Vasant Panchami 1956 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Saraswati Puja muhurat 06:57–12:43, Thu 16 Feb
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Vasant Panchami 1956 in Pāthardi?
Vasant Panchami Saraswati Puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Vasant Panchami on Thu 16 Feb in Pāthardi?
Vasant Panchami is on Thu 16 Feb: Panchami holds all of purvahna that morning, and no other.
Panchami holds all of purvahna, 06:57–12:43. Panchami: 05:46 to 05:26 Fri.
Panchami ended at 05:26; purvahna is Shashthi. Panchami: 05:46 Thu to 05:26.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Purvahna. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.
Saraswati Puja is done in purvahna, the first half of the day. Panchami runs from 05:46 on Thu 16 Feb to 05:26 on Fri 17 Feb, so only Thursday’s purvahna (06:57–12:43) falls within it. No text giving Vasant Panchami’s time was found; purvahna is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Magha Shukla Panchami
Saraswati Puja is done in purvahna, the first half of the day.
- Smarta
- the morning whose purvahna Panchami holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.