Mithila Panchang 1984
The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
April 1984
La. Sam. 864 · La. Sam. 865
Vaishakha – Chaitra – Jyeshtha
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 1984 - festivals and vrats through the year
The Mithila Panchang lists 29 dates in 1984, opening with Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on 15 January and closing with Vivah Panchami on 27 November. Of these, 2 are vrats (fasting observances). October is the fullest month with 7 dates. The year runs through La. Sam. 864 – 865.
January 1984 Magha – Pausha – Phalguna
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jan | Sun |
Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) The Sun's entry into Makara, kept with til and chuda-dahi. |
Shukla Dwadashi |
February 1984 Phalguna – Magha – Chaitra
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb | Tue |
Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami)
The worship of Goddess Saraswati on Magha Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
| 29 Feb | Wed |
Maha Shivaratri
The great night of Lord Shiva. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
March 1984 Chaitra – Phalguna – Vaishakha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar | Sun |
Holi (Phagua) The festival of colours, the day after the Phalguna full moon. |
Krishna Pratipada |
April 1984 Vaishakha – Chaitra – Jyeshtha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr | Mon |
Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja
The spring nine nights of Devi worship in Mithila. |
Shukla Pratipada |
| 10 Apr | Tue |
Ram Navami The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Navami |
| 13 Apr | Fri |
Jur Sital (Maithili New Year) The Maithili new year (Mesha Sankranti / Satuani), when elders sprinkle cooling water as blessings. |
Shukla Dwadashi |
May 1984 Jyeshtha – Vaishakha – Ashadha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May | Thu |
Akshaya Tritiya An auspicious day for new beginnings on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
| 9 May | Wed |
Janaki Navami (Sita Navami) The appearance of Goddess Sita on Vaishakha Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Navami |
June 1984 Jyeshtha – Ashadha – Shravana
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jun | Fri |
Ganga Dussehra The descent of the Ganga, on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami. |
Shukla Navami |
| 14 Jun | Thu |
Mithun Sankranti
The Sun's entry into Mithuna. |
Krishna Pratipada |
July 1984 Ashadha – Shravana – Bhadrapada
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul | Fri |
Guru Purnima The full moon of Ashadha honouring teachers and sage Veda Vyasa. |
Shukla Purnima |
August 1984 Shravana – Bhadrapada – Ashwina
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Aug | Wed |
Nag Panchami Serpent deities are worshipped on Shravana Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
| 11 Aug | Sat |
Raksha Bandhan Shravana Purnima — sisters tie the rakhi on their brothers' wrists. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 20 Aug | Mon |
Krishna Janmashtami
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna. |
Krishna Ashtami |
| 29 Aug | Wed | Haritalika Teej Vrat | Shukla Tritiya |
| 30 Aug | Thu |
Chaurchan (Chaturchandra) Mithila worships the moon and Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, taking the moon's sight as a blessing. |
Shukla Chaturthi |
September 1984 Bhadrapada – Ashwina – Kartika
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep | Sun | Anant Chaturdashi Vrat | Shukla Chaturdashi |
| 11 Sep | Tue |
Pitru Paksha (Shradh) The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 25 Sep | Tue |
Mahalaya The new moon closing Pitru Paksha and ushering in Durga Puja. |
Krishna Amavasya |
October 1984 Ashwina – Kartika – Margashirsha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct | Tue |
Durga Puja (Dashain)
The great autumn worship of Goddess Durga. |
Shukla Ashtami |
| 9 Oct | Tue |
Kojagara (Lakshmi Puja)
The Kojagari full moon worship of Goddess Lakshmi, special to newlyweds in Mithila. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 22 Oct | Mon |
Dhanteras The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
| 24 Oct | Wed |
Diwali (Sukhraatri) The festival of lights and worship of Goddess Lakshmi, kept in Mithila as Sukhraatri. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 26 Oct | Fri |
Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
| 29 Oct | Mon |
Chhath Puja
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river. |
Shukla Shashthi |
| 31 Oct | Wed |
Gopashtami The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
November 1984 Kartika – Margashirsha – Pausha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov | Thu |
Sama Chakeva A Maithili folk festival of the bond between brother and sister, culminating on the Kartik full moon. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 27 Nov | Tue |
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 1984
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 1984, covering La. Sam. 864 – 865. A month marked part is one the Gregorian year cuts short at its own start or end.
