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 1968 opens in April during Bikrami Samvat 2025 (Durmati) of the Hindu calendar.
April 1968
Bikrami Samvat 2025 (Durmati)
Nanakshahi 500
Chet – Vaisakh
Festivals & Vrats in April 1968
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 10:51 AM, Apr 1 – 1:28 PM, Apr 2
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Swayambhuva Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 8:19 AM, Mar 31 – 10:52 AM, Apr 1
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Swayambhuva Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Chaitra Shukla Tritiya.
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Yamuna Chhath (Yamuna Jayanti)
Tithi 4:05 PM, Apr 3 – 6:23 PM, Apr 4
The river goddess Yamuna is worshipped on Chaitra Shukla Shashthi, with holy baths in her waters at Mathura and Vrindavan.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 8:17 PM, Apr 5 – 9:38 PM, Apr 6
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Rama Navami
Tithi 9:33 PM, Apr 6 – 10:13 PM, Apr 7
The birth of Lord Rama, celebrated with recitation of the Ramayana and temple processions.
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Kamada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 9:51 PM, Apr 8 – 8:55 PM, Apr 9
The wish-fulfilling Ekadashi that opens the new lunar year and grants desires.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:04 PM, Apr 10 – 4:39 PM, Apr 11
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Chaitra Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 1:44 PM, Apr 12 – 10:21 AM, Apr 13
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 1:44 PM, Apr 12 – 10:21 AM, Apr 13
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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Hanuman Jayanti
Tithi 1:44 PM, Apr 12 – 10:21 AM, Apr 13
The birth anniversary of Lord Hanuman, marked with readings of the Hanuman Chalisa.
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Vaisakhi
Tithi 1:44 PM, Apr 12 – 10:21 AM, Apr 13
The Punjabi spring harvest new year and the founding of the Khalsa Panth, on Mesha Sankranti.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:44 PM, Apr 12 – 10:21 AM, Apr 13
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Swarochisha Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 1:44 PM, Apr 12 – 10:21 AM, Apr 13
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Swarochisha Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Chaitra Purnima.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 11:48 PM, Apr 15 – 8:31 PM, Apr 16
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:32 PM, Apr 19 – 12:35 PM, Apr 20
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Varuthini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 12:16 PM, Apr 22 – 1:12 PM, Apr 23
A fast that grants protection, good fortune and freedom from sin.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:30 PM, Apr 24 – 4:19 PM, Apr 25
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 4:19 PM, Apr 25 – 6:27 PM, Apr 26
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 6:27 PM, Apr 26 – 8:49 PM, Apr 27
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 6:27 PM, Apr 26 – 8:49 PM, Apr 27
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 6:27 PM, Apr 26 – 8:49 PM, Apr 27
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 8:50 PM, Apr 27 – 11:20 PM, Apr 28
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej)
Tithi 1:55 AM, Apr 30 – 4:27 AM, May 1
An auspicious day for new beginnings and buying gold; whatever is begun is believed to prosper. In Rajasthan this Akha Teej is a major wedding day, and Sindhis keep it as Akhand Teej.
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Parashurama Jayanti
Tithi 1:55 AM, Apr 30 – 4:27 AM, May 1
The birth of Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu, on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya, observed with fasting and worship during pradosha.
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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