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 2016 opens in November during La. Sam. 897 of the Hindu calendar.
November 2016
La. Sam. 897
Kartika – Margashirsha – Pausha
Festivals & Vrats in November 2016
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Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Tithi 1:39 AM, Nov 1 – 4:12 AM, Nov 2
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali.
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Chhath Puja
Tithi 10:57 AM, Nov 5 – 12:17 PM, Nov 6
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river.
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Gopashtami
Tithi 1:21 PM, Nov 7 – 1:22 PM
The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami.
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Sama Chakeva
Tithi 11:18 PM, Nov 13 – 7:23 PM, Nov 14
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.