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Festivals and vrat 18
- Purnima Full-moon tithi (udaya tithi shown).
- Purnima Shraddha Shraddha for ancestors who passed away on a Purnima; precedes Pitru Paksha.
- Buddha Purnima Vaishakha Purnima, commemorating the birth, enlightenment and nirvana of the Buddha.
- Guru Purnima Ashadha Purnima, honouring the Guru; also Vyasa Purnima.
- Kartik Purnima Kartika Purnima, the full moon that ends the month of Kartika snana and deepa-daan; the bathing and charity day is the one on which Purnima prevails at sunrise.
- Sharad Purnima Ashwin Purnima; Kojagara Lakshmi puja at night.
- Vat Purnima Vat Savitri Vrat observed on Jyeshtha Purnima in Amanta regions.
- Raksha Bandhan Shravana Purnima; the rakhi is traditionally tied in Aparahna, avoiding Bhadra.
- Datta Jayanti Birth of Bhagavan Dattatreya at dusk on Margashirsha Purnima.
- Dev Deepawali (Tripurotsava) Lamps at dusk on Kartika Purnima (Tripurari Purnima), celebrating Shiva’s victory over Tripurasura. The date here is the evening on which Purnima prevails at Pradosh; the Dev Deepawali Mahotsav on the ghats of Varanasi is usually held on the Kartika Purnima day (Purnima at sunrise), shown as the alternative when it differs.
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) Lakshmi Puja on Kartika Amavasya (Purnimanta) during Pradosh.
- Hanuman Jayanti Birth anniversary of Shri Hanuman on Chaitra Purnima (North Indian tradition).
- Holika Dahan Bonfire on Phalguna Purnima during Pradosh, avoiding Bhadra.
- Karva Chauth Fast by married women broken after sighting the Moon on Kartika Krishna Chaturthi (Purnimanta).
- Krishna Janmashtami Birth of Shri Krishna at midnight on Ashtami of Bhadrapada Krishna (Purnimanta). Smarta date: Ashtami at Nishita, Rohini (Jayanti) deciding between two nights; the Vaishnava (ISKCON) date is shown beside it.
- Savitri Amavasya (Odisha) Odisha's Savitri vrat for marital well-being on Jyeshtha Amavasya (Purnimanta); the day of Amavasya at sunrise, as in the Government of Odisha holiday list.
- Shani Jayanti Birth anniversary of Shani Dev on Jyeshtha Amavasya (Purnimanta).
- Vat Savitri Vrat (Amavasya) North Indian vrat for marital well-being on Jyeshtha Amavasya (Purnimanta), worshipping the banyan tree; the day of Amavasya in the afternoon (Aparahna).
Mantra & Bhakti 10
- Purnima Satyanarayan Puja and Katha Vidhi How to perform the Satyanarayan puja on Purnima or any happy occasion — mandap, kalash, panchamrit, sapaad prasad, the five-chapter katha and aarti.
- Sankatanashana Ganesha Stotram A short stotra listing twelve names of Ganesha, recited to remove obstacles and troubles.
- Om Jai Jagdish Hare Aarti of Vishnu (Jagdish, Lord of the world).
- Om Jai Lakshmi Mata Aarti of Lakshmi.
- Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu (Guru vandana) The best-known verse of salutation to the guru, recited before study and on Guru Purnima.
- Mahalakshmi Ashtakam Eight verses to Mahalakshmi, each ending 'mahālakṣmi namo'stu te'; recited on Fridays and at Diwali.
- Shri Lakshmi Chalisa Forty chaupais to Goddess Lakshmi, daughter of the ocean, asking for wisdom, prosperity and relief from trouble.
- Om Shreem Mahalakshmyai Namah A common Lakshmi mantra with her bija 'śrīṃ', chanted on Fridays and at Diwali.
- Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram The thousand names of Vishnu that Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira in the Mahabharata, with the traditional opening prayers, nyasa and dhyana and the closing phala-shruti.
- Shri Gorakhnath Chalisa Forty chaupais to Guru Gorakhnath, the great yogi of the Nath tradition.
Articles 3
- Amanta and Purnimanta: Two Ways to Count a Lunar Month In the Amanta system a lunar month ends at the new moon; in the Purnimanta system it ends at the full moon. Festival dates are identical in both; only the month label of the Krishna paksha differs.
- Holika Dahan and Holi: Timing and Bhadra Holika Dahan is held on Phalguna Purnima in Pradosh, avoiding Bhadra, and Holi colours follow the next day. Here is how the timing is worked out.
- Tithi: The Lunar Day Explained A tithi is the time the Moon takes to gain 12° on the Sun. Thirty tithis form a lunar month, split into the bright and dark fortnights.