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August 2013
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1Krishna Ekadashi from 12:32Ekadashi2Krishna Dwadashi from 15:02Dwadashi3Krishna Trayodashi from 17:33Trayodashi4Krishna Chaturdashi from 19:56Chaturdashi5Krishna Amavasya from 22:02Amavasya6Shukla Pratipada from 23:50Pratipada7Shukla Dwitiya from 01:17Dwitiya8Shukla Tritiya from 02:21Tritiya9Shukla Chaturthi from 03:03Chaturthi10Shukla Panchami from 03:22Panchami11Shukla Shashthi from 03:15Shashthi12Shukla Saptami from 02:42Saptami13Shukla Ashtami from 01:38Ashtami14Shukla Navami from 00:05Navami15Shukla Dashami from 22:02Dashami16Shukla Ekadashi from 19:31Ekadashi17Shukla Dwadashi from 16:38Dwadashi18Shukla Trayodashi from 13:28Trayodashi19Shukla Chaturdashi from 10:09Chaturdashi20Shukla Purnima from 06:51Purnima+121Krishna Dwitiya from 00:58Dwitiya22Krishna Tritiya from 22:43Tritiya23Krishna Chaturthi from 21:07Chaturthi24Krishna Panchami from 20:17Panchami25Krishna Shashthi from 20:16Shashthi26Krishna Saptami from 21:04Saptami27Krishna Ashtami from 22:36Ashtami28Krishna Navami from 00:40Navami29Krishna Dashami from 03:04Dashami30Krishna Ekadashi from 05:34Ekadashi31Krishna Ekadashi (continues)Ekadashi
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in August 2013
- Kamika EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 1 Aug · Krishna Ekadashi: 1 Aug, 12:32 GMT+2 → 2 Aug, 15:02 GMT+2
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 3 Aug · Krishna Trayodashi: 3 Aug, 17:33 GMT+2 → 4 Aug, 19:56 GMT+2
- Masik ShivaratriVratsThe monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 4 Aug, 19:56 GMT+2 → 5 Aug, 22:02 GMT+2
- Shravana AmavasyaVratsThe new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 5 Aug · Amavasya: 5 Aug, 22:02 GMT+2 → 6 Aug, 23:51 GMT+2
- Eid al-FitrOther faithsExpectedThe end of the Ramadan fast.Expected date; it can move by a day with the moon sighting.
- Hariyali TeejHindu festivalsA monsoon festival of swings and green, kept by married women for their husbands.Tithi begins 8 Aug · Shukla Tritiya: 9 Aug, 02:21 GMT+2 → 10 Aug, 03:03 GMT+2
- Nag PanchamiHindu festivalsSerpent deities are worshipped with milk and prayers.Tithi begins 10 Aug · Shukla Panchami: 11 Aug, 03:22 GMT+2 → 12 Aug, 03:15 GMT+2
- Independence DayNationalIndia’s independence in 1947.
- Simha SankrantiVratsThe Sun enters Simha.Sun enters 16 Aug, 20:37 GMT+2
- Shravana Putrada EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 16 Aug · Shukla Ekadashi: 16 Aug, 19:31 GMT+2 → 17 Aug, 16:38 GMT+2
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 18 Aug, 13:28 GMT+2 → 19 Aug, 10:09 GMT+2
- Raksha BandhanHindu festivalsSisters tie a rakhi on their brothers’ wrists for protection and love.Purnima: 20 Aug, 06:51 GMT+2 → 21 Aug, 03:44 GMT+2
- OnamRegionalKerala’s harvest festival, welcoming King Mahabali.
- Shravana PurnimaVratsThe full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Purnima: 20 Aug, 06:51 GMT+2 → 21 Aug, 03:44 GMT+2
- Sankashti ChaturthiVratsA fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Tithi begins 23 Aug · Krishna Chaturthi: 23 Aug, 21:07 GMT+2 → 24 Aug, 20:17 GMT+2
- Krishna JanmashtamiHindu festivalsThe birth of Lord Krishna at midnight.Krishna Ashtami: 27 Aug, 22:36 GMT+2 → 29 Aug, 00:40 GMT+2
- Aja EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 30 Aug · Krishna Ekadashi: 31 Aug, 05:34 GMT+2 → 1 Sept, 07:56 GMT+2