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 2012 opens in November during La. Sam. 893 of the Hindu calendar.
November 2012
La. Sam. 893
Margashirsha – Kartika – Pausha
Festivals & Vrats in November 2012
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Dhanteras
Tithi 3:57 PM, Nov 10 – 1:30 PM, Nov 11
The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi.
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Diwali (Sukhraatri)
Tithi 10:42 AM, Nov 12 – 7:13 AM, Nov 13
The festival of lights and worship of Goddess Lakshmi, kept in Mithila as Sukhraatri.
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Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Tithi 11:56 PM, Nov 14 – 8:16 PM, Nov 15
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali.
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Chhath Puja
Tithi 11:08 AM, Nov 18 – 9:31 AM, Nov 19
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river.
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Gopashtami
Tithi 8:00 AM, Nov 20 – 7:53 AM
The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami.
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Sama Chakeva
Tithi 5:34 PM, Nov 27 – 8:15 PM, Nov 28
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.
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 this year and the next.