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May 2013

Vaishakha · Vikram Samvat 2070 · Melbourne
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in May 2013

  1. Varuthini EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 4 May · Krishna Ekadashi: 5 May, 06:33 GMT+10 → 6 May, 06:22 GMT+10
  2. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 6 May · Krishna Trayodashi: 7 May, 06:42 GMT+10 → 8 May, 07:31 GMT+10
  3. Masik ShivaratriVrats
    The monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 8 May, 07:31 GMT+10 → 9 May, 08:47 GMT+10
  4. Partial solar eclipseEclipses
    Visible here, 07:50 to 10:02 (peak 08:52). Sutak from 19:50: by tradition no cooking or eating until it ends, except for children, the elderly and the unwell.Eclipse 10 May, 07:50 GMT+10 → 10 May, 10:02 GMT+10 · sutak from 9 May, 19:50 GMT+10
  5. Vaishakha AmavasyaVrats
    The new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 9 May · Amavasya: 9 May, 08:47 GMT+10 → 10 May, 10:29 GMT+10
  6. Akshaya TritiyaHindu festivals
    A day whose good deeds and purchases are said never to diminish.Tithi begins 12 May · Shukla Tritiya: 12 May, 14:48 GMT+10 → 13 May, 17:17 GMT+10
  7. Vrishabha SankrantiVrats
    The Sun enters Vrishabha.Sun enters 15 May, 02:51 GMT+10
  8. Mohini EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 20 May · Shukla Ekadashi: 21 May, 02:48 GMT+10 → 22 May, 01:32 GMT+10
  9. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 22 May · Shukla Trayodashi: 22 May, 23:34 GMT+10 → 23 May, 20:57 GMT+10
  10. Penumbral lunar eclipseEclipses
    A faint penumbral eclipse; it is not observed and has no sutak.Not visible here
  11. Buddha PurnimaOther faiths
    The birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha.Tithi begins 24 May · Purnima: 24 May, 17:52 GMT+10 → 25 May, 14:24 GMT+10
  12. Vaishakha PurnimaVrats
    The full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 24 May · Purnima: 24 May, 17:52 GMT+10 → 25 May, 14:24 GMT+10
  13. Sankashti ChaturthiVrats
    A fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Tithi begins 27 May · Krishna Chaturthi: 28 May, 03:32 GMT+10 → 29 May, 00:17 GMT+10