Festivals and vrats — October 2012

Rasapūdipalem, Visākhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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This month

Date	Tithi at sunrise	Festival or vrat
01-10-2012 Monday	Pratipada, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Festival Pitru Paksha begins
03-10-2012 Wednesday	Tritiya, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Sankashti Chaturthi · Observed at moonrise
11-10-2012 Thursday	Ekadashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Indira Ekadashi
13-10-2012 Saturday	Trayodashi, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Shani Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)Vrat Masik Shivaratri · Observed at midnight (nishita)
15-10-2012 Monday	Amavasya, Krishna Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sarva Pitru AmavasyaVrat Amavasya
16-10-2012 Tuesday	Pratipada, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad Navratri begins
17-10-2012 Wednesday	Dwitiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 2Sankranti Tula Sankranti · 05:50
18-10-2012 Thursday	Tritiya, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 3Festival Navratri, day 4
19-10-2012 Friday	Panchami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 5
20-10-2012 Saturday	Shashthi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 6
21-10-2012 Sunday	Saptami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Navratri, day 7
22-10-2012 Monday	Ashtami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Durga AshtamiFestival Navratri, day 8
23-10-2012 Tuesday	Navami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Maha NavamiFestival Navratri, day 9
24-10-2012 Wednesday	Dashami, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Observed in the afternoon (aparahna)
25-10-2012 Thursday	Ekadashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Papankusha Ekadashi
27-10-2012 Saturday	Trayodashi, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Vrat Shani Pradosh Vrat · Observed at dusk (pradosh)
29-10-2012 Monday	Purnima, Shukla Paksha Ashwin	Festival Sharad PurnimaVrat Purnima

Every day of the month

Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Sunrise	Sunset
01-10-2012	Pratipada	Revati	05:46	17:45
02-10-2012	Dwitiya	Ashwini	05:47	17:44
03-10-2012	Tritiya	Bharani	05:47	17:43
04-10-2012	Chaturthi	Krittika	05:47	17:43
05-10-2012	Panchami	Rohini	05:47	17:42
06-10-2012	Shashthi	Mrigashira	05:47	17:41
07-10-2012	Saptami	Mrigashira	05:48	17:40
08-10-2012	Ashtami	Ardra	05:48	17:39
09-10-2012	Navami	Punarvasu	05:48	17:39
10-10-2012	Dashami	Pushya	05:48	17:38
11-10-2012	Ekadashi	Ashlesha	05:48	17:37
12-10-2012	Dwadashi	Magha	05:49	17:36
13-10-2012	Trayodashi	Purva Phalguni	05:49	17:36
14-10-2012	Chaturdashi	Uttara Phalguni	05:49	17:35
15-10-2012	Amavasya	Hasta	05:49	17:34
16-10-2012	Pratipada	Chitra	05:50	17:34
17-10-2012	Dwitiya	Vishakha	05:50	17:33
18-10-2012	Tritiya	Anuradha	05:50	17:32
19-10-2012	Panchami	Jyeshtha	05:50	17:32
20-10-2012	Shashthi	Mula	05:51	17:31
21-10-2012	Saptami	Purva Ashadha	05:51	17:30
22-10-2012	Ashtami	Uttara Ashadha	05:51	17:30
23-10-2012	Navami	Shravana	05:52	17:29
24-10-2012	Dashami	Dhanishta	05:52	17:29
25-10-2012	Ekadashi	Shatabhisha	05:52	17:28
26-10-2012	Dwadashi	Purva Bhadrapada	05:53	17:27
27-10-2012	Trayodashi	Uttara Bhadrapada	05:53	17:27
28-10-2012	Chaturdashi	Revati	05:53	17:26
29-10-2012	Purnima	Ashwini	05:54	17:26
30-10-2012	Pratipada	Bharani	05:54	17:25
31-10-2012	Dwitiya	Krittika	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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