Mithila Panchang 1958
The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
March 1958
La. Sam. 838
Phalguna – Chaitra – Vaishakha
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 1958 - festivals and vrats through the year
The Mithila Panchang lists 28 dates in 1958, opening with Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on 14 January and closing with Vivah Panchami on 15 December. Of these, 2 are vrats (fasting observances). November is the fullest month with 6 dates. The year runs through La. Sam. 838 – 839. 1958 carries an Adhik Maas (Shravana (Adhik)), the extra lunar month that pushes several festivals later than usual.
January 1958 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 Dashami |
| 24 Jan | Fri |
Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami)
The worship of Goddess Saraswati on Magha Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Chaturthi |
February 1958 Magha – Phalguna – Chaitra
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Feb | Sun |
Maha Shivaratri
The great night of Lord Shiva. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
March 1958 Phalguna – Chaitra – Vaishakha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar | Thu |
Holi (Phagua) The festival of colours, the day after the Phalguna full moon. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 21 Mar | Fri |
Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja
The spring nine nights of Devi worship in Mithila. |
Shukla Pratipada |
| 29 Mar | Sat |
Ram Navami The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Navami |
April 1958 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 Ekadashi |
| 22 Apr | Tue |
Akshaya Tritiya An auspicious day for new beginnings on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya. |
Shukla Tritiya |
| 28 Apr | Mon |
Janaki Navami (Sita Navami) The appearance of Goddess Sita on Vaishakha Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Navami |
May 1958 Vaishakha – Jyeshtha – Ashadha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May | Wed |
Ganga Dussehra The descent of the Ganga, on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami. |
Shukla Dashami |
June 1958 Jyeshtha – Ashadha – Shravana
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun | Sun |
Mithun Sankranti
The Sun's entry into Mithuna. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
July 1958 Ashadha – Shravana – Shravana (Adhik)
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul | Tue |
Guru Purnima The full moon of Ashadha honouring teachers and sage Veda Vyasa. |
Shukla Purnima |
August 1958 Shravana (Adhik) – Shravana – Bhadrapada – Ashwina
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug | Tue |
Nag Panchami Serpent deities are worshipped on Shravana Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
| 29 Aug | Fri |
Raksha Bandhan Shravana Purnima — sisters tie the rakhi on their brothers' wrists. |
Shukla Purnima |
September 1958 Ashwina – Bhadrapada – Kartika
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep | Sat |
Krishna Janmashtami
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna. |
Krishna Ashtami |
| 16 Sep | Tue | Haritalika Teej Vrat | Shukla Tritiya |
| 26 Sep | Fri | Anant Chaturdashi Vrat | Shukla Chaturdashi |
| 28 Sep | Sun |
Pitru Paksha (Shradh) The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors. |
Krishna Pratipada |
October 1958 Kartika – Ashwina – Margashirsha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct | Sun |
Mahalaya The new moon closing Pitru Paksha and ushering in Durga Puja. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 19 Oct | Sun |
Durga Puja (Dashain)
The great autumn worship of Goddess Durga. |
Shukla Saptami |
| 26 Oct | Sun |
Kojagara (Lakshmi Puja)
The Kojagari full moon worship of Goddess Lakshmi, special to newlyweds in Mithila. |
Shukla Chaturdashi |
November 1958 Margashirsha – Kartika – Pausha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov | Sun |
Dhanteras The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
| 10 Nov | Mon |
Diwali (Sukhraatri) The festival of lights and worship of Goddess Lakshmi, kept in Mithila as Sukhraatri. |
Krishna Chaturdashi |
| 12 Nov | Wed |
Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali. |
Shukla Pratipada |
| 16 Nov | Sun |
Chhath Puja
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river. |
Shukla Shashthi |
| 18 Nov | Tue |
Gopashtami The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
| 26 Nov | Wed |
Sama Chakeva A Maithili folk festival of the bond between brother and sister, culminating on the Kartik full moon. |
Shukla Purnima |
December 1958 Pausha – Margashirsha – Magha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec | Mon |
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 1958
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 1958, covering La. Sam. 838 – 839. 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 1958 | 5 Jan 1958 | 5 |
| Magha | 6 Jan 1958 | 13 Jan 1958 | 8 |
| Phalguna | 14 Jan 1958 | 19 Jan 1958 | 6 |
| Magha | 20 Jan 1958 | 4 Feb 1958 | 16 |
| Phalguna | 5 Feb 1958 | 12 Feb 1958 | 8 |
| Chaitra | 13 Feb 1958 | 18 Feb 1958 | 6 |
| Phalguna | 19 Feb 1958 | 5 Mar 1958 | 15 |
| Chaitra | 6 Mar 1958 | 14 Mar 1958 | 9 |
| Vaishakha | 15 Mar 1958 | 20 Mar 1958 | 6 |
| Chaitra | 21 Mar 1958 | 4 Apr 1958 | 15 |
| Vaishakha | 5 Apr 1958 | 13 Apr 1958 | 9 |
| Jyeshtha | 14 Apr 1958 | 19 Apr 1958 | 6 |
| Vaishakha | 20 Apr 1958 | 3 May 1958 | 14 |
| Jyeshtha | 4 May 1958 | 14 May 1958 | 11 |
| Ashadha | 15 May 1958 | 18 May 1958 | 4 |
| Jyeshtha | 19 May 1958 | 1 Jun 1958 | 14 |
| Ashadha | 2 Jun 1958 | 14 Jun 1958 | 13 |
