Tithi at sunrise in New Delhi

August 1959 Hindu Calendar

Shravana - Bhadrapada 2016 (Purnimanta) Ashadha - Shravana 2016 (Amanta)

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SunरविMonसोमTueमंगलWedबुधThuगुरुFriशुक्रSatशनि
1K Dwad
2K Tray3K Chtr4Amav5S Prat6S Dwit7S Trit8S Chat
9S Panc10S Shas11S Sapt12S Asht13S 9,1014S Ekad15S DwadIndependence Day
16S Tray17S Chtr18Purn19K Prat20K Dwit21K Trit22K Chat
23K Panc24K Shas25K Sapt26K Asht27K Nava28K Dash29K Dash
30K Ekad31K Dwad

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 1959

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 1959 day by day · दैनिक पंचांग

Sat 1 Krishna Dwadashi upto 05:50 PM
Mrigashira nakshatra
Shani Pradosh Vrat
Sun 2 Krishna Trayodashi upto 07:06 PM
Ardra nakshatra
Mon 3 Krishna Chaturdashi upto 07:51 PM
Punarvasu nakshatra
Tue 4 Amavasya upto 08:06 PM
Pushya nakshatra
Shravana Amavasya
Wed 5 Shukla Pratipada upto 07:53 PM
Ashlesha nakshatra
Thu 6 Shukla Dwitiya upto 07:16 PM
Magha nakshatra
Fri 7 Shukla Tritiya upto 06:18 PM
Purva Phalguni nakshatra
Sat 8 Shukla Chaturthi upto 05:02 PM
Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
Sun 9 Shukla Panchami upto 03:30 PM
Hasta nakshatra
Mon 10 Shukla Shashthi upto 01:44 PM
Chitra nakshatra
Tue 11 Shukla Saptami upto 11:45 AM
Swati nakshatra
Wed 12 Shukla Ashtami upto 09:35 AM
Vishakha nakshatra
Thu 13 Shukla Navami upto 07:15 AM
Anuradha nakshatra
Fri 14 Shukla Ekadashi upto 02:23 AM, Aug 15
Jyeshtha nakshatra
Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
Sat 15 Shukla Dwadashi upto 12:00 AM
Mula nakshatra
Independence Day
Sun 16 Shukla Trayodashi upto 09:47 PM
Purva Ashadha nakshatra
Ravi Pradosh Vrat
Mon 17 Shukla Chaturdashi upto 07:53 PM
Shravana nakshatra
Simha Sankranti
Tue 18 Purnima upto 06:22 PM
Dhanishta nakshatra
Shravana Purnima
Wed 19 Krishna Pratipada upto 05:24 PM
Shatabhisha nakshatra
Thu 20 Krishna Dwitiya upto 05:02 PM
Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
Fri 21 Krishna Tritiya upto 05:20 PM
Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
Sat 22 Krishna Chaturthi upto 06:19 PM
Revati nakshatra
Sun 23 Krishna Panchami upto 07:55 PM
Revati nakshatra
Mon 24 Krishna Shashthi upto 10:00 PM
Ashwini nakshatra
Tue 25 Krishna Saptami upto 12:22 AM, Aug 26
Bharani nakshatra
Wed 26 Krishna Ashtami upto 02:47 AM, Aug 27
Krittika nakshatra
Thu 27 Krishna Navami upto 05:02 AM, Aug 28
Rohini nakshatra
Fri 28 Krishna Dashami upto 06:54 AM, Aug 29
Mrigashira nakshatra
Sat 29 Krishna Dashami upto 06:54 AM
Ardra nakshatra
Sun 30 Krishna Ekadashi upto 08:14 AM
Punarvasu nakshatra
Aja Ekadashi
Mon 31 Krishna Dwadashi upto 08:57 AM
Pushya nakshatra
Soma Pradosh Vrat

Holidays in August 1959

The DoPT holiday list for 1959 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.