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Festivals, vrats and holidays

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August 2018

Shravana · Vikram Samvat 2075 · Sydney
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in August 2018

  1. Kamika EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 7 Aug · Krishna Ekadashi: 7 Aug, 12:22 GMT+10 → 8 Aug, 09:45 GMT+10
  2. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 8 Aug · Krishna Trayodashi: 9 Aug, 06:40 GMT+10 → 10 Aug, 03:15 GMT+10
  3. Masik ShivaratriVrats
    The monthly night of Shiva.Tithi begins 9 Aug · Krishna Chaturdashi: 10 Aug, 03:15 GMT+10 → 10 Aug, 23:37 GMT+10
  4. Partial solar eclipseEclipses
    Not visible here, so no sutak applies.Not visible here
  5. Shravana AmavasyaVrats
    The new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 10 Aug · Amavasya: 10 Aug, 23:37 GMT+10 → 11 Aug, 19:58 GMT+10
  6. Hariyali TeejHindu festivals
    A monsoon festival of swings and green, kept by married women for their husbands.Tithi begins 13 Aug · Shukla Tritiya: 13 Aug, 13:06 GMT+10 → 14 Aug, 10:15 GMT+10
  7. Independence DayNational
    India’s independence in 1947.
  8. Nag PanchamiHindu festivals
    Serpent deities are worshipped with milk and prayers.Shukla Panchami: 15 Aug, 07:57 GMT+10 → 16 Aug, 06:21 GMT+10
  9. Simha SankrantiVrats
    The Sun enters Simha.Sun enters 17 Aug, 11:20 GMT+10
  10. Eid al-Adha (Bakrid)Other faithsExpected
    The festival of sacrifice.Expected date; it can move by a day with the moon sighting.
  11. Shravana Putrada EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 21 Aug · Shukla Ekadashi: 21 Aug, 09:46 GMT+10 → 22 Aug, 12:10 GMT+10
  12. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 23 Aug, 14:45 GMT+10 → 24 Aug, 17:20 GMT+10
  13. OnamRegional
    Kerala’s harvest festival, welcoming King Mahabali.
  14. Raksha BandhanHindu festivals
    Sisters tie a rakhi on their brothers’ wrists for protection and love.Tithi begins 25 Aug · Purnima: 25 Aug, 19:46 GMT+10 → 26 Aug, 21:56 GMT+10
  15. Shravana PurnimaVrats
    The full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 25 Aug · Purnima: 25 Aug, 19:46 GMT+10 → 26 Aug, 21:56 GMT+10
  16. Sankashti ChaturthiVrats
    A fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Tithi begins 29 Aug · Krishna Chaturthi: 30 Aug, 02:08 GMT+10 → 31 Aug, 02:39 GMT+10