| Shravana | 15 Jun 1958 | 17 Jun 1958 | 3 |
| Ashadha | 18 Jun 1958 | 1 Jul 1958 | 14 |
| Shravana | 2 Jul 1958 | 16 Jul 1958 | 15 |
| Shravana (Adhik) | 17 Jul 1958 | 15 Aug 1958 | 30 |
| Shravana | 16 Aug 1958 | 16 Aug 1958 | 1 |
| Bhadrapada | 17 Aug 1958 | 29 Aug 1958 | 13 |
| Ashwina | 30 Aug 1958 | 13 Sep 1958 | 15 |
| Bhadrapada | 14 Sep 1958 | 16 Sep 1958 | 3 |
| Ashwina | 17 Sep 1958 | 27 Sep 1958 | 11 |
| Kartika | 28 Sep 1958 | 12 Oct 1958 | 15 |
| Ashwina | 13 Oct 1958 | 17 Oct 1958 | 5 |
| Kartika | 18 Oct 1958 | 27 Oct 1958 | 10 |
| Margashirsha | 28 Oct 1958 | 11 Nov 1958 | 15 |
| Kartika | 12 Nov 1958 | 16 Nov 1958 | 5 |
| Margashirsha | 17 Nov 1958 | 26 Nov 1958 | 10 |
| Pausha | 27 Nov 1958 | 10 Dec 1958 | 14 |
| Margashirsha | 11 Dec 1958 | 15 Dec 1958 | 5 |
| Pausha | 16 Dec 1958 | 26 Dec 1958 | 11 |
| Magha part | 27 Dec 1958 | 31 Dec 1958 | 5 |
What happened in the sky in 1958
Beyond the dates the Mithila Panchang lists, 1958 brought 5 eclipses - 2 solar and 3 lunar - of which 3 were above the horizon somewhere in India. The year also carried an Adhik Maas, the extra lunar month of Shravana, running from 17 July 1958 to 15 August 1958. Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) fell on 24 January, 12 days earlier in the year than in 1957 - a lunar year runs about eleven days short of a solar one.
Eclipses of 1958
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Mithila date | Seen from India |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Apr 9:29 AM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Chaitra Purnima | Not visible |
| 19 Apr 8:56 AM | Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) 3 days before Akshaya Tritiya | Jyeshtha Amavasya | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 3 May 5:42 PM | Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Vaishakha Purnima | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 13 Oct 2:24 AM | Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) 1 day after Mahalaya | Ashwina Shukla Pratipada | Not visible |
| 27 Oct 8:57 PM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) 1 day after Kojagara (Lakshmi Puja) | Kartika Purnima | Penumbral only |
Sutak Kaal was observed for 2 of these. A penumbral (Upachhaya) eclipse is not counted as a grahan.
Guru and Shani in 1958
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Feb 12:00 PM | Shani (Saturn) | Vrishchika → Dhanu |
| 18 May 12:00 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Tula → Kanya re-entry while retrograde |
| 2 Jun 10:30 AM | Shani (Saturn) | Dhanu → Vrishchika re-entry while retrograde |
| 21 Jul 7:40 PM | Guru (Jupiter) | Kanya → Tula |
| 7 Nov 3:40 PM | Shani (Saturn) | Vrishchika → Dhanu |
| 28 Dec 1:00 PM | Guru (Jupiter) | Tula → Vrishchika |
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign, Saturn about two and a half. Rahu entered Kanya on 24 September 1958, carrying the eclipse axis with it.
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Frequently asked questions about the Mithila Panchang 1958
How many festivals and vrats does the Mithila Panchang list in 1958?
The Mithila Panchang lists 28 dates in 1958, of which 2 are vrats. The first is Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on Tuesday, 14 January 1958, and the last is Vivah Panchami on Monday, 15 December 1958.
What are the main festival dates in the Mithila Panchang for 1958?
The first major observances of 1958 are:
- Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) - Tuesday, 14 January 1958
- Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) - Friday, 24 January 1958
- Maha Shivaratri - Sunday, 16 February 1958
- Holi (Phagua) - Thursday, 6 March 1958
- Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja - Friday, 21 March 1958
- Ram Navami - Saturday, 29 March 1958
Which month of 1958 has the most observances in the Mithila Panchang?
November 1958 is the fullest month with 6 dates, including Dhanteras, Diwali (Sukhraatri), Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj), Chhath Puja, Gopashtami, Sama Chakeva.
Which traditional year does 1958 correspond to in the Mithila Panchang?
The Gregorian year 1958 spans La. Sam. 838 – 839. 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 1958 have an Adhik Maas?
Yes. 1958 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 1958 dates can look out of place beside a neighbouring year.
Were there any eclipses in 1958?
1958 had 5 eclipses:
- 4 April 1958 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), not visible from India
- 19 April 1958 - Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 3 May 1958 - Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 13 October 1958 - Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 27 October 1958 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), penumbral only, so no Sutak was observed
Sutak Kaal is observed only for an eclipse actually visible where you are, so 2 of these were kept in India.
Did Guru or Shani change sign in 1958?
Yes - 6 sign changes among the slow grahas in 1958:
- Shani (Saturn) entered Dhanu on 8 February 1958
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Kanya on 18 May 1958, moving retrograde
- Shani (Saturn) entered Vrishchika on 2 June 1958, moving retrograde
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Tula on 21 July 1958
- Shani (Saturn) entered Dhanu on 7 November 1958
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Vrishchika on 28 December 1958
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 1958?
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.
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