| Month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magha part | 1 Jan 1984 | 3 Jan 1984 | 3 |
| Pausha | 4 Jan 1984 | 14 Jan 1984 | 11 |
| Magha | 15 Jan 1984 | 18 Jan 1984 | 4 |
| Phalguna | 19 Jan 1984 | 1 Feb 1984 | 14 |
| Magha | 2 Feb 1984 | 13 Feb 1984 | 12 |
| Phalguna | 14 Feb 1984 | 16 Feb 1984 | 3 |
| Chaitra | 17 Feb 1984 | 2 Mar 1984 | 15 |
| Phalguna | 3 Mar 1984 | 13 Mar 1984 | 11 |
| Chaitra | 14 Mar 1984 | 17 Mar 1984 | 4 |
| Vaishakha | 18 Mar 1984 | 1 Apr 1984 | 15 |
| Chaitra | 2 Apr 1984 | 13 Apr 1984 | 12 |
| Vaishakha | 14 Apr 1984 | 15 Apr 1984 | 2 |
| Jyeshtha | 16 Apr 1984 | 1 May 1984 | 16 |
| Vaishakha | 2 May 1984 | 14 May 1984 | 13 |
| Jyeshtha | 15 May 1984 | 15 May 1984 | 1 |
| Ashadha | 16 May 1984 | 30 May 1984 | 15 |
| Jyeshtha | 31 May 1984 | 13 Jun 1984 | 14 |
| Ashadha | 14 Jun 1984 | 14 Jun 1984 | 1 |
| Shravana | 15 Jun 1984 | 29 Jun 1984 | 15 |
| Ashadha | 30 Jun 1984 | 13 Jul 1984 | 14 |
| Shravana | 14 Jul 1984 | 15 Jul 1984 | 2 |
| Bhadrapada | 16 Jul 1984 | 28 Jul 1984 | 13 |
| Shravana | 29 Jul 1984 | 11 Aug 1984 | 14 |
| Bhadrapada | 12 Aug 1984 | 16 Aug 1984 | 5 |
| Ashwina | 17 Aug 1984 | 26 Aug 1984 | 10 |
| Bhadrapada | 27 Aug 1984 | 10 Sep 1984 | 15 |
| Ashwina | 11 Sep 1984 | 16 Sep 1984 | 6 |
| Kartika | 17 Sep 1984 | 25 Sep 1984 | 9 |
| Ashwina | 26 Sep 1984 | 9 Oct 1984 | 14 |
| Kartika | 10 Oct 1984 | 16 Oct 1984 | 7 |
| Margashirsha | 17 Oct 1984 | 24 Oct 1984 | 8 |
| Kartika | 25 Oct 1984 | 8 Nov 1984 | 15 |
| Margashirsha | 9 Nov 1984 | 15 Nov 1984 | 7 |
| Pausha | 16 Nov 1984 | 22 Nov 1984 | 7 |
| Margashirsha | 23 Nov 1984 | 8 Dec 1984 | 16 |
| Pausha | 9 Dec 1984 | 15 Dec 1984 | 7 |
| Magha | 16 Dec 1984 | 22 Dec 1984 | 7 |
| Pausha part | 23 Dec 1984 | 31 Dec 1984 | 9 |
What happened in the sky in 1984
Beyond the dates the Mithila Panchang lists, 1984 brought 5 eclipses - 2 solar and 3 lunar - of which 2 were above the horizon somewhere in India. Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) fell on 15 January, 1 day later in the year than in 1983 - a lunar year runs about eleven days short of a solar one.
Eclipses of 1984
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Mithila date | Seen from India |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 10:10 AM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Jyeshtha Purnima | Not visible |
| 30 May 10:14 PM | Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Ashadha Amavasya | Not visible |
| 13 Jun 7:55 PM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) 1 day before Mithun Sankranti | Jyeshtha Purnima | Penumbral only |
| 8 Nov 11:25 PM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) on Sama Chakeva | Kartika Purnima | Penumbral only |
| 23 Nov 4:23 AM | Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Margashirsha Shukla Pratipada | Not visible |
No eclipse of 1984 carried Sutak Kaal in India. A penumbral (Upachhaya) eclipse is not counted as a grahan.
Guru and Shani in 1984
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Dec 8:50 AM | Shani (Saturn) | Tula → Vrishchika |
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign, Saturn about two and a half.
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Frequently asked questions about the Mithila Panchang 1984
How many festivals and vrats does the Mithila Panchang list in 1984?
The Mithila Panchang lists 29 dates in 1984, of which 2 are vrats. The first is Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on Sunday, 15 January 1984, and the last is Vivah Panchami on Tuesday, 27 November 1984.
What are the main festival dates in the Mithila Panchang for 1984?
The first major observances of 1984 are:
- Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) - Sunday, 15 January 1984
- Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) - Tuesday, 7 February 1984
- Maha Shivaratri - Wednesday, 29 February 1984
- Holi (Phagua) - Sunday, 18 March 1984
- Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja - Monday, 2 April 1984
- Ram Navami - Tuesday, 10 April 1984
Which month of 1984 has the most observances in the Mithila Panchang?
October 1984 is the fullest month with 7 dates, including Durga Puja (Dashain), Kojagara (Lakshmi Puja), Dhanteras, Diwali (Sukhraatri), Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj), Chhath Puja, Gopashtami.
Which traditional year does 1984 correspond to in the Mithila Panchang?
The Gregorian year 1984 spans La. Sam. 864 – 865. 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 1984 have an Adhik Maas?
No. 1984 had twelve lunar months with no Adhik Maas, so its festival dates fall in their usual Gregorian window rather than being pushed later by an intercalary month.
Were there any eclipses in 1984?
1984 had 5 eclipses:
- 15 May 1984 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), not visible from India
- 30 May 1984 - Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 13 June 1984 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), penumbral only, so no Sutak was observed
- 8 November 1984 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), penumbral only, so no Sutak was observed
- 23 November 1984 - Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
None of them carried Sutak Kaal in India.
Did Guru or Shani change sign in 1984?
Yes - 1 sign change among the slow grahas in 1984:
- Shani (Saturn) entered Vrishchika on 21 December 1984
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 1984?
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.
