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January 2021 Maagh SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR of NY Paush January 2021 Maagh SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday New Year’s Day Chowth Vrat Mool begins @ 9:45am (Ganesh Puja) Mool 1 2 Mool ends Ashtami Navami Ekadashi Vrat Ekadashi Vrat @ 9:27am Vaishnav 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pradosh Vrat Maasik New Moon 11:59pm Pausha Shukla Makar Sankranti Panchak begins Chowth Vrat Mool Begins Shiva Raatri Pausha Paksha begins @ 6:36am Ganesh Puja @ 12:20am Chaturdashi Amaswasya Panchak Mool ends 10 @ 9:08pm 11 12 13 14 15 16 Panchak MLK Day Panchak Ashtami Mool ends Navami Shukra Asta begins Panchak ends @ 5:07am Panchak @ 2:07am Mool begins 17 @ 11:25pm 18 19 20 21 22 23 Ekadashi Vrat Pradoshi Vrat Trayodashi Chaturdashi FM Tithi ends Maagh Krishna Mool ends Dwadashi Full Moon begins @ 2:15pm Paksh begins @ 3:58pm @ 2:47pm Paush Purnima Vrat Full Moon Katha Mool Mool begins 24 25 26 27 @ 5:21pm 28 29 30 Chowth Vrat Ganesh Puja 31 maagh february 2021 phalguna SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Mool begins @ 6:08am 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ekadashi Vrat Pradosh Vrat Maasik New Moon 2:05pm Maagh Panchak Mool Mool ends Shiva Raatri maagh Amaswasya Navratri begins @ 4:51pm Panchak begins Kumbha Sankranti @ 3:41pm Panchak 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Panchak President Day Saraswati Jayanti Mool ends Durga Ashtami Navami Chowth Vrat 7:14am - 12:09pm @ 1:19pm Maagh Nav Raatri Ganesh Puja Vasant Panchami ends Panchak Planting of Holika Mool Begins Panchak ends 10:27am Mool 14 @ 7:59am 15 16 17 18 19 20 Ekadashi Vrat Pradosh Vrat Trayodashi Maagh Full Moon ends Mool Begins Purnima Vrat @ 3:27am @ 2:47am Full Moon Katha Phalguna Krishna Mool Paksh begin Mool ends 21 22 23 24 25 26 @ 12:48am 27 28 phalguna March 2021 Chaitra SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Chowth Vrat Mool begins Mool Ganesh Puja @ 12:08am 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mool ends Ekadashi Vrat Ekadashi Vrat Pradosh Vrat Maha Shivaraatri Phalguna Amavasya New Moon 5:20am @10:29pm Vaishnav Panchak Begins Chaturdashi Chaturdashi Chaitra Shukla @ 10:51pm begins @ 4:09am ends @ 4:42am Paksh begins Panchak Panchak Panchak 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Daylight Saving Time Panchak ends Chowth Vrat Spring Begins begins +1hr @ 7:14pm Ganesh Puja Meen Sankranti Mool ends Panchak Mool @ 10:01pm Mool Begins @ 4:50pm 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Ashtami Navami Ekadashi Vrat Mool Pradosh Vrat Full Moon Holashtaka Tithi Begins @ 5:57pm Begins Mool Begins Mool ends Holika Dahan @ 1:42pm @ 12:10pm Burning of Holika 12:43am - 1:01am 21 22 23 24 25 26 Sunday 27 Chaitra Krishna Full Moon ends @ 2:47pm Chowth Vrat Maha Shiva Raatri Paksh begins Full Moon Khata Ganesh Puja Thursday March 11th Kharwaas begins Phalguna Pumima Vrat Night Prahars: Holi/Phagwa Holashtak ends 28 29 30 31 NY: 6:00pm, 9:00pm, 12:05am, 3:11am, 6:12am Burning of Holika Sunday March 28th 12:43am - 1:01am Chaitra April 2021 Vaishaakh SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Nav Raatri Monday April 12th Mool Begins Mool Mool ends Ghata-sthapana/kalash Sthapana: 6:22am - 10:45am @ 7:49pm @ 5:09pm (Prepared a Kalsha with 5 Mango leaves, coin, Supari,Dye, Paan Tie Good Friday