Festivals and vrats — October 1988

Delhi, India

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This month

Date	Tithi at sunrise	Festival or vrat
06-10-1988 Thursday	Ekadashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Indira Ekadashi
08-10-1988 Saturday	Trayodashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Shani Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)Vrat Masik Shivaratri · Observed at midnight (nishita)
10-10-1988 Monday	Amavasya, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sarva Pitru AmavasyaVrat Amavasya
11-10-1988 Tuesday	Pratipada, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad Navratri begins
12-10-1988 Wednesday	Dwitiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 2
14-10-1988 Friday	Tritiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 3
15-10-1988 Saturday	Chaturthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 4
16-10-1988 Sunday	Panchami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 5
17-10-1988 Monday	Shashthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 6Sankranti Tula Sankranti · 02:09
18-10-1988 Tuesday	Saptami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Durga AshtamiFestival Navratri, day 7Festival Navratri, day 8
19-10-1988 Wednesday	Navami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Maha NavamiFestival Navratri, day 9
20-10-1988 Thursday	Dashami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Observed in the afternoon (aparahna)
21-10-1988 Friday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Papankusha Ekadashi
25-10-1988 Tuesday	Purnima, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad PurnimaVrat Purnima
28-10-1988 Friday	Chaturthi, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Festival Karwa Chauth · Observed at moonrise

Every day of the month

Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Sunrise	Sunset
01-10-1988	Shashthi	Mrigashira	06:13	18:07
02-10-1988	Saptami	Ardra	06:14	18:06
03-10-1988	Ashtami	Punarvasu	06:14	18:04
04-10-1988	Navami	Punarvasu	06:15	18:03
05-10-1988	Dashami	Pushya	06:15	18:02
06-10-1988	Ekadashi	Ashlesha	06:16	18:01
07-10-1988	Dwadashi	Magha	06:17	18:00
08-10-1988	Trayodashi	Purva Phalguni	06:17	17:59
09-10-1988	Chaturdashi	Uttara Phalguni	06:18	17:58
10-10-1988	Amavasya	Hasta	06:18	17:56
11-10-1988	Pratipada	Chitra	06:19	17:55
12-10-1988	Dwitiya	Swati	06:19	17:54
13-10-1988	Dwitiya	Vishakha	06:20	17:53
14-10-1988	Tritiya	Vishakha	06:21	17:52
15-10-1988	Chaturthi	Anuradha	06:21	17:51
16-10-1988	Panchami	Jyeshtha	06:22	17:50
17-10-1988	Shashthi	Mula	06:22	17:49
18-10-1988	Saptami	Purva Ashadha	06:23	17:48
19-10-1988	Navami	Uttara Ashadha	06:24	17:47
20-10-1988	Dashami	Shravana	06:24	17:46
21-10-1988	Ekadashi	Shatabhisha	06:25	17:45
22-10-1988	Dwadashi	Purva Bhadrapada	06:26	17:44
23-10-1988	Trayodashi	Uttara Bhadrapada	06:26	17:43
24-10-1988	Chaturdashi	Revati	06:27	17:42
25-10-1988	Purnima	Ashwini	06:28	17:41
26-10-1988	Pratipada	Bharani	06:28	17:41
27-10-1988	Tritiya	Krittika	06:29	17:40
28-10-1988	Chaturthi	Rohini	06:30	17:39
29-10-1988	Panchami	Mrigashira	06:30	17:38
30-10-1988	Shashthi	Ardra	06:31	17:37
31-10-1988	Saptami	Punarvasu	06:32	17:36

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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