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August 2018

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Festivals, vrats and holidays in August 2018

  1. Kamika EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 6 Aug · Krishna Ekadashi: 7 Aug, 03:22 GMT+1 → 8 Aug, 00:45 GMT+1
  2. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Krishna Trayodashi: 8 Aug, 21:40 GMT+1 → 9 Aug, 18:15 GMT+1
  3. Masik ShivaratriVrats
    The monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 9 Aug, 18:15 GMT+1 → 10 Aug, 14:37 GMT+1
  4. Partial solar eclipseEclipses
    Not visible here, so no sutak applies.Not visible here
  5. Shravana AmavasyaVrats
    The new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 10 Aug · Amavasya: 10 Aug, 14:37 GMT+1 → 11 Aug, 10:58 GMT+1
  6. Hariyali TeejHindu festivals
    A monsoon festival of swings and green, kept by married women for their husbands.Tithi begins 12 Aug · Shukla Tritiya: 13 Aug, 04:06 GMT+1 → 14 Aug, 01:15 GMT+1
  7. Independence DayNational
    India’s independence in 1947.
  8. Nag PanchamiHindu festivals
    Serpent deities are worshipped with milk and prayers.Tithi begins 14 Aug · Shukla Panchami: 14 Aug, 22:57 GMT+1 → 15 Aug, 21:21 GMT+1
  9. Simha SankrantiVrats
    The Sun enters Simha.Sun enters 17 Aug, 02:20 GMT+1
  10. Eid al-Adha (Bakrid)Other faithsExpected
    The festival of sacrifice.Expected date; it can move by a day with the moon sighting.
  11. Shravana Putrada EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 20 Aug · Shukla Ekadashi: 21 Aug, 00:46 GMT+1 → 22 Aug, 03:10 GMT+1
  12. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 22 Aug · Shukla Trayodashi: 23 Aug, 05:45 GMT+1 → 24 Aug, 08:20 GMT+1
  13. OnamRegional
    Kerala’s harvest festival, welcoming King Mahabali.
  14. Raksha BandhanHindu festivals
    Sisters tie a rakhi on their brothers’ wrists for protection and love.Tithi begins 25 Aug · Purnima: 25 Aug, 10:46 GMT+1 → 26 Aug, 12:56 GMT+1
  15. Shravana PurnimaVrats
    The full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 25 Aug · Purnima: 25 Aug, 10:46 GMT+1 → 26 Aug, 12:56 GMT+1
  16. Sankashti ChaturthiVrats
    A fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Krishna Chaturthi: 29 Aug, 17:08 GMT+1 → 30 Aug, 17:39 GMT+1