Dates of important upcoming festivals and fasting associated with Hinduism in August 2023 – based on major Hindu calendars and Panchang used in India. The festivals, Vrats and ritual days are based on Indian Standard Time (IST).
Hindu Vrat – Fasting - Festivals August 2023
August 1 – Adhik Masa – Extra Shravan month Purushottam
Ekadashi – Mangala Gauri Vrat
August 3 – Adi Perukku in Tamil Aadi month
August 4 – Sankashti Ganesh Chaturthi Vrat – Moonrise time
at 9:27 PM
August 7 – Shravan Somvar Vrat
August 8 – Mangala Gauri Vrat
August 9 – Budhashtami Parv
August 9 – Aadi Krithigai in Tamil culture
August 12 – Purushottami Ekadashi Vrat
August 13 – Pradosh Vrat
August 14 – Shravan Somvar Vrat – Shiv Chaturdashi Vrat
August 15 – Shradh Amavasya – Mangala Gauri Vrat
August 16 – Amavasya – No moon day – Adhik Maas – Extra Shravan
Purushottami month ends - Aadi Amavasya
August 19 – Hariyali Teej Vrat – Madhu Shrava Teej Vrat
August 20 – Durva Ganpati Vrat - Nag Chaturthi Vrat
August 21 – Shravan Somvar Vrat
August 21 – Nag Panchami – Takshak Puja – Nagara Panchami –
Garuda Panchami
August 22 – Kalki Jayanti - Mangala Gauri Vrat
August 22 – Muruga Sashti Fasting
August 22 – Randhan Chath in South Gujarat
August 23 – Shitala Satam in South Gujarat
August 23 – Goswami Tulsidas Jayanti
August 24 – Monthly Durga Ashtami – Durva Ashtami
August 25 – Varamahalakshmi Puja
August 27 – Ekadashi Fasting
August 28 – Shravan Somvar Vrat – Som Pradosh Vrat as it is
Monday – Damodar Dwadashi
August 29 – Pavitra Baras - Mangala Gauri Vrat
August 29 – Rig Vedi Upakarma
August 29 – Thiruvonam in Kerala
August 30 – Purnima Vrat
August 30 – Nariyal Purnima
August 30 – Raksha Bandhan
August 30 – Yajur Vedi Upakarma – Avani Avittam
August 30 – Hayagriva Jayanti
August 31 – Gayatri Japam
August 31 – Purnima or full moon day
August 31 – Bhadrapad Month begins in North India