Mithila Panchang 2001
The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
September 2001
La. Sam. 882
Bhadrapada – Ashwina – Kartika – Ashwina (Adhik)
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 2001 - festivals and vrats through the year
The Mithila Panchang lists 29 dates in 2001, opening with Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on 14 January and closing with Vivah Panchami on 19 December. Of these, 2 are vrats (fasting observances). November is the fullest month with 6 dates. The year runs through La. Sam. 881 – 882. 2001 carries an Adhik Maas (Ashwina (Adhik)), the extra lunar month that pushes several festivals later than usual.
January 2001 Pausha – Magha – Phalguna
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan | Sun |
Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) The Sun's entry into Makara, kept with til and chuda-dahi. |
Krishna Panchami |
| 29 Jan | Mon |
Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami)
The worship of Goddess Saraswati on Magha Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
February 2001 Magha – Phalguna – Chaitra
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Feb | Wed |
Maha Shivaratri
The great night of Lord Shiva. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
March 2001 Phalguna – Chaitra – Vaishakha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar | Sat |
Holi (Phagua) The festival of colours, the day after the Phalguna full moon. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 26 Mar | Mon |
Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja
The spring nine nights of Devi worship in Mithila. |
Shukla Pratipada |
April 2001 Chaitra – Vaishakha – Jyeshtha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr | Mon |
Ram Navami The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Navami |
| 14 Apr | Sat |
Jur Sital (Maithili New Year) The Maithili new year (Mesha Sankranti / Satuani), when elders sprinkle cooling water as blessings. |
Krishna Saptami |
| 26 Apr | Thu |
Akshaya Tritiya An auspicious day for new beginnings on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya. |
Shukla Tritiya |
May 2001 Vaishakha – Jyeshtha – Ashadha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May | Tue |
Janaki Navami (Sita Navami) The appearance of Goddess Sita on Vaishakha Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
June 2001 Jyeshtha – Ashadha – Shravana
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun | Fri |
Ganga Dussehra The descent of the Ganga, on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami. |
Shukla Dashami |
| 15 Jun | Fri |
Mithun Sankranti
The Sun's entry into Mithuna. |
Krishna Navami |
July 2001 Ashadha – Shravana – Bhadrapada
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul | Thu |
Guru Purnima The full moon of Ashadha honouring teachers and sage Veda Vyasa. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 25 Jul | Wed |
Nag Panchami Serpent deities are worshipped on Shravana Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
August 2001 Shravana – Bhadrapada – Ashwina
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Aug | Sat |
Raksha Bandhan Shravana Purnima — sisters tie the rakhi on their brothers' wrists. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 12 Aug | Sun |
Krishna Janmashtami
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna. |
Krishna Ashtami |
| 21 Aug | Tue | Haritalika Teej Vrat | Shukla Tritiya |
| 22 Aug | Wed |
Chaurchan (Chaturchandra) Mithila worships the moon and Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, taking the moon's sight as a blessing. |
Shukla Chaturthi |
September 2001 Bhadrapada – Ashwina – Kartika – Ashwina (Adhik)
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep | Sat | Anant Chaturdashi Vrat | Shukla Chaturdashi |
| 3 Sep | Mon |
Pitru Paksha (Shradh) The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 17 Sep | Mon |
Mahalaya The new moon closing Pitru Paksha and ushering in Durga Puja. |
Krishna Amavasya |
October 2001 Ashwina (Adhik) – Ashwina – Kartika
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct | Wed |
Durga Puja (Dashain)
The great autumn worship of Goddess Durga. |
Shukla Ashtami |
| 31 Oct | Wed |
Kojagara (Lakshmi Puja)
The Kojagari full moon worship of Goddess Lakshmi, special to newlyweds in Mithila. |
Shukla Chaturdashi |
November 2001 Kartika – Margashirsha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov | Mon |
Dhanteras The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi. |
Krishna Dwadashi |
| 14 Nov | Wed |
Diwali (Sukhraatri) The festival of lights and worship of Goddess Lakshmi, kept in Mithila as Sukhraatri. |
Krishna Chaturdashi |
| 17 Nov | Sat |
Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
| 21 Nov | Wed |
Chhath Puja
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river. |
Shukla Shashthi |
| 23 Nov | Fri |
Gopashtami The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
| 30 Nov | Fri |
Sama Chakeva A Maithili folk festival of the bond between brother and sister, culminating on the Kartik full moon. |
Shukla Purnima |
December 2001 Pausha – Margashirsha – Magha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec | Wed |
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 2001
