Festivals and vrats — March 1979

Kolkata, West Bengal, 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	Vrat Amavasya
29-03-1979 Thursday	Pratipada, Shukla Paksha Chaitra	Festival Chaitra Navratri begins · Gudi Padwa · Ugadi
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	05:58	17:40
02-03-1979	Chaturthi	Ashwini	05:57	17:40
03-03-1979	Panchami	Bharani	05:56	17:40
04-03-1979	Shashthi	Krittika	05:55	17:41
05-03-1979	Saptami	Rohini	05:55	17:41
06-03-1979	Ashtami	Mrigashira	05:54	17:42
07-03-1979	Navami	Ardra	05:53	17:42
08-03-1979	Dashami	Ardra	05:52	17:42
09-03-1979	Ekadashi	Punarvasu	05:51	17:43
10-03-1979	Dwadashi	Pushya	05:50	17:43
11-03-1979	Trayodashi	Ashlesha	05:49	17:44
12-03-1979	Chaturdashi	Magha	05:48	17:44
13-03-1979	Purnima	Purva Phalguni	05:47	17:44
14-03-1979	Pratipada	Uttara Phalguni	05:47	17:45
15-03-1979	Dwitiya	Hasta	05:46	17:45
16-03-1979	Dwitiya	Chitra	05:45	17:46
17-03-1979	Tritiya	Swati	05:44	17:46
18-03-1979	Chaturthi	Vishakha	05:43	17:46
19-03-1979	Panchami	Anuradha	05:42	17:47
20-03-1979	Shashthi	Jyeshtha	05:41	17:47
21-03-1979	Ashtami	Mula	05:40	17:47
22-03-1979	Navami	Purva Ashadha	05:39	17:48
23-03-1979	Dashami	Uttara Ashadha	05:38	17:48
24-03-1979	Ekadashi	Shravana	05:37	17:48
25-03-1979	Dwadashi	Dhanishta	05:36	17:49
26-03-1979	Trayodashi	Shatabhisha	05:35	17:49
27-03-1979	Chaturdashi	Purva Bhadrapada	05:34	17:50
28-03-1979	Amavasya	Uttara Bhadrapada	05:33	17:50
29-03-1979	Pratipada	Revati	05:32	17:50
30-03-1979	Tritiya	Ashwini	05:31	17:51
31-03-1979	Chaturthi	Bharani	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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