January 2016 05 Tuesday Saphala Ekadashi 14 Thursday Pongal, Makar Sankranti 19 Tuesday Pausha Putrada Ekadashi 23 Saturday Paush Purnima 27 Wednesday Sakat Chauth February 2016 04 Thursday Shattila Ekadashi 07 Sunday Mauni Amavas 12 Friday Vasant Panchami 13 Saturday Kumbha Sankranti 14 Sunday Ratha Saptami, Bhishma Ashtami 18 Thursday Jaya Ekadashi 22 Monday Magha Purnima March 2016 04 Friday Vijaya Ekadashi 06 Sunday Maha Shivaratri 08 Tuesday Surya Grahan 13 Sunday Meena Sankranti 18 Friday Amalaki Ekadashi 22 Tuesday Chhoti Holi, Holika Dahan, Chandra Grahan, Phalguna Purnima 23 Wednesday Holi 31 Thursday Basoda, Sheetala Ashtami April 2016 03 Sunday Papmochani Ekadashi 07 Thursday Chaitra Navratri, Gudi Padwa, Ugadi 09 Saturday Gauri Puja, Gangaur 12 Tuesday Yamuna Chhath 13 Wednesday Solar New Year, Mesha Sankranti 14 Thursday Rama Navami *Smarta 15 Friday Rama Navami *Vaishnava 17 Sunday Kamada Ekadashi 21 Thursday Hanuman Jayanti May 2016 02 Monday Varuthini Ekadashi 08 Sunday Parashurama Jayanti, Akshaya Tritiya 12 Thursday Ganga Saptami 14 Saturday Sita Navami, Vrishabha Sankranti 16 Monday Mohini Ekadashi 19 Thursday Narasimha Jayanti 21 Saturday Vaishakha Purnima, Buddha Purnima 22 Sunday Narada Jayanti June 2016 01 Wednesday Apara Ekadashi 04 Saturday Shani Jayanti, Vat Savitri Vrat 14 Tuesday Ganga Dussehra, Mithuna Sankranti 15 Wednesday Nirjala Ekadashi 19 Sunday Jyeshtha Purnima, Vat Purnima Vrat 30 Thursday Yogini Ekadashi July 2016 05 Tuesday Jagannath Rathyatra 15 Friday Devshayani Ekadashi, Karka Sankranti 19 Tuesday Ashadha Purnima, Guru Purnima 29 Friday Kamika Ekadashi August 2016 05 Friday Hariyali Teej 07 Sunday Nag Panchami 12 Friday Varalakshmi Vrat 13 Saturday Shravana Putrada Ekadashi 16 Tuesday Simha Sankranti 17 Wednesday Shravana Purnima, Rakhi, Raksha Bandhan, Gayatri Jayanti 20 Saturday Kajari Teej 24 Wednesday Janmashtami *Smarta 25 Thursday Janmashtami *ISKCON 27 Saturday Aja Ekadashi 31 Wednesday Surya Grahan September 2016 03 Saturday Hartalika Teej 04 Sunday Ganesh Chaturthi 05 Monday Rishi Panchami 09 Friday Radha Ashtami 12 Monday Parsva Ekadashi 13 Tuesday Onam 15 Thursday Anant Chaturdashi, Ganesh Visarjan 16 Friday Bhadrapada Purnima, Chandra Grahan, Pratipada Shraddha, Kanya Sankranti, Vishwakarma Puja 26 Monday Indira Ekadashi 30 Friday Sarva Pitru Amavasya October 2016 01 Saturday Navratri Begins 07 Friday Saraswati Avahan 08 Saturday Saraswati Puja 09 Sunday Durga Ashtami, Maha Navami 10 Monday Dussehra, Vijayadashami 11 Tuesday Papankusha Ekadashi 12 Wednesday Gauna Papankusha Ekadashi 14 Friday Kojagara Puja, Sharad Purnima 15 Saturday Ashwin Purnima 16 Sunday Tula Sankranti 18 Tuesday Karwa Chauth 21 Friday Ahoi Ashtami 25 Tuesday Rama Ekadashi 26 Wednesday Govatsa Dwadashi 27 Thursday Dhan Teras 28 Friday Kali Chaudas 29 Saturday Narak Chaturdashi, Diwali, Lakshmi Puja 30 Sunday Gowardhan Puja 31 Monday Bhaiya Dooj November 2016 05 Saturday Chhath Puja 09 Wednesday Kansa Vadh 10 Thursday Devutthana Ekadashi 11 Friday Tulasi Vivah 13 Sunday Kartik Purnima 15 Tuesday Vrischika Sankranti 20 Sunday Kalabhairav Jayanti 24 Thursday Utpanna Ekadashi 28 Monday Somvati Amavas December 2016 04 Sunday Vivah Panchami 09 Friday Mokshada Ekadashi, Gita Jayanti 10 Saturday Gauna Mokshada Ekadashi 13 Tuesday Margashirsha Purnima, Dattatreya Jayanti 15 Thursday Dhanu Sankranti 24 Saturday Saphala Ekadashi