Marathi Calendar (Shake Panchang, Tithi & Nakshatra)

About the Marathi Calendar (Shake Panchang, Tithi & Nakshatra)

A month of the Marathi calendar for your own town. Every day shows its tithi and nakshatra at sunrise and its place in the amanta month — Chaitra to Phalgun, with the adhik maas named in a year that has one — and the Shaka year and samvatsara from Gudi Padwa head the month. Sankashti Chaturthi (Angarki on a Tuesday), Ekadashi — Ashadhi and Kartiki among them — Purnima and Amavasya are marked, with Maharashtra’s festivals from Gudi Padwa to Ganesh Chaturthi, Dasara, Diwali and Holi, each placed by its tithi rule. Tap a day for its panchang and its Rahu kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika.

The months run from new moon to new moon and are named after the sign the Sun is in at the new moon, the rule of the Rashtriya Panchang; every month beginning matches its table for Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra and Karnataka. Names are in Marathi and English; print the month on A4 or Letter, save it as CSV, or add the year’s festivals to your phone calendar. Everything is calculated on your device.

How the months and pakshas are worked out

An amanta month runs from one new moon to the next and is named after the sidereal sign the Sun is in at the new moon that begins it: a new moon while the Sun is in Meena begins Chaitra, in Mesha Vaishakh, and so on. When two new moons fall while the Sun stays in one sign, the first month is adhik (extra) and the second nija; festivals are kept in the nija month. A month or paksha begins on the day whose sunrise falls in its Pratipada — or on the day a short (kshaya) Pratipada begins and ends — as the Rashtriya Panchang’s tables count it.

The tests compare all twenty-six paksha beginnings of the Rashtriya Panchang’s table for Saka 1948 at its central station; all agree. At Pune one comes a day earlier — Nija Jyeshtha’s Vadya paksha, whose Pratipada begins at 05:27 IST on 30 June 2026, before Pune’s sunrise — because the calendar follows the town’s own sunrise.

Year, tithi and nakshatra

• Year: the Shaka year and the samvatsara begin on Gudi Padwa, Chaitra Shuddha Pratipada; the samvatsara is the one the Rashtriya Panchang lists under “south Indian usage” in its table of eras.
• Tithi and nakshatra: the ones current at sunrise name the day; the panchang gives when they end and what follows. A “+” marks a tithi that begins and ends before the next sunrise, a ² the second day of a tithi.
• Sankashti Chaturthi: the day Vadya Chaturthi is current at moonrise, when the fast is broken — Angarki when that day is a Tuesday. Ekadashi follows the Smarta (स्मार्त) rule, with the Vaishnava day — भागवत एकादशी in Marathi calendars, the one Warkaris keep — when it differs; both are marked. Purnima and Amavasya are kept on the day whose sunrise they cover.

Festivals and the rules they follow

• Gudi Padwa: Chaitra Shuddha Pratipada at sunrise. Makar Sankranti: the day the Sun enters Makara, the next day when it enters after sunset.
• By the tithi, with the Rashtriya Panchang’s rules: Ram Navami (midday), Hanuman Jayanti (Chaitra Purnima), Akshaya Tritiya (forenoon), Guru Purnima, Nag Panchami, Raksha Bandhan (after Bhadra), Gokulashtami, Hartalika, Ganesh Chaturthi (midday), Rishi Panchami, Anant Chaturdashi, Pitru Paksha and Sarvapitri Amavasya (afternoon), Ghatasthapana, Dasara (afternoon), Kojagiri Purnima (night), Dhanatrayodashi, Narak Chaturdashi (dawn), Lakshmi Pujan (Amavasya at dusk), Balipratipada, Bhaubeej, Datta Jayanti, Vasant Panchami, Ratha Saptami, Maha Shivaratri (midnight), Holi and Dhulivandan.

The tests compare Gudi Padwa, Gokulashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Anant Chaturdashi, Dasara, Kojagiri, the Diwali days and Holi with the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris and the Rashtriya Panchang.

Local almanacs

This calendar is computed from the true positions of the Sun and the Moon, as the Rashtriya Panchang is. Printed almanacs that use other methods or another town’s sunrise can put a tithi, Sankashti or a festival a day earlier or later when a tithi changes close to sunrise, and families keep some festivals by their own custom (Vat Purnima, Shravan Somvar, Mangalagaur). Follow your family or temple where they differ.

Sources

• India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomy Centre: Rashtriya Panchang — Regional calendars, Chronological eras, Explanation and Principal festivals — and the festival criteria of the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris; the Marathi names follow the Rashtriya Panchang’s Marathi edition.
• D. Cross, astronomy-engine (MIT licence): the positions of the Sun and the Moon and the searches for sunrise, sunset and moonrise.
• GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): the towns, coordinates and time zones of the place search.

Limitations

• Printed almanacs that use other methods or another town’s sunrise can show a tithi or festival a day earlier or later.
• Festivals kept by a weekday or by family custom (Shravan Somvar, Mangalagaur, Vat Purnima) are not placed; every day’s tithi is shown so you can find them.
• Times are for a level horizon at sea level; hills change sunrise, sunset and moonrise by a few minutes.
• Years from 1900 to 2100 are supported. Where the Sun does not rise or set (near the poles) the day is counted from midnight.

Privacy

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