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 1955 opens in August during Bikrami Samvat 2012 (Kilaka) of the Hindu calendar.
August 1955
Bikrami Samvat 2012 (Kilaka)
Nanakshahi 487
Sawan – Bhadon
Festivals & Vrats in August 1955
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Som Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:04 PM, Jul 31 – 10:13 PM, Aug 1
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Raksha Bandhan
Tithi 11:50 PM, Aug 2 – 1:09 AM, Aug 4
Sisters tie a rakhi on their brothers' wrists, who pledge lifelong protection; Sindhis and Punjabis call it Rakhri.
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Gayatri Jayanti
Tithi 11:50 PM, Aug 2 – 1:09 AM, Aug 4
The appearance day of Goddess Gayatri, the personification of the Gayatri Mantra and mother of the Vedas, on Shravana Purnima.
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Shravana Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:50 PM, Aug 2 – 1:09 AM, Aug 4
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 11:50 PM, Aug 2 – 1:09 AM, Aug 4
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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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:00 AM, Aug 4 – 1:50 AM, Aug 5
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Kajari Teej (Badi / Satudi Teej)
Tithi 1:53 AM, Aug 6 – 1:47 AM, Aug 7
On Bhadrapada Krishna Tritiya, fifteen days after Hariyali Teej, married women fast for their husbands' long life; in Rajasthan this is Badi Teej (Satudi Teej), and Sindhis keep the same day as Teejri, applying mehndi and breaking the fast after sighting the moon.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 1:38 AM, Aug 7 – 1:07 AM, Aug 8
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 9:00 PM, Aug 10 – 7:05 PM, Aug 11
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Krishna Janmashtami
Tithi 9:00 PM, Aug 10 – 7:05 PM, Aug 11
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna, marked with fasting, bhajans and Dahi Handi.
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Goga Navami (Gogaji)
Tithi 7:04 PM, Aug 11 – 4:52 PM, Aug 12
On Bhadrapada Krishna Navami the folk snake-deity Gogaji (Goga Maharaj) is worshipped for protection from snakes; the great Gogamedi fair is held at his shrine in Rajasthan.
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Aja Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 2:27 PM, Aug 13 – 11:49 AM, Aug 14
The "unborn" Ekadashi, said to absolve even the gravest of sins.
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Som Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 9:05 AM, Aug 15 – 6:24 AM, Aug 16
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 6:24 AM, Aug 16 – 3:49 AM, Aug 17
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 3:49 AM, Aug 17 – 1:20 AM, Aug 18
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 3:49 AM, Aug 17 – 1:20 AM, Aug 18
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 3:49 AM, Aug 17 – 1:20 AM, Aug 18
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 1:27 AM, Aug 18 – 11:21 PM, Aug 18
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 9:09 PM, Aug 20 – 8:58 PM, Aug 21
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:11 AM, Aug 25 – 3:30 AM, Aug 26
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Padmini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 8:46 AM, Aug 28 – 10:45 AM, Aug 29
The bright (Shukla) Ekadashi of the extra month (Adhik Maas), kept only in leap-month years.
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Bhaum Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:30 PM, Aug 30 – 1:22 PM, Aug 31
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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.
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