Festivals and vrats — October 1961

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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This month

Date	Tithi at sunrise	Festival or vrat
05-10-1961 Thursday	Ekadashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Indira Ekadashi
07-10-1961 Saturday	Trayodashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Shani Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)Vrat Masik Shivaratri · Observed at midnight (nishita)
09-10-1961 Monday	Amavasya, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sarva Pitru AmavasyaVrat Amavasya
10-10-1961 Tuesday	Pratipada, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad Navratri begins
11-10-1961 Wednesday	Dwitiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 2
12-10-1961 Thursday	Tritiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 3
13-10-1961 Friday	Chaturthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 4
14-10-1961 Saturday	Panchami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 5
15-10-1961 Sunday	Shashthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 6
16-10-1961 Monday	Saptami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 7
17-10-1961 Tuesday	Ashtami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Durga AshtamiFestival Navratri, day 8Sankranti Tula Sankranti · 04:00
18-10-1961 Wednesday	Navami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Maha NavamiFestival Navratri, day 9
19-10-1961 Thursday	Dashami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Observed in the afternoon (aparahna)
20-10-1961 Friday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Papankusha Ekadashi
21-10-1961 Saturday	Dwadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Shani Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
23-10-1961 Monday	Purnima, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad PurnimaVrat Purnima
27-10-1961 Friday	Chaturthi, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Festival Karwa Chauth · Observed at moonrise

Every day of the month

Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Sunrise	Sunset
01-10-1961	Saptami	Ardra	05:57	17:59
02-10-1961	Ashtami	Punarvasu	05:57	17:58
03-10-1961	Navami	Punarvasu	05:58	17:57
04-10-1961	Dashami	Pushya	05:58	17:57
05-10-1961	Ekadashi	Ashlesha	05:58	17:56
06-10-1961	Dwadashi	Magha	05:58	17:55
07-10-1961	Trayodashi	Purva Phalguni	05:58	17:55
08-10-1961	Chaturdashi	Uttara Phalguni	05:58	17:54
09-10-1961	Amavasya	Hasta	05:58	17:53
10-10-1961	Pratipada	Chitra	05:58	17:53
11-10-1961	Dwitiya	Swati	05:58	17:52
12-10-1961	Tritiya	Vishakha	05:58	17:52
13-10-1961	Chaturthi	Anuradha	05:58	17:51
14-10-1961	Panchami	Jyeshtha	05:58	17:50
15-10-1961	Shashthi	Mula	05:59	17:50
16-10-1961	Saptami	Purva Ashadha	05:59	17:49
17-10-1961	Ashtami	Uttara Ashadha	05:59	17:49
18-10-1961	Navami	Shravana	05:59	17:48
19-10-1961	Dashami	Dhanishta	05:59	17:48
20-10-1961	Ekadashi	Shatabhisha	05:59	17:47
21-10-1961	Dwadashi	Purva Bhadrapada	05:59	17:47
22-10-1961	Trayodashi	Uttara Bhadrapada	06:00	17:46
23-10-1961	Purnima	Revati	06:00	17:46
24-10-1961	Pratipada	Ashwini	06:00	17:45
25-10-1961	Dwitiya	Bharani	06:00	17:45
26-10-1961	Tritiya	Krittika	06:00	17:44
27-10-1961	Chaturthi	Rohini	06:01	17:44
28-10-1961	Panchami	Mrigashira	06:01	17:43
29-10-1961	Shashthi	Ardra	06:01	17:43
30-10-1961	Saptami	Punarvasu	06:01	17:43
31-10-1961	Ashtami	Pushya	06:02	17:42

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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