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Shravan 2025 Dates – Sawan Month in Traditional Hindu North Indian Calendar - Shravan Mahina 2025 Start

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Shravan Month, or Sawan Mahina, is one of the holiest Hindu months and is dedicated to Lord Shiva in North India. Shravan Month 2025 starts on July 11 to August 9. The Shravan Month is the fifth month in a traditional Hindu lunar calendar followed in North India. This calendar is followed mainly in Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar and Chhattisgarh and other North Indian states. A month in these regions is calculated from the day after Purnima or full moon to the next Purnima. The year in the Hindi Calendar is Saka 2082.

Rituals - Fasting - Puja and Other Observances in Shravan Month

  • Non-vegetarian food is completely avoided.
  • People make it a point to visit Shiva temples on Sawan Mondays.
  • The Mondays or Somwar in Shravan month is dedicated to worship of Shiva. The Mondays in the month are on July 14, July 21, July 28 and August 4, 2025
  • Mangala Gouri Puja is observed on Tuesdays in Shravan Month.
  • Shravan Month is also the first month in the Chatur Maas - four holy months.

Sawan Month in Traditional Hindu North Indian Calendar - Shravan Mahina

Shravan Month 2025 Krishna and Shukla Paksha

Shravan Month Krishna Paksha (waning phase of moon) is from July 11 to July 24
Shravan Month Shukla Paksha (waxing phase of moon) is from  July 25 to August 9

Chaturthi Vrat or Sankashti Ganesh Chaturthi in Shravan Month 2025 is on July 14. The Chandrodaya or Moonrise time as per North Indian calendars is 9:29 PM.

Shravan Mahina Ekadasi Vrat in North India
Kamika or Kamada Ekadasi – July 21
Pavitra - Putrada Ekadashi – August 5, 2025

Shravan Mahina Pradosh Vrat in North India
Pradosh – July 22, 2025 (Bhauma Pradosh Vrat)
Pradosh – August 6, 2025 

Shravan Amavasya in Hindi Panchang in North India
Amavasya is on July 24, 2025.
The Amavasi begins at 2:00 AM on July 24 and ends at 12:36 AM on July 25.

Shravan Purnima
Purnima is on August 9, 2025. 
The Purnima Vrat is marked on August 8.
The Purnima begins at 1:41 PM on August 8 and ends at 1:23 PM  on August 9

Festivals and auspicious days in Shravan Mahina 2025
Shravan Shivratri - July 23
Hariyali Amavasya – July 24
Hariyali Teej – July 27
Nag Panchami – July 29
Kalki Jayanti – July 30
Tulsidas Jayanti – July 31
Raksha Bandhan – August 9

Please note that Shravan month in calendars followed in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh begins on July 25, 2025 and ends on August 23, 2025.

Read more about the importance of Shravan month and the rituals.

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Shravan Month in Maharashtra
Shravan Month in Gujarat