Mithila Panchang 1963
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 1963
La. Sam. 843
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 1963 - festivals and vrats through the year
The Mithila Panchang lists 30 dates in 1963, opening with Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on 14 January and closing with Vivah Panchami on 21 December. Of these, 2 are vrats (fasting observances). The year runs through La. Sam. 843 – 844. 1963 carries an Adhik Maas (Kartika (Adhik)), the extra lunar month that pushes several festivals later than usual.
January 1963 Pausha – Magha – Phalguna
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan | Mon |
Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) The Sun's entry into Makara, kept with til and chuda-dahi. |
Krishna Panchami |
| 29 Jan | Tue |
Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami)
The worship of Goddess Saraswati on Magha Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Chaturthi |
February 1963 Magha – Phalguna – Chaitra
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb | Fri |
Maha Shivaratri
The great night of Lord Shiva. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
March 1963 Phalguna – Chaitra – Vaishakha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar | Mon |
Holi (Phagua) The festival of colours, the day after the Phalguna full moon. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 26 Mar | Tue |
Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja
The spring nine nights of Devi worship in Mithila. |
Shukla Pratipada |
April 1963 Chaitra – Vaishakha – Jyeshtha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr | Tue |
Ram Navami The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Navami |
| 14 Apr | Sun |
Jur Sital (Maithili New Year) The Maithili new year (Mesha Sankranti / Satuani), when elders sprinkle cooling water as blessings. |
Krishna Panchami |
| 26 Apr | Fri |
Akshaya Tritiya An auspicious day for new beginnings on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya. |
Shukla Tritiya |
May 1963 Vaishakha – Jyeshtha – Ashadha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May | Wed |
Janaki Navami (Sita Navami) The appearance of Goddess Sita on Vaishakha Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
June 1963 Jyeshtha – Ashadha – Shravana
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun | Sat |
Ganga Dussehra The descent of the Ganga, on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami. |
Shukla Dashami |
| 15 Jun | Sat |
Mithun Sankranti
The Sun's entry into Mithuna. |
Krishna Ashtami |
July 1963 Ashadha – Shravana – Bhadrapada
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jul | Sat |
Guru Purnima The full moon of Ashadha honouring teachers and sage Veda Vyasa. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 25 Jul | Thu |
Nag Panchami Serpent deities are worshipped on Shravana Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
August 1963 Shravana – Bhadrapada – Ashwina
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Aug | Mon |
Raksha Bandhan Shravana Purnima — sisters tie the rakhi on their brothers' wrists. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 12 Aug | Mon |
Krishna Janmashtami
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna. |
Krishna Ashtami |
| 22 Aug | Thu | Haritalika Teej Vrat | Shukla Tritiya |
| 23 Aug | Fri |
Chaurchan (Chaturchandra) Mithila worships the moon and Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, taking the moon's sight as a blessing. |
Shukla Chaturthi |
September 1963 Bhadrapada – Ashwina – Kartika
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep | Mon | Anant Chaturdashi Vrat | Shukla Chaturdashi |
| 4 Sep | Wed |
Pitru Paksha (Shradh) The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 17 Sep | Tue |
Mahalaya The new moon closing Pitru Paksha and ushering in Durga Puja. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 26 Sep | Thu |
Durga Puja (Dashain)
The great autumn worship of Goddess Durga. |
Shukla Ashtami |
October 1963 Ashwina – Kartika – Kartika (Adhik)
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct | Wed |
Kojagara (Lakshmi Puja)
The Kojagari full moon worship of Goddess Lakshmi, special to newlyweds in Mithila. |
Shukla Chaturdashi |
| 14 Oct | Mon |
Dhanteras The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi. |
Krishna Dwadashi |
| 16 Oct | Wed |
Diwali (Sukhraatri) The festival of lights and worship of Goddess Lakshmi, kept in Mithila as Sukhraatri. |
Krishna Chaturdashi |
| 26 Oct | Sat |
Gopashtami The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
November 1963 Kartika (Adhik) – Margashirsha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov | Mon |
Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
| 21 Nov | Thu |
Vivah Panchami The wedding of Rama and Sita on Margashirsha Shukla Panchami — of special importance to Janakpur in Mithila. |
Shukla Panchami |
| 22 Nov | Fri |
Chhath Puja
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river. |
Shukla Shashthi |
| 30 Nov | Sat |
Kartik Purnima The full moon of Kartika, when Sama Chakeva figures are immersed. |
Shukla Chaturdashi |
December 1963 Pausha – Magha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Dec | Sat |
