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 1996 opens in November during La. Sam. 877 of the Hindu calendar.
November 1996
La. Sam. 877
Margashirsha – Kartika – Pausha
Festivals & Vrats in November 1996
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Dhanteras
Tithi 9:24 AM, Nov 7 – 10:19 AM, Nov 8
The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi.
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Diwali (Sukhraatri)
Tithi 11:01 AM, Nov 9 – 10:36 AM, Nov 10
The festival of lights and worship of Goddess Lakshmi, kept in Mithila as Sukhraatri.
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Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Tithi 9:57 AM, Nov 11 – 8:25 AM, Nov 12
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali.
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Chhath Puja
Tithi 12:06 AM, Nov 16 – 9:49 PM, Nov 16
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river.
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Gopashtami
Tithi 7:39 PM, Nov 17 – 5:38 PM
The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami.
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Sama Chakeva
Tithi 9:43 AM, Nov 24 – 9:39 AM, Nov 25
A Maithili folk festival of the bond between brother and sister, culminating on the Kartik full moon.
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.