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 1979 opens in August during La. Sam. 860 of the Hindu calendar.
August 1979
La. Sam. 860
Shravana – Bhadrapada – Ashwina
Festivals & Vrats in August 1979
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Raksha Bandhan
Tithi 12:32 PM, Aug 7 – 8:51 AM, Aug 8
Shravana Purnima — sisters tie the rakhi on their brothers' wrists.
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Krishna Janmashtami
Tithi 12:47 PM, Aug 14 – 12:14 PM, Aug 15
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna.
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Haritalika Teej Vrat
Tithi 3:53 AM, Aug 25 – 6:24 AM, Aug 26
Women fast for marital happiness on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya.
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Chaurchan (Chaturchandra)
Tithi 6:28 AM, Aug 26 – 8:26 AM, Aug 27
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.
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.