Festivals and vrats — March 1953

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Date	Tithi at sunrise	Festival or vrat
01-03-1953 Sunday	Pratipada, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Festival Holi
04-03-1953 Wednesday	Tritiya, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Vrat Sankashti Chaturthi · Observed at moonrise
12-03-1953 Thursday	Ekadashi, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Vrat Papmochani Ekadashi
13-03-1953 Friday	Trayodashi, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Vrat Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
14-03-1953 Saturday	Chaturdashi, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Sankranti Meena Sankranti · 07:41
15-03-1953 Sunday	Amavasya, Krishna Paksha Chaitra	Vrat Amavasya
16-03-1953 Monday	Pratipada, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Chaitra Navratri begins · Gudi Padwa · Ugadi
17-03-1953 Tuesday	Dwitiya, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Navratri, day 2
18-03-1953 Wednesday	Tritiya, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Navratri, day 3Festival Navratri, day 4
19-03-1953 Thursday	Panchami, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Navratri, day 5
20-03-1953 Friday	Shashthi, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Navratri, day 6
21-03-1953 Saturday	Saptami, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Navratri, day 7
22-03-1953 Sunday	Ashtami, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Navratri, day 8
23-03-1953 Monday	Navami, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Ram Navami · Observed at middayFestival Navratri, day 9
26-03-1953 Thursday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Vrat Kamada Ekadashi
27-03-1953 Friday	Dwadashi, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Vrat Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
30-03-1953 Monday	Purnima, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Hanuman JayantiVrat Purnima

Every day of the month

Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Sunrise	Sunset
01-03-1953	Pratipada	Purva Phalguni	05:58	17:40
02-03-1953	Dwitiya	Uttara Phalguni	05:57	17:40
03-03-1953	Tritiya	Hasta	05:56	17:41
04-03-1953	Tritiya	Chitra	05:55	17:41
05-03-1953	Chaturthi	Swati	05:54	17:41
06-03-1953	Panchami	Swati	05:53	17:42
07-03-1953	Shashthi	Vishakha	05:53	17:42
08-03-1953	Saptami	Anuradha	05:52	17:43
09-03-1953	Ashtami	Jyeshtha	05:51	17:43
10-03-1953	Navami	Mula	05:50	17:43
11-03-1953	Dashami	Purva Ashadha	05:49	17:44
12-03-1953	Ekadashi	Uttara Ashadha	05:48	17:44
13-03-1953	Trayodashi	Dhanishta	05:47	17:45
14-03-1953	Chaturdashi	Shatabhisha	05:46	17:45
15-03-1953	Amavasya	Purva Bhadrapada	05:45	17:45
16-03-1953	Pratipada	Uttara Bhadrapada	05:44	17:46
17-03-1953	Dwitiya	Revati	05:43	17:46
18-03-1953	Tritiya	Ashwini	05:42	17:46
19-03-1953	Panchami	Bharani	05:42	17:47
20-03-1953	Shashthi	Krittika	05:41	17:47
21-03-1953	Saptami	Rohini	05:40	17:48
22-03-1953	Ashtami	Mrigashira	05:39	17:48
23-03-1953	Navami	Ardra	05:38	17:48
24-03-1953	Dashami	Punarvasu	05:37	17:49
25-03-1953	Dashami	Pushya	05:36	17:49
26-03-1953	Ekadashi	Ashlesha	05:35	17:49
27-03-1953	Dwadashi	Magha	05:34	17:50
28-03-1953	Trayodashi	Purva Phalguni	05:33	17:50
29-03-1953	Chaturdashi	Uttara Phalguni	05:32	17:50
30-03-1953	Purnima	Uttara Phalguni	05:31	17:51
31-03-1953	Pratipada	Hasta	05:30	17:51

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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