Purnima - The night of Full Moon is called as Purnima (or Poornima). On this night, moon is visible as full circle and brighter than other days. According to purnimanta calendar, new month starts from the day next to Purnima. So you can say that the Purnima is the last day of a month.
There are two types of traditional calendars - Solar (based upon Sun) and Lunisolar (based upon Moon). Sankranti is the beginning of new month according to Solar calendar.
New Year 2018 - If you are looking for 'hindu calendar new year 2018', then the simple answer is 18 March, 2018. If you are inserted in some more details, then continue reading.
According to Hindu calendar, Chaitra is considered as the first month of the year. The new year starts from first day of shukla paksha of Chaitra, so the new year date is 18 March 2018 (Sunday) according to lunisolar calendar.
According to solar calendar, the new year starts from Chaitra Sankranti, which means the new year date in 2018 is 14 March (Wednesday).
Many readers consider the festival of Vaisakhi as the new year day. But actually this festival is related to the harvesting season of wheat crop in the north India.
The information on this page is divided into following sections:
Purnima in October 2018
The night of Full Moon is called as Purnima or Poornima. On this night, moon is visible as full circle and brighter than other days. The date of
Purnima in October 2018 is Wednesday, 24th October and this is the Ashwin Purnima or Sharad Purnima.
The date of Ashwin Purnima Vrat or Purnima Vrat in October 2018 is 24 October (Wednesday).
The festival of Valmik Jayanti is also observed on the Purnima of Ashwin month. This day is a public holiday as per the central govt calendar and also public holiday in many states of India.
As this is associated with the rotation of moon around the earth and each cycle takes little more than 29 days, so the day of purnima comes after almost 29 days.
Sankranti in October 2018
Sankranti in October 2018 is on 17 October (Wednesday) and this is the Tula Sankranti (तुला संक्राति). The day will fall in the Ashwin month according to hindu lunar calendar. The festival of Durga Ashtami is also on this day.
Sankranti Dates 2018
Sankranti - The relative motion of Sun and Earth is divided into 12 Rashis or phases. The day when Sun moves from one Rashi to another is called as Sankranti. Sankranti is the first day of a month according to Indian traditional calendars based upon Solar movement.
Chaitra is the first month of the year according to Bikrami Samvat calendar and hence the Sankranti of this month is considered as the new year day.
So according to Indian calendar of 2018, the new year will start on Wednesday, 14th March 2018.
| Sr. No. |
Sankranti Date |
Day of Week |
Indian Month |
| 1. | 14 January | Sunday | 1 Magh |
| 2. | 12 February | Monday | 1 Phalgun |
| 3. | 14 March | Wednesday | 1 Chaitra |
| 4. | 14 April | Saturday | 1 Vaisakh |
| 5. | 14 May | Monday | 1 Jyeshtha |
| 6. | 15 June | Friday | 1 Ashadha |
| 7. | 16 July | Monday | 1 Sharaavana |
| 8. | 17 August | Friday | 1 Bhadra |
| 9. | 17 September | Monday | 1 Ashwin |
| 10. | 17 October | Wednesday | 1 Kartik |
| 11. | 16 November | Friday | 1 Agahana |
| 12. | 16 December | Sunday | 1 Pausha |
Purnima Dates 2018
The list of Purnima dates in the year 2018 is given in the following table.
| Sr. No. | Purnima Date | Day of Week |
| 1. | 2 January | Tuesday |
| 2. | 31 January | Wednesday |
| 3. | 1 March | Thursday |
| 4. | 31 March | Saturday |
| 5. | 30 April | Monday |
| 6. | 29 May | Tuesday |
| 7. | 28 June | Thursday |
| 8. | 27 July | Friday |
| 9. | 26 August | Sunday |
| 10. | 25 September | Tuesday |
| 11. | 24 October | Wednesday |
| 12. | 23 November | Friday |
| 13. | 22 December | Saturday |
Amavasya in 2018
Amavasya is the new moon day and the Moon is not visible on the night of amavasya. The amavasya in the month of November 2018 is on Wednesday, 7th November.
According to Amanta Calendar (Hindu calendar from Amavasya to Amavasya), this day is Kartik Amavasya.
| Sr. No. | Masya Date | Day of Week |
| 1. | 16, 17 January | Tuesday, Wednesday |
| 2. | 15 February | Thursday |
| 3. | 17 March | Saturday |
| 4. | 15, 16 April | Sunday, Monday |
| 5. | 15 May | Tuesday |
| 6. | 13 June | Wednesday |
| 7. | 13 July | Friday |
| 8. | 11 August | Saturday |
| 9. | 9 September | Sunday |
| 10. | 9 October | Tuesday |
| 11. | 7 November | Wednesday |
| 12. | 7 December | Friday |