The Punjabi Jantri (Bikrami reckoning, with the Nanakshahi year alongside). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Punjabi solar month beginning on its Sangrand (Sankranti) day.
Punjabi Jantri 1953 opens in April during Bikrami Samvat 2010 (Parabhava) of the Hindu calendar.
April 1953
Bikrami Samvat 2010 (Parabhava)
Nanakshahi 485
Chet – Vaisakh
Festivals & Vrats in April 1953
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 10:56 PM, Apr 2 – 11:45 PM, Apr 3
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 11:03 PM, Apr 6 – 9:54 PM, Apr 7
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Varuthini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 5:46 PM, Apr 9 – 2:58 PM, Apr 10
A fast that grants protection, good fortune and freedom from sin.
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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:53 AM, Apr 11 – 8:28 AM, Apr 12
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 8:28 AM, Apr 12 – 5:01 AM, Apr 13
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Vaisakhi
Tithi 5:01 AM, Apr 13 – 1:35 AM, Apr 14
The Punjabi spring harvest new year and the founding of the Khalsa Panth, on Mesha Sankranti.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 5:01 AM, Apr 13 – 1:35 AM, Apr 14
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 5:01 AM, Apr 13 – 1:35 AM, Apr 14
The Darsha (Amavasya) day for offering tarpan and shradh to the ancestors, kept when the new moon prevails in the afternoon (aparahna).
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 5:01 AM, Apr 13 – 1:35 AM, Apr 14
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the new moon.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:38 AM, Apr 14 – 10:25 PM, Apr 14
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 5:37 PM, Apr 16 – 4:17 PM, Apr 17
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:15 PM, Apr 20 – 7:05 PM, Apr 21
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Padmini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 12:05 AM, Apr 24 – 2:42 AM, Apr 25
The bright (Shukla) Ekadashi of the extra month (Adhik Maas), kept only in leap-month years.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 5:03 AM, Apr 26 – 7:16 AM, Apr 27
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Adhik Vaishakha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:51 AM, Apr 28 – 9:50 AM, Apr 29
The full-moon fast, kept with a day-long vrat, a vigil, Satyanarayan Puja and charity, culminating in the worship of the rising full moon.
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 8:51 AM, Apr 28 – 9:50 AM, Apr 29
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the full moon.
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Adhik Vaishakha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 8:51 AM, Apr 28 – 9:50 AM, Apr 29
The full moon of Adhik (Purushottam) Vaishakha — the leap month of 1953, held especially meritorious for fasting, charity and the worship of Lord Vishnu.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 8:51 AM, Apr 28 – 9:50 AM, Apr 29
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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 Punjabi Jantri
The Punjabi Jantri (Bikrami reckoning, with the Nanakshahi year alongside). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Punjabi solar month beginning on its Sangrand (Sankranti) day.
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.