Festivals and vrats — October 1953

Ahmedabad, Ahmadābād, Gujarat, India

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Date	Tithi at sunrise	Festival or vrat
03-10-1953 Saturday	Ekadashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Indira Ekadashi
05-10-1953 Monday	Trayodashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Som Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
06-10-1953 Tuesday	Chaturdashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Masik Shivaratri · Observed at midnight (nishita)
07-10-1953 Wednesday	Amavasya, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sarva Pitru AmavasyaVrat Amavasya
08-10-1953 Thursday	Pratipada, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad Navratri begins
10-10-1953 Saturday	Dwitiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 2
11-10-1953 Sunday	Tritiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 3
12-10-1953 Monday	Chaturthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 4
13-10-1953 Tuesday	Panchami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 5
14-10-1953 Wednesday	Shashthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 6
15-10-1953 Thursday	Saptami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 7
16-10-1953 Friday	Ashtami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Durga AshtamiFestival Navratri, day 8
17-10-1953 Saturday	Navami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Maha NavamiFestival Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Observed in the afternoon (aparahna)Festival Navratri, day 9Sankranti Tula Sankranti · 02:47
19-10-1953 Monday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Papankusha Ekadashi
20-10-1953 Tuesday	Trayodashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
22-10-1953 Thursday	Purnima, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad PurnimaVrat Purnima
25-10-1953 Sunday	Tritiya, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Festival Karwa Chauth · Observed at moonrise

Every day of the month

Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Sunrise	Sunset
01-10-1953	Navami	Punarvasu	06:30	18:27
02-10-1953	Dashami	Pushya	06:31	18:26
03-10-1953	Ekadashi	Ashlesha	06:31	18:25
04-10-1953	Dwadashi	Magha	06:31	18:24
05-10-1953	Trayodashi	Purva Phalguni	06:32	18:23
06-10-1953	Chaturdashi	Uttara Phalguni	06:32	18:22
07-10-1953	Amavasya	Uttara Phalguni	06:32	18:21
08-10-1953	Pratipada	Hasta	06:33	18:21
09-10-1953	Pratipada	Chitra	06:33	18:20
10-10-1953	Dwitiya	Swati	06:34	18:19
11-10-1953	Tritiya	Vishakha	06:34	18:18
12-10-1953	Chaturthi	Anuradha	06:34	18:17
13-10-1953	Panchami	Jyeshtha	06:35	18:16
14-10-1953	Shashthi	Mula	06:35	18:15
15-10-1953	Saptami	Purva Ashadha	06:36	18:14
16-10-1953	Ashtami	Uttara Ashadha	06:36	18:13
17-10-1953	Navami	Shravana	06:36	18:13
18-10-1953	Dashami	Dhanishta	06:37	18:12
19-10-1953	Ekadashi	Shatabhisha	06:37	18:11
20-10-1953	Trayodashi	Purva Bhadrapada	06:38	18:10
21-10-1953	Chaturdashi	Uttara Bhadrapada	06:38	18:09
22-10-1953	Purnima	Revati	06:39	18:09
23-10-1953	Pratipada	Bharani	06:39	18:08
24-10-1953	Dwitiya	Krittika	06:40	18:07
25-10-1953	Tritiya	Rohini	06:40	18:06
26-10-1953	Chaturthi	Mrigashira	06:41	18:06
27-10-1953	Shashthi	Ardra	06:41	18:05
28-10-1953	Saptami	Punarvasu	06:42	18:04
29-10-1953	Ashtami	Pushya	06:42	18:04
30-10-1953	Ashtami	Ashlesha	06:43	18:03
31-10-1953	Navami	Magha	06:43	18:02

Months are named the purnimanta way used across North India; the dark fortnight belongs to the month that follows the Purnima. A festival is kept on the day its tithi stands at the moment it is observed — sunrise for most, dusk for Diwali and Holika Dahan, midnight for Janmashtami and Shivaratri, moonrise for Karwa Chauth — and local custom sometimes differs by a day. Ask your family priest when in doubt.

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