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August 2044
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1Shukla Navami from 08:18Navami2Shukla Dashami from 10:00Dashami3Shukla Ekadashi from 12:06Ekadashi4Shukla Dwadashi from 14:26Dwadashi5Shukla Trayodashi from 16:50Trayodashi6Shukla Chaturdashi from 19:11Chaturdashi7Shukla Purnima from 21:20Purnima8Krishna Pratipada from 23:13Pratipada9Krishna Dwitiya from 00:47Dwitiya10Krishna Tritiya from 01:57Tritiya11Krishna Chaturthi from 02:43Chaturthi12Krishna Panchami from 03:00Panchami13Krishna Shashthi from 02:48Shashthi14Krishna Saptami from 02:05Saptami15Krishna Ashtami from 00:51Ashtami16Krishna Navami from 23:07Navami17Krishna Dashami from 20:54Dashami18Krishna Ekadashi from 18:17Ekadashi19Krishna Dwadashi from 15:23Dwadashi20Krishna Trayodashi from 12:16Trayodashi21Krishna Chaturdashi from 09:05Chaturdashi22Shukla Pratipada from 03:05Pratipada23Shukla Dwitiya from 00:33Dwitiya24Shukla Tritiya from 22:30Tritiya25Shukla Chaturthi from 21:03Chaturthi26Shukla Panchami from 20:18Panchami27Shukla Shashthi from 20:17Shashthi28Shukla Saptami from 21:01Saptami29Shukla Ashtami from 22:24Ashtami30Shukla Navami from 00:19Navami31Shukla Dashami from 02:35Dashami
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in August 2044
- Shravana Putrada EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 3 Aug · Shukla Ekadashi: 3 Aug, 12:06 GMT+2 → 4 Aug, 14:26 GMT+2
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 5 Aug, 16:50 GMT+2 → 6 Aug, 19:11 GMT+2
- Raksha BandhanHindu festivalsSisters tie a rakhi on their brothers’ wrists for protection and love.Tithi begins 7 Aug · Purnima: 7 Aug, 21:20 GMT+2 → 8 Aug, 23:13 GMT+2
- Shravana PurnimaVratsThe full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 7 Aug · Purnima: 7 Aug, 21:20 GMT+2 → 8 Aug, 23:13 GMT+2
- Sankashti ChaturthiVratsA fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Tithi begins 11 Aug · Krishna Chaturthi: 12 Aug, 02:43 GMT+2 → 13 Aug, 03:00 GMT+2
- Independence DayNationalIndia’s independence in 1947.
- Krishna JanmashtamiHindu festivalsThe birth of Lord Krishna at midnight.Tithi begins 15 Aug · Krishna Ashtami: 16 Aug, 00:51 GMT+2 → 16 Aug, 23:07 GMT+2
- Simha SankrantiVratsThe Sun enters Simha.Sun enters 16 Aug, 19:20 GMT+2
- Aja EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 18 Aug · Krishna Ekadashi: 18 Aug, 18:17 GMT+2 → 19 Aug, 15:23 GMT+2
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Krishna Trayodashi: 20 Aug, 12:16 GMT+2 → 21 Aug, 09:05 GMT+2
- Masik ShivaratriVratsThe monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 21 Aug, 09:05 GMT+2 → 22 Aug, 05:59 GMT+2
- Bhadrapada AmavasyaVratsThe new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 21 Aug · Amavasya: 22 Aug, 05:59 GMT+2 → 23 Aug, 03:06 GMT+2
- Total solar eclipseEclipsesNot visible here, so no sutak applies.Not visible here
- Eid al-FitrOther faithsExpectedThe end of the Ramadan fast.Expected date; it can move by a day with the moon sighting.
- Hartalika TeejHindu festivalsA fast for marital happiness in honour of Parvati.Tithi begins 24 Aug · Shukla Tritiya: 24 Aug, 22:30 GMT+2 → 25 Aug, 21:03 GMT+2
- Ganesh ChaturthiHindu festivalsThe birth of Ganesha, worshipped at midday; ten days of celebration begin.Tithi begins 25 Aug · Shukla Chaturthi: 25 Aug, 21:03 GMT+2 → 26 Aug, 20:18 GMT+2