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 1959 opens in July during Bikrami Samvat 2016 (Paridhavi) of the Hindu calendar.
July 1959
Bikrami Samvat 2016 (Paridhavi)
Nanakshahi 491
Harh – Sawan
Festivals & Vrats in July 1959
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 9:06 PM, Jun 30 – 11:39 PM, Jul 1
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:04 AM, Jul 3 – 4:22 AM, Jul 4
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 4:15 AM, Jul 4 – 6:15 AM, Jul 5
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 6:15 AM, Jul 5 – 7:30 AM, Jul 6
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 6:15 AM, Jul 5 – 7:30 AM, Jul 6
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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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 6:15 AM, Jul 5 – 7:30 AM, Jul 6
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 6:15 AM, Jul 5 – 7:30 AM, Jul 6
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 9:30 AM, Jul 9 – 9:13 AM, Jul 10
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 2:23 AM, Jul 15 – 11:57 PM, Jul 15
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Raivata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Shukla Dashami.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 11:50 PM, Jul 15 – 9:02 PM, Jul 16
The Sun enters Karka and begins its southward journey (Dakshinayana) — the night of the gods, opening the holy Chaturmas season of vrats and worship.
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Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 11:50 PM, Jul 15 – 9:02 PM, Jul 16
Lord Vishnu begins his four-month cosmic sleep and Chaturmas starts; in Maharashtra it is Ashadhi Ekadashi, the climax of the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage to Lord Vitthal.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 5:56 PM, Jul 17 – 2:50 PM, Jul 18
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:42 AM, Jul 19 – 9:02 AM, Jul 20
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 11:42 AM, Jul 19 – 9:02 AM, Jul 20
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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Guru Purnima
Tithi 11:42 AM, Jul 19 – 9:02 AM, Jul 20
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 11:42 AM, Jul 19 – 9:02 AM, Jul 20
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Chakshusha Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 11:42 AM, Jul 19 – 9:02 AM, Jul 20
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Chakshusha Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Purnima.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 3:43 AM, Jul 23 – 3:01 AM, Jul 24
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 6:39 AM, Jul 27 – 9:01 AM, Jul 28
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Kamika Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 1:57 PM, Jul 30 – 4:05 PM, Jul 31
Worship of Vishnu that grants the merit of bathing in all holy rivers.
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.