Tithi at sunrise in New Delhi

August 1956 Hindu Calendar

Shravana - Bhadrapada 2013 (Purnimanta) Ashadha - Shravana 2013 (Amanta)

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SunरविMonसोमTueमंगलWedबुधThuगुरुFriशुक्रSatशनि
1K Nava2K Dash3K 11,124K Tray
5K Chtr6Amav7S Prat8S Dwit9S 3,410S Panc11S Shas
12S Sapt13S Asht14S Nava15S DashIndependence Day16S Dash17S Ekad18S Dwad
19S Tray20S Chtr21Purn22K Prat23K Dwit24K Trit25K Chat
26K Panc27K Shas28K Sapt29K Asht30K Nava31K Dash

S Shukla, K Krishna paksha Purnima Amavasya waxing, waning: the white part is the lit moon at sunrise8 gazetted holiday"7,8": one tithi skipped (kshaya)

Take a printout: A4 sheet of August 1956

August has 31 days. Independence Day on 15 August is a national holiday, with Central Government offices and banks closed. Raksha Bandhan, on Shravana Purnima, usually falls in August. Janmashtami and Onam fall in August or September, and Onam is a holiday in Kerala. Milad-un-Nabi, on 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal of the Hijri calendar, changes date every year and depends on moon sighting.

August 1956 day by day · दैनिक पंचांग

Wed 1 Krishna Navami upto 11:30 AM
Krittika nakshatra
Thu 2 Krishna Dashami upto 09:36 AM
Rohini nakshatra
Fri 3 Krishna Ekadashi upto 07:05 AM
Mrigashira nakshatra
Kamika Ekadashi
Sat 4 Krishna Trayodashi upto 12:32 AM, Aug 5
Ardra nakshatra
Shani Pradosh Vrat
Sun 5 Krishna Chaturdashi upto 08:47 PM
Punarvasu nakshatra
Mon 6 Amavasya upto 04:57 PM
Pushya nakshatra
Shravana Amavasya
Tue 7 Shukla Pratipada upto 01:12 PM
Ashlesha nakshatra
Wed 8 Shukla Dwitiya upto 09:44 AM
Purva Phalguni nakshatra
Thu 9 Shukla Tritiya upto 06:43 AM
Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
Fri 10 Shukla Panchami upto 02:41 AM, Aug 11
Hasta nakshatra
Sat 11 Shukla Shashthi upto 01:53 AM, Aug 12
Chitra nakshatra
Sun 12 Shukla Saptami upto 01:56 AM, Aug 13
Swati nakshatra
Mon 13 Shukla Ashtami upto 02:49 AM, Aug 14
Vishakha nakshatra
Tue 14 Shukla Navami upto 04:22 AM, Aug 15
Anuradha nakshatra
Wed 15 Shukla Dashami upto 06:27 AM, Aug 16
Jyeshtha nakshatra
Independence Day
Thu 16 Shukla Dashami upto 06:27 AM
Jyeshtha nakshatra
Simha Sankranti
Fri 17 Shukla Ekadashi upto 08:51 AM
Mula nakshatra
Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
Sat 18 Shukla Dwadashi upto 11:22 AM
Purva Ashadha nakshatra
Shani Pradosh Vrat
Sun 19 Shukla Trayodashi upto 01:50 PM
Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
Mon 20 Shukla Chaturdashi upto 04:07 PM
Shravana nakshatra
Tue 21 Purnima upto 06:10 PM
Dhanishta nakshatra
Shravana Purnima
Wed 22 Krishna Pratipada upto 07:54 PM
Shatabhisha nakshatra
Thu 23 Krishna Dwitiya upto 09:19 PM
Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
Fri 24 Krishna Tritiya upto 10:23 PM
Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
Sat 25 Krishna Chaturthi upto 11:03 PM
Revati nakshatra
Sun 26 Krishna Panchami upto 11:18 PM
Ashwini nakshatra
Mon 27 Krishna Shashthi upto 11:05 PM
Bharani nakshatra
Tue 28 Krishna Saptami upto 10:20 PM
Krittika nakshatra
Wed 29 Krishna Ashtami upto 09:01 PM
Rohini nakshatra
Thu 30 Krishna Navami upto 07:10 PM
Mrigashira nakshatra
Fri 31 Krishna Dashami upto 04:46 PM
Ardra nakshatra

Holidays in August 1956

The DoPT holiday list for 1956 is being updated.

Amanta or Purnimanta?

North India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab) counts a lunar month from full moon to full moon (Purnimanta). Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana count it from new moon to new moon (Amanta). The tithis and festival days are the same; only the month name of the Krishna paksha differs, which is why Diwali is in Kartika in one system and in Ashwin in the other.