Festivals and vrats — October 1977

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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This month

Date	Tithi at sunrise	Festival or vrat
09-10-1977 Sunday	Ekadashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Indira Ekadashi
10-10-1977 Monday	Dwadashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Som Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
11-10-1977 Tuesday	Chaturdashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Masik Shivaratri · Observed at midnight (nishita)
12-10-1977 Wednesday	Amavasya, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sarva Pitru AmavasyaVrat Amavasya
13-10-1977 Thursday	Pratipada, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad Navratri begins
14-10-1977 Friday	Dwitiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 2
15-10-1977 Saturday	Tritiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 3
16-10-1977 Sunday	Chaturthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 4
17-10-1977 Monday	Panchami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 5Sankranti Tula Sankranti · 06:24
18-10-1977 Tuesday	Shashthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 6
19-10-1977 Wednesday	Saptami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Durga AshtamiFestival Navratri, day 7Festival Navratri, day 8
20-10-1977 Thursday	Navami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Maha NavamiFestival Navratri, day 9
21-10-1977 Friday	Dashami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Observed in the afternoon (aparahna)
22-10-1977 Saturday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Papankusha Ekadashi
24-10-1977 Monday	Trayodashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Som Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
26-10-1977 Wednesday	Purnima, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad PurnimaVrat Purnima
30-10-1977 Sunday	Tritiya, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Festival Karwa Chauth · Observed at moonrise

Every day of the month

Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Sunrise	Sunset
01-10-1977	Chaturthi	Bharani	05:57	17:59
02-10-1977	Panchami	Krittika	05:58	17:58
03-10-1977	Shashthi	Rohini	05:58	17:57
04-10-1977	Saptami	Mrigashira	05:58	17:57
05-10-1977	Ashtami	Ardra	05:58	17:56
06-10-1977	Navami	Punarvasu	05:58	17:55
07-10-1977	Dashami	Pushya	05:58	17:55
08-10-1977	Dashami	Ashlesha	05:58	17:54
09-10-1977	Ekadashi	Magha	05:58	17:53
10-10-1977	Dwadashi	Purva Phalguni	05:58	17:53
11-10-1977	Chaturdashi	Uttara Phalguni	05:58	17:52
12-10-1977	Amavasya	Hasta	05:58	17:52
13-10-1977	Pratipada	Chitra	05:58	17:51
14-10-1977	Dwitiya	Swati	05:58	17:50
15-10-1977	Tritiya	Vishakha	05:59	17:50
16-10-1977	Chaturthi	Anuradha	05:59	17:49
17-10-1977	Panchami	Jyeshtha	05:59	17:49
18-10-1977	Shashthi	Mula	05:59	17:48
19-10-1977	Saptami	Purva Ashadha	05:59	17:48
20-10-1977	Navami	Uttara Ashadha	05:59	17:47
21-10-1977	Dashami	Shravana	05:59	17:47
22-10-1977	Ekadashi	Dhanishta	06:00	17:46
23-10-1977	Dwadashi	Shatabhisha	06:00	17:46
24-10-1977	Trayodashi	Purva Bhadrapada	06:00	17:45
25-10-1977	Chaturdashi	Uttara Bhadrapada	06:00	17:45
26-10-1977	Purnima	Revati	06:00	17:44
27-10-1977	Pratipada	Ashwini	06:01	17:44
28-10-1977	Pratipada	Bharani	06:01	17:43
29-10-1977	Dwitiya	Krittika	06:01	17:43
30-10-1977	Tritiya	Rohini	06:01	17:43
31-10-1977	Chaturthi	Mrigashira	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.

Festivals and vrats — October 1977

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