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Festivals, vrats and holidays

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October 2050

Bhadrapada · Vikram Samvat 2107 · Chennai
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1Krishna Dwitiya from 19:26Dwitiya2Krishna Tritiya from 16:12TritiyaGandhi Jayanti3Krishna Chaturthi from 13:28ChaturthiSankashti Chaturthi4Krishna Panchami from 11:22Panchami5Krishna Shashthi from 10:00Shashthi6Krishna Saptami from 09:25Saptami7Krishna Ashtami from 09:38Ashtami8Krishna Navami from 10:35Navami9Krishna Dashami from 12:10Dashami10Krishna Ekadashi from 14:15Ekadashi11Krishna Dwadashi from 16:38DwadashiIndira Ekadashi12Krishna Trayodashi from 19:10Trayodashi13Krishna Chaturdashi from 21:42ChaturdashiPradosh VratMasik Shivaratri14Krishna Amavasya from 00:06Amavasya15Shukla Pratipada from 02:18PratipadaAshwin Amavasya16Shukla Dwitiya from 04:12DwitiyaNavratri begins17Shukla Tritiya from 05:45TritiyaTula Sankranti18Shukla Tritiya (continues)Tritiya19Shukla Chaturthi from 06:53Chaturthi20Shukla Panchami from 07:33Panchami21Shukla Shashthi from 07:42Shashthi22Shukla Saptami from 07:19SaptamiDurga Puja begins (Shashthi)23Shukla Ashtami from 06:21AshtamiDurga Ashtami24Shukla Dashami from 02:48DashamiMaha Navami25Shukla Ekadashi from 00:18EkadashiDussehra · Vijayadashami26Shukla Dwadashi from 21:26DwadashiPapankusha Ekadashi27Shukla Trayodashi from 18:18TrayodashiPradosh Vrat28Shukla Chaturdashi from 15:03Chaturdashi29Shukla Purnima from 11:49PurnimaSharad Purnima30Krishna Pratipada from 08:45PratipadaTotal lunar eclipseAshwin Purnima31Krishna Tritiya from 03:42Tritiya
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in October 2050

  1. Gandhi JayantiNational
    The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
  2. Sankashti ChaturthiVrats
    A fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Krishna Chaturthi: 3 Oct, 13:28 IST → 4 Oct, 11:22 IST
  3. Indira EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 10 Oct · Krishna Ekadashi: 10 Oct, 14:15 IST → 11 Oct, 16:38 IST
  4. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 12 Oct · Krishna Trayodashi: 12 Oct, 19:10 IST → 13 Oct, 21:42 IST
  5. Masik ShivaratriVrats
    The monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 13 Oct, 21:42 IST → 15 Oct, 00:06 IST
  6. Ashwin AmavasyaVrats
    The new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 14 Oct · Amavasya: 15 Oct, 00:06 IST → 16 Oct, 02:19 IST
  7. Navratri beginsHindu festivals
    Nine nights of Durga; Ghatasthapana is done this morning.Tithi begins 15 Oct · Shukla Pratipada: 16 Oct, 02:19 IST → 17 Oct, 04:12 IST
  8. Tula SankrantiVrats
    The Sun enters Tula.Sun enters 17 Oct, 23:33 IST
  9. Durga Puja begins (Shashthi)Regional
    Bengal’s great festival of the Goddess begins.Tithi begins 21 Oct · Shukla Shashthi: 21 Oct, 07:42 IST → 22 Oct, 07:19 IST
  10. Durga AshtamiHindu festivals
    The eighth day of Navratri, with Kanya Puja.Shukla Ashtami: 23 Oct, 06:21 IST → 24 Oct, 04:50 IST
  11. Maha NavamiHindu festivals
    The ninth day of Navratri.Tithi begins 23 Oct · Shukla Navami: 24 Oct, 04:50 IST → 25 Oct, 02:48 IST
  12. Dussehra · VijayadashamiHindu festivals
    The victory of Rama over Ravana and of Durga over Mahishasura.Tithi begins 24 Oct · Shukla Dashami: 25 Oct, 02:48 IST → 26 Oct, 00:18 IST
  13. Papankusha EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 25 Oct · Shukla Ekadashi: 26 Oct, 00:18 IST → 26 Oct, 21:26 IST
  14. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 27 Oct, 18:18 IST → 28 Oct, 15:03 IST
  15. Sharad PurnimaHindu festivals
    The harvest full moon, kept awake under the moonlight.Purnima: 29 Oct, 11:49 IST → 30 Oct, 08:45 IST
  16. Total lunar eclipseEclipses
    Not visible here, so no sutak applies.Not visible here
  17. Ashwin PurnimaVrats
    The full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 29 Oct · Purnima: 29 Oct, 11:49 IST → 30 Oct, 08:45 IST