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Festivals, vrats and holidays

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May 2021

Vaishakha · Vikram Samvat 2078 · Melbourne
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in May 2021

  1. Varuthini EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 6 May · Krishna Ekadashi: 6 May, 18:40 GMT+10 → 7 May, 20:02 GMT+10
  2. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 8 May · Krishna Trayodashi: 8 May, 21:51 GMT+10 → 10 May, 00:00 GMT+10
  3. Masik ShivaratriVrats
    The monthly night of Shiva.Tithi begins 9 May · Krishna Chaturdashi: 10 May, 00:00 GMT+10 → 11 May, 02:25 GMT+10
  4. Vaishakha AmavasyaVrats
    The new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 10 May · Amavasya: 11 May, 02:25 GMT+10 → 12 May, 05:00 GMT+10
  5. Eid al-FitrOther faithsExpected
    The end of the Ramadan fast.Expected date; it can move by a day with the moon sighting.
  6. Akshaya TritiyaHindu festivals
    A day whose good deeds and purchases are said never to diminish.Tithi begins 14 May · Shukla Tritiya: 14 May, 10:09 GMT+10 → 15 May, 12:30 GMT+10
  7. Vrishabha SankrantiVrats
    The Sun enters Vrishabha.Sun enters 15 May, 03:54 GMT+10
  8. Mohini EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 22 May · Shukla Ekadashi: 22 May, 13:46 GMT+10 → 23 May, 11:13 GMT+10
  9. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 24 May, 08:08 GMT+10 → 25 May, 04:41 GMT+10
  10. Total lunar eclipseEclipses
    Visible here, 19:44 to 22:52 (peak 21:18). Sutak from 10:44: by tradition no cooking or eating until it ends, except for children, the elderly and the unwell.Eclipse 26 May, 19:44 GMT+10 → 26 May, 22:52 GMT+10 · sutak from 26 May, 10:44 GMT+10
  11. Buddha PurnimaOther faiths
    The birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha.Tithi begins 25 May · Purnima: 26 May, 01:00 GMT+10 → 26 May, 21:13 GMT+10
  12. Vaishakha PurnimaVrats
    The full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 25 May · Purnima: 26 May, 01:00 GMT+10 → 26 May, 21:13 GMT+10
  13. Sankashti ChaturthiVrats
    A fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Krishna Chaturthi: 29 May, 11:03 GMT+10 → 30 May, 08:33 GMT+10