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 September during La. Sam. 897 of the Hindu calendar.
September 2016
La. Sam. 897
Ashwina – Bhadrapada – Kartika
Festivals & Vrats in September 2016
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Haritalika Teej Vrat
Tithi 4:57 PM, Sep 3 – 6:52 PM, Sep 4
Women fast for marital happiness on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya.
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Chaurchan (Chaturchandra)
Tithi 6:53 PM, Sep 4 – 9:06 PM, Sep 5
Mithila worships the moon and Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, taking the moon's sight as a blessing.
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Anant Chaturdashi Vrat
Tithi 5:27 AM, Sep 15 – 3:31 AM, Sep 16
The fourteen-knot thread of Ananta (Vishnu) is worshipped on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturdashi.
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Pitru Paksha (Shradh)
Tithi 12:35 AM, Sep 17 – 9:38 PM, Sep 17
The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors.
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Mahalaya
Tithi 3:55 AM, Sep 30 – 5:32 AM, Oct 1
The new moon closing Pitru Paksha and ushering in Durga Puja.
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.