Festivals and vrats — October 1972

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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This month

Date	Tithi at sunrise	Festival or vrat
03-10-1972 Tuesday	Ekadashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Indira Ekadashi
04-10-1972 Wednesday	Dwadashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
05-10-1972 Thursday	Trayodashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Masik Shivaratri · Observed at midnight (nishita)
07-10-1972 Saturday	Amavasya, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sarva Pitru AmavasyaVrat Amavasya
08-10-1972 Sunday	Pratipada, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad Navratri begins
09-10-1972 Monday	Dwitiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 2
10-10-1972 Tuesday	Tritiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 3
11-10-1972 Wednesday	Chaturthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 4
12-10-1972 Thursday	Panchami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 5
13-10-1972 Friday	Shashthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 6
14-10-1972 Saturday	Saptami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 7
16-10-1972 Monday	Ashtami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Durga AshtamiFestival Navratri, day 8Sankranti Tula Sankranti · 23:46
17-10-1972 Tuesday	Navami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Maha NavamiFestival Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Observed in the afternoon (aparahna)Festival Navratri, day 9
19-10-1972 Thursday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Papankusha Ekadashi
20-10-1972 Friday	Trayodashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
22-10-1972 Sunday	Purnima, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad PurnimaVrat Purnima
25-10-1972 Wednesday	Tritiya, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Festival Karwa Chauth · Observed at moonrise

Every day of the month

Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Sunrise	Sunset
01-10-1972	Navami	Punarvasu	05:27	17:24
02-10-1972	Dashami	Pushya	05:28	17:23
03-10-1972	Ekadashi	Ashlesha	05:28	17:22
04-10-1972	Dwadashi	Magha	05:28	17:21
05-10-1972	Trayodashi	Purva Phalguni	05:29	17:20
06-10-1972	Chaturdashi	Uttara Phalguni	05:29	17:19
07-10-1972	Amavasya	Hasta	05:29	17:18
08-10-1972	Pratipada	Chitra	05:30	17:17
09-10-1972	Dwitiya	Swati	05:30	17:16
10-10-1972	Tritiya	Vishakha	05:30	17:16
11-10-1972	Chaturthi	Anuradha	05:31	17:15
12-10-1972	Panchami	Anuradha	05:31	17:14
13-10-1972	Shashthi	Jyeshtha	05:31	17:13
14-10-1972	Saptami	Mula	05:32	17:12
15-10-1972	Saptami	Purva Ashadha	05:32	17:11
16-10-1972	Ashtami	Uttara Ashadha	05:33	17:10
17-10-1972	Navami	Shravana	05:33	17:09
18-10-1972	Dashami	Dhanishta	05:33	17:09
19-10-1972	Ekadashi	Shatabhisha	05:34	17:08
20-10-1972	Trayodashi	Purva Bhadrapada	05:34	17:07
21-10-1972	Chaturdashi	Uttara Bhadrapada	05:35	17:06
22-10-1972	Purnima	Revati	05:35	17:06
23-10-1972	Pratipada	Ashwini	05:36	17:05
24-10-1972	Dwitiya	Krittika	05:36	17:04
25-10-1972	Tritiya	Rohini	05:37	17:03
26-10-1972	Panchami	Mrigashira	05:37	17:03
27-10-1972	Shashthi	Ardra	05:38	17:02
28-10-1972	Saptami	Punarvasu	05:38	17:01
29-10-1972	Ashtami	Pushya	05:39	17:01
30-10-1972	Navami	Ashlesha	05:39	17:00
31-10-1972	Dashami	Magha	05:40	16:59

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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