The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Punjabi 1950 opens in May during Nanakshahi 482 of the Hindu calendar.
May 1950
Nanakshahi 482
Vaisakh – Jeth
Festivals & Vrats in May 1950
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Vat Savitri Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:54 AM, May 16 – 6:27 AM, May 17
Married women fast and worship the banyan tree for the long life of their husbands.
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Ganga Dussehra
Tithi 1:14 PM, May 26 – 11:01 AM
The descent of the Ganga, on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami.
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Nirjala Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 11:12 AM, May 27 – 8:21 AM, May 28
The waterless Ekadashi of Jyeshtha, the strictest of the year.
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Kabirdas Jayanti
Tithi 9:59 PM, May 30 – 6:12 PM, May 31
The birth anniversary of Sant Kabirdas, the great mystic poet-saint, observed on Jyeshtha Purnima.
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 Calendar
The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
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.