The Sindhi Hindu festival calendar (Cheti Chand new year). Sindhi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each.
Sindhi 1996 opens in March during Vikram Samvat 2052 (Sarvadhari) · Vikram Samvat 2053 (Virodhi) of the Hindu calendar.
March 1996
Vikram Samvat 2052 (Sarvadhari) · Vikram Samvat 2053 (Virodhi)
Phalguna – Chaitra
Festivals & Vrats in March 1996
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Holi
Tithi 2:57 PM, Mar 5 – 3:40 PM
The festival of colours, the day after the Phalguna full moon.
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Chaitra Navratri Begins
Tithi 4:08 PM, Mar 19 – 2:31 PM
The spring nine nights of Devi worship begin the day after Cheti Chand.
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Cheti Chand (Sindhi New Year)
Tithi 2:25 PM, Mar 20 – 1:25 PM, Mar 21
On Chaitra Shukla Dwitiya, the day after Gudi Padwa, Sindhis welcome the new year and the birth (Avataran) of their patron saint Jhulelal — Uderolal, the incarnation of Varun the water god — with Behrana Sahib processions to a river or lake.
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Ram Navami
Tithi 8:13 PM, Mar 27 – 10:40 PM, Mar 28
The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami.
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 Sindhi Calendar
The Sindhi Hindu festival calendar (Cheti Chand new year). Sindhi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each.
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.