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Panchang · पञ्चांग · Leicester

Saturday, 19 October 1985

Ashwin · Shukla paksha · Vikram Samvat 2042 Calculated

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Sunrise 7:37 amDaySunset 6:01 pm
  • Durga Puja begins (Shashthi)Bengal’s great festival of the Goddess begins.
Tithi at sunriseShukla ShashthiFrom 18 Oct, 13:16 to 19 Oct, 11:10, then Saptami
NakshatraMula18 Oct, 10:54 → 19 Oct, 09:29
Moon33% illuminatedMoon–Sun elongation 70.1°
Sunrise07:37Sunset18:01Moonrise14:53Moonset21:20

Across the day

Sunrise 07:37 → next sunrise 07:38

At 07:38An ordinary hour
TithiSaptami
NakshatraPurva Ashadha

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Five limbs · पञ्च अङ्ग

The five limbs of the day

१VaraShanivara (Saturday)
२TithiShukla Shashthi→ 11:10
३NakshatraMula→ 09:29
४YogaAtiganda→ 16:35
५KaranaTaitila→ 11:10
Yamaganda14:07–15:25Gulika kaal07:37–08:55Month (amanta)Ashwin

October 1985

Bhadrapada · Vikram Samvat 2042 · Leicester
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in October 1985

  1. Gandhi JayantiNational
    The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
  2. Sankashti ChaturthiVrats
    A fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Krishna Chaturthi: 2 Oct, 08:06 GMT+1 → 3 Oct, 10:47 GMT+1
  3. Indira EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 9 Oct · Krishna Ekadashi: 9 Oct, 18:16 GMT+1 → 10 Oct, 16:55 GMT+1
  4. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Krishna Trayodashi: 11 Oct, 14:51 GMT+1 → 12 Oct, 12:09 GMT+1
  5. Masik ShivaratriVrats
    The monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 12 Oct, 12:09 GMT+1 → 13 Oct, 09:00 GMT+1
  6. Ashwin AmavasyaVrats
    The new moon, for remembering ancestors.Amavasya: 13 Oct, 09:00 GMT+1 → 14 Oct, 05:33 GMT+1
  7. Navratri beginsHindu festivals
    Nine nights of Durga; Ghatasthapana is done this morning.Tithi begins 13 Oct · Shukla Pratipada: 14 Oct, 05:33 GMT+1 → 15 Oct, 01:57 GMT+1
  8. Tula SankrantiVrats
    The Sun enters Tula.Sun enters 17 Oct, 03:12 GMT+1
  9. Durga Puja begins (Shashthi)Regional
    Bengal’s great festival of the Goddess begins.Tithi begins 18 Oct · Shukla Shashthi: 18 Oct, 13:16 GMT+1 → 19 Oct, 11:10 GMT+1
  10. Durga AshtamiHindu festivals
    The eighth day of Navratri, with Kanya Puja.Tithi begins 20 Oct · Shukla Ashtami: 20 Oct, 09:42 GMT+1 → 21 Oct, 08:53 GMT+1
  11. Maha NavamiHindu festivals
    The ninth day of Navratri.Shukla Navami: 21 Oct, 08:53 GMT+1 → 22 Oct, 08:43 GMT+1
  12. Dussehra · VijayadashamiHindu festivals
    The victory of Rama over Ravana and of Durga over Mahishasura.Shukla Dashami: 22 Oct, 08:43 GMT+1 → 23 Oct, 09:12 GMT+1
  13. Papankusha EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 23 Oct · Shukla Ekadashi: 23 Oct, 09:12 GMT+1 → 24 Oct, 10:15 GMT+1
  14. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 25 Oct, 11:49 GMT+1 → 26 Oct, 13:47 GMT+1
  15. Sharad PurnimaHindu festivals
    The harvest full moon, kept awake under the moonlight.Purnima: 27 Oct, 15:05 GMT → 28 Oct, 17:37 GMT
  16. Total lunar eclipseEclipses
    Visible here, 15:54 to 19:30 (peak 17:42). Sutak from 06:54: by tradition no cooking or eating until it ends, except for children, the elderly and the unwell.Eclipse 28 Oct, 15:54 GMT → 28 Oct, 19:30 GMT · sutak from 28 Oct, 06:54 GMT
  17. Ashwin PurnimaVrats
    The full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 27 Oct · Purnima: 27 Oct, 15:05 GMT → 28 Oct, 17:37 GMT

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