thread around Kalsha, Mark the Swastika on Kalsha Put Coconut wrap with Red Cloth or Thread on Top) 1 2 3 Easter Budhawa Mangal Ekadashi Vrat Pradosh Vrat Maasik Panchak (Last Day of Holi) Panchak begins Panchak Shiva Raatri Mool Begins @ 5:30pm Panchak @ 11:28pm 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 New Moon: 10:30pm Chaitra Nav Raatri Begins Ramadan Begins Matsya Jayanti Chowth Vrat Shukra Asta Ends Chaitra, Amawasya Hindu New Year 2078 Mesha Sankranti Ganesh Puja Kharwaas ends Samwat Naamaanada Panchak Panchak ends @ 2:00am Mool ends @ 4:50am Mool 11 Mool 12 13 14 15 16 17 Durga Ashtami Sri Ram Navmi Nav Raatri Vrat ends Ekadashi Vrat Lagan Nav Raatri Vrat ends Lagan Pradosh Vrat Mool Begins Mool ends Lagan @ 10:29pm Mool @ 10:12pm Navmi Tithi ends 18 19 20 @ 3:05pm 21 22 23 24 Lagan Full Moon @ 11:31pm Vaishaakh Lagan Chowth Vrat Lagan Krishna Paksh Ganesh Puja Hanuman Jayanti begins Mool begins Mool Chaitra Purnima @ 5:00am 25 Vrat/Katha 26 27 28 29 30 Vaishaakh May 2021 Jyeshtha SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Lagan Mool ends @ 12:46am 1 Lagan Panchak begins Panchak Panchak Ekadashi Vrat Lagan @ 4:14am Lagan Pradosh Vrat Panchak Panchak 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Mother’s Day New Moon: 2:59pm Vaishaakh Lagan Akshaya Tritiya Chowth Vrat Maasik Shiva Raatri Shukla Paksh Lagan Ganesh Puja Panchak ends Vaishaakh begins Vrishabha Sankranti @ 7:59am Amaawasya Parshuram Jayanti 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Ganga Jayanti Sita Jayanti Lagan Ekadashi Vrat Lagan 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pradosh Vrat Narsimha Jayanti Full Moon Tithi Begins Vaishakah Purnima Lagan Chowth Vrat Lagan Lagan @ 10:59am Full Moon ends 7:13am Ganesh Puja Lagan Vaishaakh Purnima Narad Jayanti Vrat/Katha Jyeshtha Krishna Paksh 23 24 Kurma Jayanti 25 Begins, Moon Eclipse26 27 28 29 Memorial Day Panchak begins @ 6:29pm 30 31 jyeshtha June 2021 ashadha SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Panchak Panchak Panchak Panchak Panchak ends Lagan Lagan @ 1:58pm Ekadashi Vrat 1 2 3 4 5 Pradosh Vrat Maasik Jyeshtha New Moon: 6:52am Shiva Raatri Amaawasya Jyeshtha Shukla Shani Jayanti Paksh begins Surya Grahan 6 7 8 9 (No Sutak) 10 11 12 Chowth Vrat Mithuna Lagan Lagan Lagan Lagan Ganesh Puja Sankranti Ganga Dashami Children’s Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Summer Begins Vaishnav Lagan Vat Purnima Vrat Full Moon Tithi ends Aashadha Father’s Day Ekadashi Pradosh Vrat @ 2:39pm Krishna Paksh Nirjal Ekadashi Vrat Jyeshtha begins Lagan Purnima Vrat Full Moon Katha 20 21 22 23 Lagan 24 25 26 Chowth Vrat Lagan Ganesh Puja 27 28 29 30 AASHAADH JuLY 2021 shrawana SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Lagan 1 2 3 Independence Ekadashi Vrat Pradosh Vrat Maasik New Moon: 9:16pm Aashadha Nav Day Shiva Raatri Aashadha Raatri begins Lagan Amaawasya 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Chowth Vrat Lagan Lagan Karka Sankranti Ashtami Ganesh Puja 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Aashadh Dev Shainee Pradosh Vrat Chaturdashi Full Moon ends @ 10:36pm Shrawana Krishna Nav Raatri ends Ekadashi Vrat Vyas Puja Paksh begins Guru Purnima Sawan Somwar Aashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat Begins 18 19 20 21 22 Full Moon Katha 23 24 Panchak begins Somwar Vrat Chowth Vrat Panchak Panchak Panchak ends Ashtami @ 1:18pm Panchak