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Festivals this year 1417 Saal (8 July 2009 - 26 July 2010)

Festival	Date	Tithi Duration IST Hours		Remarks
		From	To
Mauna Panchami    Madhushravani begins	12 Jly	(11/7)2051	(12/7)2148	In Mithila this day is celebrated as Nag Panchami.
Madhushravani ends	24 July	(24/7)0328	(25/7)0116	Special day for newly married
Nag Panchami	26 Jul	(25/7)2320	(26/7)2149
Raksha Vandhan	5 Aug	(5/8)0311	(6/8)0411
Krishnastami	14 Aug	(13/8)0935	(14/8)0712
Hartalika (Teej)	23 Aug	(22/8)1122	(23/8)0946
GaneshChauth ChauthChandra	23 Aug	(23/8)0946	(24/8)0834	Morning pooja of Ganesh Pradosh pooja of Chandrama
Karma Dharma Ekadashi	31 Aug	(30/8)1113	(31/8)1306
Anant Caturdashi	3 Sep	(2/9)1710	(3/9)1859
Pitri Paksha begins	5 Sep	(4/9)2029	(5/9)2133
Vishwakarma Pooja	17Sep
Jimutbahan Brat (Jitia)	11 Sep	(11/9)1752	(12/9)1545	Mothers  fast on this day for the welfare of their sons. Parna after 1545 on 12/9
Matri Navami	13 Sep	(12/9)1544	(13/9)1338
Pitri Paksha ends	18 Sep	(18/9)0152	(18/9)2356
Kalashsthapan	19 Sep	(18/9)2356	(19/9)2220
Mahastami	26 Sep	(25/9)2215	(26/9)2358
Maha Navami	27 Sep	(26/9)2358	(28/9)0146
Vijaya Dashami	28 Sep	(28/9)0146	(29/9)0353
Kojagara	3 Oct	(3/10)1026	( 4/10)1106	Pooja in Pradosh(evening)
Dhanteras	15 Oct	(15/10)1451	(16/10)1320
Chaturdashi(ChhotiDivali)	16 Oct	(16/10)1320	(17/10)1147
Deepavali	17 Oct	(17/10)1147	(18/10)1034	Pooja in Pradosh(evening)
Bhratridwitiya	20 Oct	(19/10)0949	(20/10)0934	Sisters perform 'naut' to brothers
Chhath (Sandhya)	24 Oct	(23/10)1152	(24/10)1337	Kharna on previous day and parna on next
Akshyay Navami	27 Oct	(26/10)1756	(27/10)1743
Devotthan Ekadashi	29 Oct	(28/10)2137	(29/10)2303
Kartik Poornima	2 Nov	(2/11)0110	(3/11)0048	Sama Bisarjan/ Guru Nanak Jayanti
Ravi vrat arambh	22 Nov			Sunday
Makara Sankranti Teela Sankranti	14 Jan			Tusari begins
Naraknivaran chaturdashi	13 Jan	(13/1)0822	(14/1)1000	Pradosh
Basant Panchami	20 Jan	(19/1)1948)	(20/1)2124)
Mahashivaratri	12 Feb	(12/2)0251	(13/2)0505	Fast for the day, Mahadeo pooja in pradosh
Poornima/Holika dahan(Fagua)	28 Feb	(28/2)0032	(28/2)2234	Holika dahan in previous night.  Fagua in Mithila & Dol in Bengal
Holi (1 of Chaitra)	1 Mar	(28/2)2234	(1/3)2000	Also  new year day
Vikram sambat 2067	16 Mar			Begins at 0140 IST
Ram Navami	24 Mar	(23/3)2326	(24/3)2132
Mesha Sankranti (Satua)	14 April			Shaka 1930 begins
Jurishital	15 April
Akshaya Tritiya	16 May	( 16/5)0441	(17/5)0255
Ravi Brat Ant	25 Apr			Sunday
Vat Savitri	12 Jun	(11/6)1746	(12/6)1640
Hari Sayan Ekadashi	21 Jul	(21/7)0419	(22/7)0329
Guru Poornima	25 Jul	(6/7)1147	(7/7)1338

*Pradosh : First half prahar (1/8 of duration of night) i.e.about first 1.5 hours of evening is known as pradosh. Chauth Chandra, Kojagra, Deepavali, and Shivaratri  pooja are performed within this hour.If the tithi traverses pradosh on two days, the  pooja has to be performed on later day.

Address query, if any, to: drj_mishra@yahoo.co..in giving (i) Time diff. with respect to IST (ii) sunrise time of the place (iii) question (iv) name and email address.I am not an astrologer, so I cannot be of much help in deciding dates.

Auspicious Dates this year                            

	Marriage:      (Saurath Sabha:  Jul 8-Jul 14 2010)	Upnayan	Dwiragman	Mundan	Grih arambh	Griha pravesh
July 09					8,10,31	27,30,31
August 09					7,8,10	1,3,5
October 09					28,29	22,28,29,31
Nov 09	19,22,23,27		18,19,27	18,23	2,5,28	23,28
Dec 09			3,4	3	2,3
January 10				18
February 10			15,17,18,21,22,24,25,26	3,15,18,25,26	25,26	18,24.25,26
March 10			1,4,5	3,5	3,5
April 10
May 10
June 10	2,3,6,7,13,17,18,20,21,23,24,25,27,28,30	21,22			21,26,28	17,21
July 10	1,8,9,14			1	21,26	21,23