Panchang for November 2024

Commemorates Krishna lifting the Govardhan hill to shelter the villagers of Vrindavan. Devotees prepare an Annakut — a 'mountain of food' — offered to Krishna.

Sisters apply a tilak on their brothers' foreheads and pray for their wellbeing; brothers offer gifts in return. The closing day of the Diwali festivities.

The fifth day after Diwali, held in the Gujarati trade tradition as the day of labh (gain) — shops reopen, new account books are inaugurated and businesses make their first entries of the new year.

A four-day festival devoted to Surya, the Sun god, and Chhathi Maiya. Devotees observe strict fasts and offer arghya to the setting and rising sun at rivers and ponds.