Festivals and vrats — March 1979

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

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Date	Tithi at sunrise	Festival or vrat
09-03-1979 Friday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Phalguna	Vrat Amalaki Ekadashi
11-03-1979 Sunday	Trayodashi, Shukla Paksha Phalguna	Vrat Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
13-03-1979 Tuesday	Purnima, Shukla Paksha Phalguna	Festival Holika Dahan · Observed at dusk (pradosh)Vrat Purnima
14-03-1979 Wednesday	Pratipada, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Festival HoliSankranti Meena Sankranti · 23:38
17-03-1979 Saturday	Tritiya, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Vrat Sankashti Chaturthi · Observed at moonrise
24-03-1979 Saturday	Ekadashi, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Vrat Papmochani Ekadashi
25-03-1979 Sunday	Dwadashi, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Vrat Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
26-03-1979 Monday	Trayodashi, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Vrat Masik Shivaratri · Observed at midnight (nishita)
28-03-1979 Wednesday	Amavasya, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Festival Chaitra Navratri begins · Gudi Padwa · UgadiVrat Amavasya
29-03-1979 Thursday	Dwitiya, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Navratri, day 2
30-03-1979 Friday	Tritiya, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Navratri, day 3
31-03-1979 Saturday	Chaturthi, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Navratri, day 4

Every day of the month

Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Sunrise	Sunset
01-03-1979	Tritiya	Revati	06:37	18:32
02-03-1979	Chaturthi	Ashwini	06:36	18:32
03-03-1979	Panchami	Bharani	06:36	18:32
04-03-1979	Shashthi	Krittika	06:35	18:32
05-03-1979	Saptami	Rohini	06:35	18:32
06-03-1979	Ashtami	Mrigashira	06:34	18:32
07-03-1979	Navami	Ardra	06:34	18:32
08-03-1979	Dashami	Ardra	06:33	18:32
09-03-1979	Ekadashi	Punarvasu	06:33	18:32
10-03-1979	Dwadashi	Pushya	06:32	18:32
11-03-1979	Trayodashi	Ashlesha	06:31	18:32
12-03-1979	Chaturdashi	Magha	06:31	18:32
13-03-1979	Purnima	Purva Phalguni	06:30	18:33
14-03-1979	Pratipada	Uttara Phalguni	06:30	18:33
15-03-1979	Dwitiya	Hasta	06:29	18:33
16-03-1979	Tritiya	Chitra	06:29	18:33
17-03-1979	Tritiya	Swati	06:28	18:33
18-03-1979	Chaturthi	Vishakha	06:27	18:33
19-03-1979	Panchami	Anuradha	06:27	18:33
20-03-1979	Shashthi	Jyeshtha	06:26	18:33
21-03-1979	Ashtami	Mula	06:26	18:33
22-03-1979	Navami	Purva Ashadha	06:25	18:33
23-03-1979	Dashami	Uttara Ashadha	06:24	18:33
24-03-1979	Ekadashi	Shravana	06:24	18:33
25-03-1979	Dwadashi	Dhanishta	06:23	18:33
26-03-1979	Trayodashi	Shatabhisha	06:23	18:33
27-03-1979	Chaturdashi	Purva Bhadrapada	06:22	18:33
28-03-1979	Amavasya	Uttara Bhadrapada	06:21	18:33
29-03-1979	Dwitiya	Revati	06:21	18:33
30-03-1979	Tritiya	Ashwini	06:20	18:33
31-03-1979	Chaturthi	Bharani	06:20	18:33

Months are named the purnimanta way used across North India; the dark fortnight belongs to the month that follows the Purnima. A festival is kept on the day its tithi stands at the moment it is observed — sunrise for most, dusk for Diwali and Holika Dahan, midnight for Janmashtami and Shivaratri, moonrise for Karwa Chauth — and local custom sometimes differs by a day. Ask your family priest when in doubt.

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