Mithila Panchang 2018
The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
August 2018
La. Sam. 899
Bhadrapada – Shravana – Ashwina
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 2018 - festivals and vrats through the year
The Mithila Panchang lists 29 dates in 2018, opening with Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on 14 January and closing with Vivah Panchami on 12 December. Of these, 2 are vrats (fasting observances). November is the fullest month with 6 dates. The year runs through La. Sam. 898 – 899. 2018 carries an Adhik Maas (Jyeshtha (Adhik)), the extra lunar month that pushes several festivals later than usual.
January 2018 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 Trayodashi |
| 22 Jan | Mon |
Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami)
The worship of Goddess Saraswati on Magha Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
February 2018 Phalguna – Chaitra
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb | Tue |
Maha Shivaratri
The great night of Lord Shiva. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
March 2018 Phalguna – Chaitra – Vaishakha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Mar | Fri |
Holi (Phagua) The festival of colours, the day after the Phalguna full moon. |
Krishna Pratipada |
| 18 Mar | Sun |
Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja
The spring nine nights of Devi worship in Mithila. |
Shukla Pratipada |
| 25 Mar | Sun |
Ram Navami The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
April 2018 Vaishakha – Jyeshtha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr | Sat |
Jur Sital (Maithili New Year) The Maithili new year (Mesha Sankranti / Satuani), when elders sprinkle cooling water as blessings. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
| 18 Apr | Wed |
Akshaya Tritiya An auspicious day for new beginnings on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya. |
Shukla Tritiya |
| 24 Apr | Tue |
Janaki Navami (Sita Navami) The appearance of Goddess Sita on Vaishakha Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Navami |
June 2018 Jyeshtha (Adhik) – Jyeshtha – Ashadha – Shravana
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun | Fri |
Mithun Sankranti
The Sun's entry into Mithuna. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
| 22 Jun | Fri |
Ganga Dussehra The descent of the Ganga, on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami. |
Shukla Dashami |
July 2018 Shravana – Ashadha – Bhadrapada
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul | Fri |
Guru Purnima The full moon of Ashadha honouring teachers and sage Veda Vyasa. |
Shukla Purnima |
August 2018 Bhadrapada – Shravana – Ashwina
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug | Wed |
Nag Panchami Serpent deities are worshipped on Shravana Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
| 26 Aug | Sun |
Raksha Bandhan Shravana Purnima — sisters tie the rakhi on their brothers' wrists. |
Shukla Purnima |
September 2018 Ashwina – Bhadrapada – Kartika
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep | Mon |
Krishna Janmashtami
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna. |
Krishna Ashtami |
| 12 Sep | Wed | Haritalika Teej Vrat | Shukla Tritiya |
| 13 Sep | Thu |
Chaurchan (Chaturchandra) Mithila worships the moon and Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, taking the moon's sight as a blessing. |
Shukla Chaturthi |
| 23 Sep | Sun | Anant Chaturdashi Vrat | Shukla Chaturdashi |
| 26 Sep | Wed |
Pitru Paksha (Shradh) The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors. |
Krishna Pratipada |
October 2018 Kartika – Ashwina – Margashirsha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct | Mon |
Mahalaya The new moon closing Pitru Paksha and ushering in Durga Puja. |
Krishna Chaturdashi |
| 16 Oct | Tue |
Durga Puja (Dashain)
The great autumn worship of Goddess Durga. |
Shukla Saptami |
| 23 Oct | Tue |
Kojagara (Lakshmi Puja)
The Kojagari full moon worship of Goddess Lakshmi, special to newlyweds in Mithila. |
Shukla Chaturdashi |
November 2018 Margashirsha – Kartika – Pausha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov | Mon |
Dhanteras The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi. |
Krishna Trayodashi |
| 7 Nov | Wed |
Diwali (Sukhraatri) The festival of lights and worship of Goddess Lakshmi, kept in Mithila as Sukhraatri. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 9 Nov | Fri |
Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
| 13 Nov | Tue |
Chhath Puja
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river. |
Shukla Shashthi |
| 16 Nov | Fri |
Gopashtami The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
| 23 Nov | Fri |
Sama Chakeva A Maithili folk festival of the bond between brother and sister, culminating on the Kartik full moon. |
Shukla Purnima |
December 2018 Pausha – Margashirsha – Magha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 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 2018
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 2018, covering La. Sam. 898 – 899. 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 2018 | 2 Jan 2018 | 2 |
