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 2044 opens in January during Bikrami Samvat 2100 (Dhata) of the Hindu calendar.
January 2044
Bikrami Samvat 2100 (Dhata)
Nanakshahi 575
Magh
Festivals & Vrats in January 2044
-
Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 8:38 PM, Jan 3 – 9:46 PM, Jan 4
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
-
Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 10:03 PM, Jan 7 – 9:01 PM, Jan 8
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
-
Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 4:56 PM, Jan 10 – 2:01 PM, Jan 11
Observed by parents praying to Lord Vishnu for worthy children.
-
Dharma Savarni Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 4:56 PM, Jan 10 – 2:01 PM, Jan 11
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Dharma Savarni Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Pausha Shukla Ekadashi.
-
Bhaum Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 10:50 AM, Jan 12 – 7:18 AM, Jan 13
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
-
Bhogi / Lohri
Tithi 3:46 AM, Jan 14 – 12:17 AM, Jan 15
The eve of Makar Sankranti — Maharashtra cooks bhogichi bhaji, while Punjab and the Sindhi community (as Lal Loi) light the Lohri bonfire and offer sesame, jaggery and popcorn to bid winter farewell.
-
Pausha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 3:46 AM, Jan 14 – 12:17 AM, Jan 15
The full moon of Pausha — also kept as Shakambhari Purnima, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
-
Pausha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:46 AM, Jan 14 – 12:17 AM, Jan 15
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.
-
Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 3:46 AM, Jan 14 – 12:17 AM, Jan 15
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.
-
Makar Sankranti / Uttarayan / Pongal
Tithi 12:20 AM, Jan 15 – 9:08 PM, Jan 15
The Sun begins its northward journey (Uttarayan); a harvest festival of til-gud (sesame and jaggery), with Gujarat's famous kite-flying and Tamil Nadu's Pongal.
-
Ishti Vrat
Tithi 12:20 AM, Jan 15 – 9:08 PM, Jan 15
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
-
Sakat Chauth Vrat
Tithi 6:26 PM, Jan 16 – 4:28 PM, Jan 17
A Ganesha fast for the well-being of children, broken at the sight of the moon.
-
Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:19 PM, Jan 21 – 6:14 PM, Jan 22
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
-
Shattila Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 11:09 PM, Jan 24 – 1:46 AM, Jan 26
Observed with sesame (til) in six ways — bathing, offering and donating — to cleanse past sins.
-
Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:12 AM, Jan 27 – 6:29 AM, Jan 28
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
-
Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 6:21 AM, Jan 28 – 8:20 AM, Jan 29
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
-
Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 8:19 AM, Jan 29 – 9:34 AM, Jan 30
The Darsha (Amavasya) day for offering tarpan and shradh to the ancestors, kept when the new moon prevails in the afternoon (aparahna).
-
Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 8:19 AM, Jan 29 – 9:34 AM, Jan 30
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.
-
Ishti Vrat
Tithi 8:19 AM, Jan 29 – 9:34 AM, Jan 30
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
-
Mauni Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 8:19 AM, Jan 29 – 9:34 AM, Jan 30
The Amavasya of silence on Magha Krishna Amavasya — a holy dip in the Ganga, quiet meditation and daan are kept to cleanse and steady the mind.
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.