Festivals and vrats — October 2004

Rasapūdipalem, Visākhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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This month

Date	Tithi at sunrise	Festival or vrat
01-10-2004 Friday	Tritiya, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Sankashti Chaturthi · Observed at moonrise
10-10-2004 Sunday	Ekadashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Indira Ekadashi
11-10-2004 Monday	Dwadashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Som Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
12-10-2004 Tuesday	Trayodashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Masik Shivaratri · Observed at midnight (nishita)
14-10-2004 Thursday	Amavasya, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sarva Pitru AmavasyaVrat Amavasya
15-10-2004 Friday	Pratipada, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad Navratri begins
16-10-2004 Saturday	Tritiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 3
17-10-2004 Sunday	Chaturthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 4Sankranti Tula Sankranti · 04:33
18-10-2004 Monday	Panchami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 5
19-10-2004 Tuesday	Shashthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 6
20-10-2004 Wednesday	Saptami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 7
21-10-2004 Thursday	Ashtami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Durga AshtamiFestival Navratri, day 8
22-10-2004 Friday	Navami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Maha NavamiFestival Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Observed in the afternoon (aparahna)Festival Navratri, day 9
24-10-2004 Sunday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Papankusha Ekadashi
25-10-2004 Monday	Dwadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Som Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
28-10-2004 Thursday	Purnima, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad PurnimaVrat Purnima
31-10-2004 Sunday	Tritiya, Krishna Paksha Kartika	Festival Karwa Chauth · Observed at moonrise

Every day of the month

Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Sunrise	Sunset
01-10-2004	Tritiya	Bharani	05:46	17:45
02-10-2004	Chaturthi	Bharani	05:47	17:44
03-10-2004	Panchami	Krittika	05:47	17:43
04-10-2004	Shashthi	Rohini	05:47	17:43
05-10-2004	Saptami	Mrigashira	05:47	17:42
06-10-2004	Ashtami	Ardra	05:47	17:41
07-10-2004	Navami	Punarvasu	05:48	17:40
08-10-2004	Navami	Pushya	05:48	17:40
09-10-2004	Dashami	Ashlesha	05:48	17:39
10-10-2004	Ekadashi	Magha	05:48	17:38
11-10-2004	Dwadashi	Purva Phalguni	05:48	17:37
12-10-2004	Trayodashi	Uttara Phalguni	05:49	17:37
13-10-2004	Chaturdashi	Hasta	05:49	17:36
14-10-2004	Amavasya	Chitra	05:49	17:35
15-10-2004	Pratipada	Swati	05:49	17:34
16-10-2004	Tritiya	Vishakha	05:50	17:34
17-10-2004	Chaturthi	Anuradha	05:50	17:33
18-10-2004	Panchami	Jyeshtha	05:50	17:32
19-10-2004	Shashthi	Mula	05:50	17:32
20-10-2004	Saptami	Purva Ashadha	05:51	17:31
21-10-2004	Ashtami	Uttara Ashadha	05:51	17:30
22-10-2004	Navami	Shravana	05:51	17:30
23-10-2004	Dashami	Dhanishta	05:52	17:29
24-10-2004	Ekadashi	Shatabhisha	05:52	17:29
25-10-2004	Dwadashi	Purva Bhadrapada	05:52	17:28
26-10-2004	Trayodashi	Uttara Bhadrapada	05:53	17:28
27-10-2004	Chaturdashi	Revati	05:53	17:27
28-10-2004	Purnima	Ashwini	05:53	17:26
29-10-2004	Pratipada	Bharani	05:54	17:26
30-10-2004	Dwitiya	Krittika	05:54	17:25
31-10-2004	Tritiya	Rohini	05:55	17:25

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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