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 2001, covering La. Sam. 881 – 882. 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 2001 | 9 Jan 2001 | 9 |
| Magha | 10 Jan 2001 | 13 Jan 2001 | 4 |
| Phalguna | 14 Jan 2001 | 24 Jan 2001 | 11 |
| Magha | 25 Jan 2001 | 8 Feb 2001 | 15 |
| Phalguna | 9 Feb 2001 | 12 Feb 2001 | 4 |
| Chaitra | 13 Feb 2001 | 23 Feb 2001 | 11 |
| Phalguna | 24 Feb 2001 | 9 Mar 2001 | 14 |
| Chaitra | 10 Mar 2001 | 14 Mar 2001 | 5 |
| Vaishakha | 15 Mar 2001 | 25 Mar 2001 | 11 |
| Chaitra | 26 Mar 2001 | 8 Apr 2001 | 14 |
| Vaishakha | 9 Apr 2001 | 13 Apr 2001 | 5 |
| Jyeshtha | 14 Apr 2001 | 23 Apr 2001 | 10 |
| Vaishakha | 24 Apr 2001 | 7 May 2001 | 14 |
| Jyeshtha | 8 May 2001 | 14 May 2001 | 7 |
| Ashadha | 15 May 2001 | 23 May 2001 | 9 |
| Jyeshtha | 24 May 2001 | 6 Jun 2001 | 14 |
| Ashadha | 7 Jun 2001 | 14 Jun 2001 | 8 |
| Shravana | 15 Jun 2001 | 21 Jun 2001 | 7 |
| Ashadha | 22 Jun 2001 | 5 Jul 2001 | 14 |
| Shravana | 6 Jul 2001 | 16 Jul 2001 | 11 |
| Bhadrapada | 17 Jul 2001 | 20 Jul 2001 | 4 |
| Shravana | 21 Jul 2001 | 4 Aug 2001 | 15 |
| Bhadrapada | 5 Aug 2001 | 16 Aug 2001 | 12 |
| Ashwina | 17 Aug 2001 | 19 Aug 2001 | 3 |
| Bhadrapada | 20 Aug 2001 | 2 Sep 2001 | 14 |
| Ashwina | 3 Sep 2001 | 16 Sep 2001 | 14 |
| Kartika | 17 Sep 2001 | 17 Sep 2001 | 1 |
| Ashwina (Adhik) | 18 Sep 2001 | 16 Oct 2001 | 29 |
| Ashwina | 17 Oct 2001 | 17 Oct 2001 | 1 |
| Kartika | 18 Oct 2001 | 1 Nov 2001 | 15 |
| Margashirsha | 2 Nov 2001 | 15 Nov 2001 | 14 |
| Kartika | 16 Nov 2001 | 16 Nov 2001 | 1 |
| Margashirsha | 17 Nov 2001 | 30 Nov 2001 | 14 |
| Pausha | 1 Dec 2001 | 14 Dec 2001 | 14 |
| Margashirsha | 15 Dec 2001 | 15 Dec 2001 | 1 |
| Pausha | 16 Dec 2001 | 30 Dec 2001 | 15 |
| Magha part | 31 Dec 2001 | 31 Dec 2001 | 1 |
What happened in the sky in 2001
Beyond the dates the Mithila Panchang lists, 2001 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 Ashwina, running from 18 September 2001 to 16 October 2001. Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) fell on 14 January, 1 day earlier in the year than in 2000 - a lunar year runs about eleven days short of a solar one.
Eclipses of 2001
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Mithila date | Seen from India |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jan 1:50 AM | Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Magha Krishna Pratipada | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 21 Jun 5:33 PM | Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Shravana Amavasya | Not visible |
| 5 Jul 8:25 PM | Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) on Guru Purnima | Ashadha Purnima | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 15 Dec 2:21 AM | Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Margashirsha Shukla Pratipada | Not visible |
| 30 Dec 3:59 PM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Pausha Purnima | Penumbral only |
Sutak Kaal was observed for 2 of these. A penumbral (Upachhaya) eclipse is not counted as a grahan.
Guru and Shani in 2001
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 7:30 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Vrishabha → Mithuna |
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 2001
How many festivals and vrats does the Mithila Panchang list in 2001?
The Mithila Panchang lists 29 dates in 2001, of which 2 are vrats. The first is Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on Sunday, 14 January 2001, and the last is Vivah Panchami on Wednesday, 19 December 2001.
What are the main festival dates in the Mithila Panchang for 2001?
The first major observances of 2001 are:
- Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) - Sunday, 14 January 2001
- Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) - Monday, 29 January 2001
- Maha Shivaratri - Wednesday, 21 February 2001
- Holi (Phagua) - Saturday, 10 March 2001
- Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja - Monday, 26 March 2001
- Ram Navami - Monday, 2 April 2001
Which month of 2001 has the most observances in the Mithila Panchang?
November 2001 is the fullest month with 6 dates, including Dhanteras, Diwali (Sukhraatri), Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj), Chhath Puja, Gopashtami, Sama Chakeva.
Which traditional year does 2001 correspond to in the Mithila Panchang?
The Gregorian year 2001 spans La. Sam. 881 – 882. 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 2001 have an Adhik Maas?
Yes. 2001 carried an Adhik Maas (Ashwina (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 2001 dates can look out of place beside a neighbouring year.
Were there any eclipses in 2001?
2001 had 5 eclipses:
- 10 January 2001 - Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 21 June 2001 - Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 5 July 2001 - Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 15 December 2001 - Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 30 December 2001 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), penumbral only, so no Sutak 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 2001?
Yes - 1 sign change among the slow grahas in 2001:
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Mithuna on 16 June 2001
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 2001?
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.
