Dates of important upcoming festivals and fasting associated with Hinduism in July 2024 – based on major Hindu calendars and Panchang used in India. The festivals, Vrats and ritual days are based on Indian Standard Time (IST).
July 2 – Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
July 3 – Pradosh Vrat
June 4 – Monthly Shivratri fasting – Shiva Chaturdashi Vrat
July 5 – Snan Daan Shradh Amavasya
July 6 – Ashada month begins in calendars followed in
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
July 6 – Gupt Navratri begins
July 7 – Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra - Ahmedabad Rath Yatra
July 11 – Hera Panchami
July 12 – Muruga Sashti Fasting – Kumar Sashti Vrat
July 13 – Vivasvat Saptami
July 14 – Monthly Durga Ashtami
July 14 – Kharchi Puja in Tripura
July 15 – Bhatali Navami
July 16 – Gupt Navratri ends – Girija Puja
July 16 – Kark Sankranti at 10:43 PM
July 16 – Sudarshana Jayanthi
July 16 – Dakshinayana begins
July 17 – Karkidaka Masam begins in Kerala (Ramayana Masam)
July 17 – Aadi Masam begins in Tamil Calendars
July 17 – Ekadasi Fasting – Devshayani Ekadashi – Ashadi Ekadashi - Toli Ekadashi - Ravi Narayan Ekadashi in Odisha - Suna Besha in Puri Jagannath Temple - Tapta Mudra Dharana
July 17 – Pandarpur Yatra ends
July 17 – Gauri Vrat begins in Gujarat
July 18 – Shravan month begins in Bengali Calendars
July 18 – Chaturmas Begins
July 18 – Pradosh Vrat – Vaman Dwadashi – Sri Krishna
Dwadashi – Hari Dwadashi in Jammu and Kashmir
July 19 - Jaya Parvati vrat begins in Gujarat
July 20 – Purnima Fasting
July 21 – Gauri Vrat ends in Gujarat
July 21 – Kokila Vrat
July 21 – Guru Purnima – Shirdi Sai Baba Utsav - Purnima
July 22 – Shravan month begins in North India
July 22 – Shravan Somvar Vrat in North India
July 22 – Hindola Begins – Ashunya Shayan Vrat
July 23 – Jaya Parvati Vrat Jagran
July 24 – Sankashti Ganesh Chaturthi Vrat – Moonrise time is
at 9:45 PM
July 26 – Manasa Devi Puja in Bengal
July 28 – Kalashtami
July 29 – Shravan Somvar Vrat in North India
July 30 – Mangala Gauri Vrat in North India – Bhaum Vrat –
Durga Yatra – Hanuman Darshan
July 31 – Ekadashi Fasting