July month (Ashada – Shravan months) in 2009 has a long list of important Hindu festivals and auspicious days. Here is the list:
July 2, Thursday – Bahuda Yatra, the return festival of Puri Jagannath Yatra
July 2, Thursday – Chatur mas vrat starts
July 2, Thursday – Sri Mahalakshmi Vrat begins (Ashada Shukravar Vrata) or Shaaka Vratam
July 3, Friday – Devsayani Ekadasi or Padma Ekadashior Tholi Ekadashi or Pratham Ekadasi or Hari Vasara Ekadasi or Shayana Ekadasi or Sayani Ekadasi
July 3, Friday – Gopadma Vrata begins
July 3, Friday – Pandarpur Yatra – Ashadi Ekadasi – Maha Ashadi
July 4, Saturday – Pradosha Puja or Shiva Pradosh Vrata
July 4, Saturday – Shani Triodasi
July 4, Saturday – Vasudev Dwadashi Vrat
July 5, Sunday – Jaya Parvati Vrat Aarambh
July 6, Monday – Kokila Vrat
July 7, Tuesday – Guru Purnima or Vyasa Poornima
July 7, Tuesday – Shiva Sayana Vrat begins or Shiva Dolotsav
July 7, Tuesday – Shravani Mela – Bhaidyanath Shrabani Mela begins at Deoghar Bhaidyanath Dham
July 8, Wednesday – Sawan mahinabegins in North India
July 9, Thursday – Jaya Parvati Vrat concludes – Jaya Parvati Jagran
July 11, Saturday – Sankashta Chaturthi Vrat or Sankat har Chaturthi
July 12, Sunday – Ujjaini Mahankali Bonalu Jatharain Secunderabad
July 12, Sunday – Nag Panchamiin East Indian and some North Indian states
July 12, Sunday – Manasa Devi Ashtanag Puja
July 12, Sunday – Garuda Panchami Puja
July 12, Sunday – Mauna Panchami or Mouna Panchami Vrat in Shraban Mela at Bhaidyanath Temple in Deoghar
July 17, Friday – Karka Sankraman or Dakshinayana day or Kartaka Sankranthi
July 18, Saturday – Kamika Ekadasi
July 18, Saturday – Shraban maas starts as per Bengali Calendar
July 19, Sunday – Pradosha Pooja or Shiva Pradosh Vrat
July 22, Wednesday – Ashad Amavasya or Gatari Amavasyaor Chukkala Amvasya
July 22, Wednesday – Deepa Puja or Diya Pooja
July 22, Wednesday – Bheemana Amavasya or Jyothirbheemeshwara Vrata and Pathi Sanjeevini Vratha
July 22, Wednesday – Total Solar Eclipse – Sampurna Surya Grahanam
July 22, Wednesday – Shravan maas begins as per Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra calendars
July 24, Friday –Hariyali Teej or Singhara Teej or Teejan
July 24, Friday – Madhushrava Tritiya or Madhusrava Teej
July 25, Saturday – Nagula Chavithi (not important as Kartik Nag Chaturthi)
July 26, Sunday – Kalki Jayanti – Lord Kalki Avatar Jayanthi
July 26, Sunday – Nag Panchami or Nagula Panchamiin South India and in Gujarat, Maharashtra and some other North Indian regions
July 26, Sunday – Garuda Panchami Puja
July 27, Monday – Supaudana Vrat – Supoudan Vrata
July 28, Tuesday – Sant Tulsidas Jayanti or Goswami Tulsi Jayanthi
July 28, Tuesday – Mangala Gauri Vrata or Mangal Gowri Vrat or Shravan Mangalvar Vrat begins in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra calendars
July 31, Friday – Jhulan Yatra or Jhoola Festival
July 31, Friday – Vara lakshmi Vratam – Var Mahalaxmi Vrat
July 31, Friday – Asha Dashami