Ganesh Puja @ 4:33am Panchak 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Shrawana August2021 bhadrapada SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Navmi Somwar Vrat Ekadashi Vrat Ekadashi Vrat Pradosh Vrat Maasik (Vaishnav) Shiva Raatri 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 New Moon: 9:49am Shrawana Shukla Chowth Vrat Nag Panchami Kalki Jayanti Tulsidas Jayanti Shrawana Purnima Paksh begins Ganesh Puja Amaawasya Somwar Vrat 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Ashtami SomwarVrat ends Ekadashi Vrat Pradosh Vrat Raksha Bandhan Simha Sankranti Shrawon Purnima Vrat Navami Full Moon Katha Panchak begins 10:27pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 Sawan Vrat ends 21 Full Moon Tithi Bhadrapad Krishna Panchak Chowth Vrat Panchak ends BalaRam Jayanti ends @ 8:01am Pakash begins Ganesh Puja @ 12:59pm Gaitri Jayanti Panchak Panchak Santoshi Ma Jayanti Panchak 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Shri Krishna Janam Ashtami Navami Janam Ashtami Vaishnav (Smarta) 29 30 31 bhadrapada september 2021 ashwina SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Ekadashi Vrat Massik Shiva Raatri Pradosh Vrat 1 2 3 4 New Moon: 8:51pm Bhadrapada Varaha Jayanti Shri Ganesh Bhadrapada Shukla Paksh Jayanti Amaawasya begins Rishi Panchami 5 Labor Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 Radha Ashtami Ekadashi Vrat Vaman Jayanti Pradosh Vrat Kanya Sankranti Panchak begins @ 5:56am 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Panchak Full Moon Tithi Pitri Paksh begins Autumn begins Chowth Vrat Ganesh Visarjan ends @ 7:54pm Ashwina Krishna Panchak ends Ganesh Puja Bhadrapada Paksh begins @ 9:14pm Purnima Vrat Panchak Full Moon Katha 19 Panchak 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ashtami Navami 26 27 28 29 30 ashwina october 2021 kartika SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Ekadashi Vrat 1 2 Pradosh Vrat Maasik Pitri Paksh ends New Moon: 7:04am Chowth Vrat Shiva Raatri Ashwina Sharad Nav Raatri Ganesh Puja Amaawasya begins Ashwina Shukla 3 4 5 Paksh begins 6 7 8 9 Columbus Day Saraswati Puja Durga Ashtami Vijay Dashmi Panchak begins Ekadashi Vrat Saraswati Avahan Durga Navami Dussehra @ 11:46pm Panchak Saraswati Visarjan Durga Visarjan Nav Raatri Vrat 10 11 12 13 ends 14 15 16 Pradosh Vrat Panchak Ashwina Purnima Full Moon Tithi Kartika Krishna Chowth Vrat Tula Sankranti Vrat/Katha ends @ 10:56am Paksh begins Ganesh Puja Panchak Panchak Ashwina Purnima Karwa Chowth Sharad Purnima Panchak ends 17 18 19 @ 4:32am 20 21 22 23 Ashtami Navami 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Halloween Ekadashi Vrat 31 kartika november 2021 margashirsha SANAATAN DHARMA MANDIR OF NY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Gowats Dwadashi Yam Deep Narak Chaturdashi New Moon: 5:14am Bhaiya Dooj DhanTeras Amaawasya Tithi Diwali - Maha Kartik Shukla Pradosh Vrat begins @ 8:33pm Lakshmi Puja Paksh begins Maasik Goberhan Puja 1 Shiva Raatri 2 3 4 5 6 Daylight Saving Veterans Day Panchak Panchak Time ends -1hr Panchak begins Chowth Vrat @ 4:22pm Ganesh Puja 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Dev Uthani Lagan Pradosh Vrat Full Moon Tithi Full Moon Tithi Ekadashi Vrat Panchak Vrishchika Sankranti begins @ 1:30am ends @ 3:56am Lagan Panchak ends Kartika Purnima Lagan Margshirsha Panchak @ 9:45am Vrat
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