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 1963
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 1963, covering La. Sam. 843 – 844. 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 1963 | 9 Jan 1963 | 9 |
| Magha | 10 Jan 1963 | 14 Jan 1963 | 5 |
| Phalguna | 15 Jan 1963 | 25 Jan 1963 | 11 |
| Magha | 26 Jan 1963 | 8 Feb 1963 | 14 |
| Phalguna | 9 Feb 1963 | 12 Feb 1963 | 4 |
| Chaitra | 13 Feb 1963 | 24 Feb 1963 | 12 |
| Phalguna | 25 Feb 1963 | 10 Mar 1963 | 14 |
| Chaitra | 11 Mar 1963 | 14 Mar 1963 | 4 |
| Vaishakha | 15 Mar 1963 | 25 Mar 1963 | 11 |
| Chaitra | 26 Mar 1963 | 9 Apr 1963 | 15 |
| Vaishakha | 10 Apr 1963 | 13 Apr 1963 | 4 |
| Jyeshtha | 14 Apr 1963 | 23 Apr 1963 | 10 |
| Vaishakha | 24 Apr 1963 | 8 May 1963 | 15 |
| Jyeshtha | 9 May 1963 | 14 May 1963 | 6 |
| Ashadha | 15 May 1963 | 23 May 1963 | 9 |
| Jyeshtha | 24 May 1963 | 7 Jun 1963 | 15 |
| Ashadha | 8 Jun 1963 | 15 Jun 1963 | 8 |
| Shravana | 16 Jun 1963 | 21 Jun 1963 | 6 |
| Ashadha | 22 Jun 1963 | 6 Jul 1963 | 15 |
| Shravana | 7 Jul 1963 | 16 Jul 1963 | 10 |
| Bhadrapada | 17 Jul 1963 | 20 Jul 1963 | 4 |
| Shravana | 21 Jul 1963 | 5 Aug 1963 | 16 |
| Bhadrapada | 6 Aug 1963 | 16 Aug 1963 | 11 |
| Ashwina | 17 Aug 1963 | 19 Aug 1963 | 3 |
| Bhadrapada | 20 Aug 1963 | 3 Sep 1963 | 15 |
| Ashwina | 4 Sep 1963 | 16 Sep 1963 | 13 |
| Kartika | 17 Sep 1963 | 17 Sep 1963 | 1 |
| Ashwina | 18 Sep 1963 | 3 Oct 1963 | 16 |
| Kartika | 4 Oct 1963 | 17 Oct 1963 | 14 |
| Kartika (Adhik) | 18 Oct 1963 | 16 Nov 1963 | 30 |
| Margashirsha | 17 Nov 1963 | 30 Nov 1963 | 14 |
| Pausha | 1 Dec 1963 | 15 Dec 1963 | 15 |
| Magha | 16 Dec 1963 | 16 Dec 1963 | 1 |
| Pausha | 17 Dec 1963 | 30 Dec 1963 | 14 |
| Magha part | 31 Dec 1963 | 31 Dec 1963 | 1 |
What happened in the sky in 1963
Beyond the dates the Mithila Panchang lists, 1963 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 Kartika, running from 18 October 1963 to 16 November 1963. Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) fell on 29 January, 11 days earlier in the year than in 1962 - a lunar year runs about eleven days short of a solar one.
Eclipses of 1963
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Mithila date | Seen from India |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jan 4:49 AM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Magha Krishna Pratipada | Penumbral only |
| 25 Jan 7:06 PM | Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Phalguna Amavasya | Not visible |
| 7 Jul 3:32 AM | Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) 1 day after Guru Purnima | Shravana Krishna Pratipada | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 21 Jul 2:05 AM | Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Shravana Shukla Pratipada | Not visible |
| 30 Dec 4:36 PM | Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Pausha Purnima | Yes - Sutak observed |
Sutak Kaal was observed for 2 of these. A penumbral (Upachhaya) eclipse is not counted as a grahan.
Guru and Shani in 1963
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Mar 6:50 PM | Guru (Jupiter) | Kumbha → Meena |
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign, Saturn about two and a half. Rahu entered Mithuna on 19 May 1963, carrying the eclipse axis with it.
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Frequently asked questions about the Mithila Panchang 1963
How many festivals and vrats does the Mithila Panchang list in 1963?
The Mithila Panchang lists 30 dates in 1963, of which 2 are vrats. The first is Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on Monday, 14 January 1963, and the last is Vivah Panchami on Saturday, 21 December 1963.
What are the main festival dates in the Mithila Panchang for 1963?
The first major observances of 1963 are:
- Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) - Monday, 14 January 1963
- Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) - Tuesday, 29 January 1963
- Maha Shivaratri - Friday, 22 February 1963
- Holi (Phagua) - Monday, 11 March 1963
- Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja - Tuesday, 26 March 1963
- Ram Navami - Tuesday, 2 April 1963
Which traditional year does 1963 correspond to in the Mithila Panchang?
The Gregorian year 1963 spans La. Sam. 843 – 844. 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 1963 have an Adhik Maas?
Yes. 1963 carried an Adhik Maas (Kartika (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 1963 dates can look out of place beside a neighbouring year.
Were there any eclipses in 1963?
1963 had 5 eclipses:
- 10 January 1963 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), penumbral only, so no Sutak was observed
- 25 January 1963 - Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 7 July 1963 - Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 21 July 1963 - Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 30 December 1963 - Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal 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 1963?
Yes - 1 sign change among the slow grahas in 1963:
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Meena on 7 March 1963
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 1963?
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.
