Festivals and vrats — October 1998

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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This month

Date	Tithi at sunrise	Festival or vrat
01-10-1998 Thursday	Dashami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Observed in the afternoon (aparahna)
02-10-1998 Friday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Papankusha Ekadashi
03-10-1998 Saturday	Dwadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Shani Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
05-10-1998 Monday	Purnima, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad PurnimaVrat Purnima
08-10-1998 Thursday	Tritiya, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Festival Karwa Chauth · Observed at moonrise
15-10-1998 Thursday	Ekadashi, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Vrat Rama Ekadashi
17-10-1998 Saturday	Dwadashi, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Festival Dhanteras · Observed at dusk (pradosh)Vrat Shani Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)Sankranti Tula Sankranti · 15:43
18-10-1998 Sunday	Trayodashi, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Vrat Masik Shivaratri · Observed at midnight (nishita)
19-10-1998 Monday	Chaturdashi, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Festival Narak Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali)Festival Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
20-10-1998 Tuesday	Amavasya, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Vrat Amavasya
21-10-1998 Wednesday	Pratipada, Shukla Paksha Kartika	Festival Govardhan Puja
22-10-1998 Thursday	Dwitiya, Shukla Paksha Kartika	Festival Bhai Dooj
26-10-1998 Monday	Shashthi, Shukla Paksha Kartika	Festival Chhath Puja · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
31-10-1998 Saturday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Kartika	Vrat Devuthani (Prabodhini) Ekadashi

Every day of the month

Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Sunrise	Sunset
01-10-1998	Dashami	Uttara Ashadha	05:57	17:59
02-10-1998	Ekadashi	Shravana	05:58	17:58
03-10-1998	Dwadashi	Shatabhisha	05:58	17:57
04-10-1998	Trayodashi	Purva Bhadrapada	05:58	17:57
05-10-1998	Purnima	Uttara Bhadrapada	05:58	17:56
06-10-1998	Pratipada	Revati	05:58	17:55
07-10-1998	Dwitiya	Ashwini	05:58	17:55
08-10-1998	Tritiya	Bharani	05:58	17:54
09-10-1998	Chaturthi	Krittika	05:58	17:53
10-10-1998	Panchami	Rohini	05:58	17:53
11-10-1998	Shashthi	Mrigashira	05:58	17:52
12-10-1998	Ashtami	Ardra	05:58	17:52
13-10-1998	Navami	Punarvasu	05:58	17:51
14-10-1998	Dashami	Pushya	05:58	17:50
15-10-1998	Ekadashi	Ashlesha	05:59	17:50
16-10-1998	Ekadashi	Magha	05:59	17:49
17-10-1998	Dwadashi	Purva Phalguni	05:59	17:49
18-10-1998	Trayodashi	Uttara Phalguni	05:59	17:48
19-10-1998	Chaturdashi	Hasta	05:59	17:48
20-10-1998	Amavasya	Chitra	05:59	17:47
21-10-1998	Pratipada	Swati	05:59	17:47
22-10-1998	Dwitiya	Vishakha	06:00	17:46
23-10-1998	Tritiya	Anuradha	06:00	17:46
24-10-1998	Chaturthi	Anuradha	06:00	17:45
25-10-1998	Panchami	Jyeshtha	06:00	17:45
26-10-1998	Shashthi	Mula	06:00	17:44
27-10-1998	Saptami	Purva Ashadha	06:01	17:44
28-10-1998	Ashtami	Uttara Ashadha	06:01	17:43
29-10-1998	Navami	Shravana	06:01	17:43
30-10-1998	Dashami	Dhanishta	06:01	17:43
31-10-1998	Ekadashi	Shatabhisha	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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