Vat Savitri Vrat 1937
Married women circle the banyan for their husbands' long life, on Jyeshtha Amavasya.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:47
- Fasting window (tithi)05:51 → 1937-06-09 · 02:13
- Parana (tithi ends)02:131937-06-09
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Vat Savitri Vrat puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaVat Savitri Vrat — Frequently Asked Questions
When is Vat Savitri Vrat kept?
In North India on the Amavasya of Jyeshtha; in Maharashtra, Gujarat and parts of the south on the Purnima a fortnight later (Vat Purnima). Both honour the same Savitri story; the date shown above is for this year.
Why is the banyan tree worshipped?
The banyan is long-lived and self-renewing — dropping aerial roots to spread indefinitely. It is Savitri's tree, under which she kept vigil, and its endurance is the blessing sought for the marriage.
What is the thread wound around the tree for?
The raw cotton thread wound seven or 108 times while circling the trunk ties the wish to the tree — a prayer that the bond of marriage hold as the banyan holds, unbroken and enduring.
Other major festivals in 1937
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1937
- Vasant Panchami — 15 February 1937
- Maha Shivaratri — 11 March 1937
- Holika Dahan — 26 March 1937
- Holi — 27 March 1937
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 12 April 1937
- Ram Navami — 19 April 1937
- Akshaya Tritiya — 12 May 1937
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 9 July 1937
- Guru Purnima — 23 July 1937
- Nag Panchami — 11 August 1937
- Raksha Bandhan — 22 August 1937
- Krishna Janmashtami — 28 August 1937
- Hartalika Teej — 7 September 1937
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 8 September 1937
- Anant Chaturdashi — 19 September 1937
- Pitru Paksha begins — 21 September 1937
- Sharad Navratri begins — 5 October 1937
- Durga Ashtami — 13 October 1937
- Maha Navami — 14 October 1937
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 14 October 1937
- Karwa Chauth — 22 October 1937
- Dhanteras — 31 October 1937
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 2 November 1937
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 2 November 1937
- Govardhan Puja — 4 November 1937
- Bhai Dooj — 5 November 1937
- Chhath Puja — 9 November 1937
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 18 November 1937
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 18 November 1937
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