The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Mithila 1968 opens in August during La. Sam. 849 of the Hindu calendar.
August 1968
La. Sam. 849
Shravana – Bhadrapada – Ashwina
Festivals & Vrats in August 1968
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Raksha Bandhan
Tithi 7:15 PM, Aug 7 – 4:58 PM, Aug 8
Shravana Purnima — sisters tie the rakhi on their brothers' wrists.
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Krishna Janmashtami
Tithi 6:31 PM, Aug 15 – 8:55 PM, Aug 16
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna.
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Haritalika Teej Vrat
Tithi 3:30 AM, Aug 26 – 2:09 AM, Aug 27
Women fast for marital happiness on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya.
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Chaurchan (Chaturchandra)
Tithi 2:02 AM, Aug 27 – 12:24 AM, Aug 28
Mithila worships the moon and Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, taking the moon's sight as a blessing.
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.
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The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
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