Festivals and vrats — October 1953

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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This month

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
09-10-1953 Friday	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	05:27	17:24
02-10-1953	Dashami	Pushya	05:27	17:23
03-10-1953	Ekadashi	Ashlesha	05:28	17:22
04-10-1953	Dwadashi	Magha	05:28	17:21
05-10-1953	Trayodashi	Purva Phalguni	05:28	17:20
06-10-1953	Chaturdashi	Uttara Phalguni	05:29	17:20
07-10-1953	Amavasya	Uttara Phalguni	05:29	17:19
08-10-1953	Amavasya	Hasta	05:29	17:18
09-10-1953	Pratipada	Chitra	05:30	17:17
10-10-1953	Dwitiya	Swati	05:30	17:16
11-10-1953	Tritiya	Vishakha	05:31	17:15
12-10-1953	Chaturthi	Anuradha	05:31	17:14
13-10-1953	Panchami	Jyeshtha	05:31	17:13
14-10-1953	Shashthi	Mula	05:32	17:12
15-10-1953	Saptami	Purva Ashadha	05:32	17:12
16-10-1953	Ashtami	Uttara Ashadha	05:33	17:11
17-10-1953	Navami	Shravana	05:33	17:10
18-10-1953	Dashami	Dhanishta	05:33	17:09
19-10-1953	Ekadashi	Shatabhisha	05:34	17:08
20-10-1953	Trayodashi	Purva Bhadrapada	05:34	17:07
21-10-1953	Chaturdashi	Uttara Bhadrapada	05:35	17:07
22-10-1953	Purnima	Revati	05:35	17:06
23-10-1953	Pratipada	Ashwini	05:36	17:05
24-10-1953	Dwitiya	Krittika	05:36	17:04
25-10-1953	Tritiya	Rohini	05:36	17:04
26-10-1953	Chaturthi	Mrigashira	05:37	17:03
27-10-1953	Panchami	Ardra	05:37	17:02
28-10-1953	Saptami	Punarvasu	05:38	17:02
29-10-1953	Saptami	Pushya	05:38	17:01
30-10-1953	Ashtami	Ashlesha	05:39	17:00
31-10-1953	Navami	Magha	05:39	17:00

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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