| Magha | 3 Jan 2018 | 14 Jan 2018 | 12 |
| Phalguna | 15 Jan 2018 | 17 Jan 2018 | 3 |
| Magha | 18 Jan 2018 | 31 Jan 2018 | 14 |
| Phalguna | 1 Feb 2018 | 12 Feb 2018 | 12 |
| Chaitra | 13 Feb 2018 | 15 Feb 2018 | 3 |
| Phalguna | 16 Feb 2018 | 1 Mar 2018 | 14 |
| Chaitra | 2 Mar 2018 | 14 Mar 2018 | 13 |
| Vaishakha | 15 Mar 2018 | 17 Mar 2018 | 3 |
| Chaitra | 18 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2018 | 14 |
| Vaishakha | 1 Apr 2018 | 14 Apr 2018 | 14 |
| Jyeshtha | 15 Apr 2018 | 16 Apr 2018 | 2 |
| Vaishakha | 17 Apr 2018 | 30 Apr 2018 | 14 |
| Jyeshtha | 1 May 2018 | 14 May 2018 | 14 |
| Ashadha | 15 May 2018 | 15 May 2018 | 1 |
| Jyeshtha (Adhik) | 16 May 2018 | 13 Jun 2018 | 29 |
| Jyeshtha | 14 Jun 2018 | 15 Jun 2018 | 2 |
| Ashadha | 16 Jun 2018 | 28 Jun 2018 | 13 |
| Shravana | 29 Jun 2018 | 13 Jul 2018 | 15 |
| Ashadha | 14 Jul 2018 | 16 Jul 2018 | 3 |
| Shravana | 17 Jul 2018 | 27 Jul 2018 | 11 |
| Bhadrapada | 28 Jul 2018 | 11 Aug 2018 | 15 |
| Shravana | 12 Aug 2018 | 17 Aug 2018 | 6 |
| Bhadrapada | 18 Aug 2018 | 26 Aug 2018 | 9 |
| Ashwina | 27 Aug 2018 | 9 Sep 2018 | 14 |
| Bhadrapada | 10 Sep 2018 | 17 Sep 2018 | 8 |
| Ashwina | 18 Sep 2018 | 25 Sep 2018 | 8 |
| Kartika | 26 Sep 2018 | 9 Oct 2018 | 14 |
| Ashwina | 10 Oct 2018 | 17 Oct 2018 | 8 |
| Kartika | 18 Oct 2018 | 24 Oct 2018 | 7 |
| Margashirsha | 25 Oct 2018 | 7 Nov 2018 | 14 |
| Kartika | 8 Nov 2018 | 16 Nov 2018 | 9 |
| Margashirsha | 17 Nov 2018 | 23 Nov 2018 | 7 |
| Pausha | 24 Nov 2018 | 7 Dec 2018 | 14 |
| Margashirsha | 8 Dec 2018 | 16 Dec 2018 | 9 |
| Pausha | 17 Dec 2018 | 22 Dec 2018 | 6 |
| Magha part | 23 Dec 2018 | 31 Dec 2018 | 9 |
What happened in the sky in 2018
Beyond the dates the Mithila Panchang lists, 2018 brought 5 eclipses - 3 solar and 2 lunar - of which 2 were above the horizon somewhere in India. The year also carried an Adhik Maas, the extra lunar month of Jyeshtha, running from 16 May 2018 to 13 June 2018. Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) fell on 22 January, 10 days earlier in the year than in 2017 - a lunar year runs about eleven days short of a solar one.
Eclipses of 2018
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Mithila date | Seen from India |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 6:59 PM | Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Magha Purnima | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 16 Feb 2:21 AM | Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) 3 days after Maha Shivaratri | Phalguna Shukla Pratipada | Not visible |
| 13 Jul 8:31 AM | Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Shravana Amavasya | Not visible |
| 28 Jul 1:51 AM | Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) 1 day after Guru Purnima | Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 11 Aug 3:16 PM | Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Bhadrapada Amavasya | Not visible |
Sutak Kaal was observed for 2 of these.
Guru and Shani in 2018
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 7:30 PM | Guru (Jupiter) | Tula → Vrishchika |
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 2018
How many festivals and vrats does the Mithila Panchang list in 2018?
The Mithila Panchang lists 29 dates in 2018, of which 2 are vrats. The first is Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on Sunday, 14 January 2018, and the last is Vivah Panchami on Wednesday, 12 December 2018.
What are the main festival dates in the Mithila Panchang for 2018?
The first major observances of 2018 are:
- Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) - Sunday, 14 January 2018
- Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) - Monday, 22 January 2018
- Maha Shivaratri - Tuesday, 13 February 2018
- Holi (Phagua) - Friday, 2 March 2018
- Chaitra Navratri / Basanti Puja - Sunday, 18 March 2018
- Ram Navami - Sunday, 25 March 2018
Which month of 2018 has the most observances in the Mithila Panchang?
November 2018 is the fullest month with 6 dates, including Dhanteras, Diwali (Sukhraatri), Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj), Chhath Puja, Gopashtami, Sama Chakeva.
Which traditional year does 2018 correspond to in the Mithila Panchang?
The Gregorian year 2018 spans La. Sam. 898 – 899. 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 2018 have an Adhik Maas?
Yes. 2018 carried an Adhik Maas (Jyeshtha (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 2018 dates can look out of place beside a neighbouring year.
Were there any eclipses in 2018?
2018 had 5 eclipses:
- 31 January 2018 - Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 16 February 2018 - Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 13 July 2018 - Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 28 July 2018 - Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 11 August 2018 - Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
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 2018?
Yes - 1 sign change among the slow grahas in 2018:
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Vrishchika on 11 October 2018
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 2018?
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.
