep 1947 | 14 |
| Kartika | 1 Oct 1947 | 14 Oct 1947 | 14 |
| Ashwina | 15 Oct 1947 | 17 Oct 1947 | 3 |
| Kartika | 18 Oct 1947 | 29 Oct 1947 | 12 |
| Margashirsha | 30 Oct 1947 | 12 Nov 1947 | 14 |
| Kartika | 13 Nov 1947 | 16 Nov 1947 | 4 |
| Margashirsha | 17 Nov 1947 | 28 Nov 1947 | 12 |
| Pausha | 29 Nov 1947 | 12 Dec 1947 | 14 |
| Margashirsha | 13 Dec 1947 | 15 Dec 1947 | 3 |
| Pausha | 16 Dec 1947 | 27 Dec 1947 | 12 |
| Magha part | 28 Dec 1947 | 31 Dec 1947 | 4 |
What happened in the sky in 1947
Beyond the dates the Mithila Panchang lists, 1947 brought 4 eclipses - 2 solar and 2 lunar - of which 1 was above the horizon somewhere in India. The year also carried an Adhik Maas, the extra lunar month of Shravana, running from 19 July 1947 to 16 August 1947.
Eclipses of 1947
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Mithila date | Seen from India |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 7:17 PM | Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Ashadha Amavasya | Not visible |
| 4 Jun 12:45 AM | Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Ashadha Krishna Pratipada | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 13 Nov 1:35 AM | Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) 1 day after Diwali (Sukhraatri) | Kartika Shukla Pratipada | Not visible |
| 28 Nov 2:04 PM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) on Sama Chakeva | Margashirsha Purnima | Not visible |
Sutak Kaal was observed for 1 of these.
Guru and Shani in 1947
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2:00 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Tula → Vrishchika |
| 11 May 6:50 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Vrishchika → Tula re-entry while retrograde |
| 17 Sep 5:50 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Tula → Vrishchika |
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign, Saturn about two and a half. Rahu entered Mesha on 18 November 1947, carrying the eclipse axis with it.
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Frequently asked questions about the Mithila Panchang 1947
How many festivals and vrats does the Mithila Panchang list in 1947?
The Mithila Panchang lists 29 dates in 1947, of which 2 are vrats. The first is Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on Tuesday, 14 January 1947, and the last is Vivah Panchami on Wednesday, 17 December 1947.
What are the main festival dates in the Mithila Panchang for 1947?
The first major observances of 1947 are:
- Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) - Tuesday, 14 January 1947
- Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) - Monday, 27 January 1947
- Maha Shivaratri - Wednesday, 19 February 1947
- Holi (Phagua) - Saturday, 8 March 1947
- Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja - Sunday, 23 March 1947
- Ram Navami - Sunday, 30 March 1947
Which month of 1947 has the most observances in the Mithila Panchang?
November 1947 is the fullest month with 6 dates, including Dhanteras, Diwali (Sukhraatri), Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj), Chhath Puja, Gopashtami, Sama Chakeva.
Which traditional year does 1947 correspond to in the Mithila Panchang?
The Gregorian year 1947 spans La. Sam. 827 – 828. The traditional year does not begin on 1 January, so one Gregorian year usually covers the end of one era year and the start of the next.
Did 1947 have an Adhik Maas?
Yes. 1947 carried an Adhik Maas (Shravana (Adhik)), the extra lunar month inserted roughly every third year to keep the lunar calendar in step with the solar one. Festivals falling after it shift later in the Gregorian year, which is why 1947 dates can look out of place beside a neighbouring year.
Were there any eclipses in 1947?
1947 had 4 eclipses:
- 20 May 1947 - Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 4 June 1947 - Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 13 November 1947 - Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 28 November 1947 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), not visible from India
Sutak Kaal is observed only for an eclipse actually visible where you are, so 1 of these was kept in India.
Did Guru or Shani change sign in 1947?
Yes - 3 sign changes among the slow grahas in 1947:
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Vrishchika on 18 January 1947
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Tula on 11 May 1947, moving retrograde
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Vrishchika on 17 September 1947
Jupiter takes about a year to cross one sign and Saturn about two and a half, so these transits colour the whole year rather than a single week.
How do I see the tithi and nakshatra for a specific date in 1947?
Use the month grid above: pick a month from the selector, then tap any day to open its full panchang - tithi with start and end times, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, and the inauspicious periods (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika Kalam). Set your city in the box at the top first, because these timings are sunrise-based and shift with location. The Mithila Panchang opens on the current month.
About the Mithila Panchang
The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. 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 any year in the archive or plan ahead into the coming years.
This calendar names the tithi and festivals for each day. For sunrise, Rahu Kalam and muhurat windows on a chosen date, open the Panchang. Other regional calendars are on the Calendars index. Fast stories live under Vrat Katha.
