Festivals and vrats — October 2004

Thāne, Thane, Maharashtra, 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	06:28	18:26
02-10-2004	Chaturthi	Krittika	06:28	18:25
03-10-2004	Panchami	Krittika	06:29	18:24
04-10-2004	Shashthi	Rohini	06:29	18:24
05-10-2004	Saptami	Mrigashira	06:29	18:23
06-10-2004	Ashtami	Ardra	06:29	18:22
07-10-2004	Navami	Punarvasu	06:30	18:21
08-10-2004	Navami	Pushya	06:30	18:20
09-10-2004	Dashami	Ashlesha	06:30	18:19
10-10-2004	Ekadashi	Magha	06:30	18:19
11-10-2004	Dwadashi	Purva Phalguni	06:31	18:18
12-10-2004	Trayodashi	Uttara Phalguni	06:31	18:17
13-10-2004	Chaturdashi	Hasta	06:31	18:16
14-10-2004	Amavasya	Chitra	06:31	18:16
15-10-2004	Pratipada	Swati	06:32	18:15
16-10-2004	Tritiya	Vishakha	06:32	18:14
17-10-2004	Chaturthi	Anuradha	06:32	18:13
18-10-2004	Panchami	Jyeshtha	06:33	18:13
19-10-2004	Shashthi	Mula	06:33	18:12
20-10-2004	Saptami	Purva Ashadha	06:33	18:11
21-10-2004	Ashtami	Uttara Ashadha	06:34	18:11
22-10-2004	Navami	Shravana	06:34	18:10
23-10-2004	Dashami	Dhanishta	06:34	18:09
24-10-2004	Ekadashi	Shatabhisha	06:35	18:09
25-10-2004	Dwadashi	Purva Bhadrapada	06:35	18:08
26-10-2004	Trayodashi	Uttara Bhadrapada	06:36	18:07
27-10-2004	Chaturdashi	Revati	06:36	18:07
28-10-2004	Purnima	Ashwini	06:36	18:06
29-10-2004	Pratipada	Bharani	06:37	18:06
30-10-2004	Dwitiya	Krittika	06:37	18:05
31-10-2004	Tritiya	Rohini	06:38	18:05

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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