Bengali Calendar
October 2012: Bengali dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Bangabda 1419.
October 2012
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Ashshin 15 Krishna Pratipada Revati
2
Ashshin 16 Krishna Dwitiya Ashwini
3
Ashshin 17 Krishna Tritiya Bharani Sankashti Chaturthi
4
Ashshin 18 Krishna Chaturthi Krittika
5
Ashshin 19 Krishna Panchami Rohini
6
Ashshin 20 Krishna Shashthi Mrigashira
7
Ashshin 21 Krishna Saptami Mrigashira
8
Ashshin 22 Krishna Ashtami Ardra
9
Ashshin 23 Krishna Navami Punarvasu
10
Ashshin 24 Krishna Dashami Pushya
11
Ashshin 25 Krishna Ekadashi Ashlesha Indira Ekadashi
12
Ashshin 26 Krishna Dwadashi Magha
13
Ashshin 27 Krishna Trayodashi Purva Phalguni Shani Pradosham Masik Shivaratri
14
Ashshin 28 Krishna Chaturdashi Uttara Phalguni
15
Ashshin 29 Amavasya Hasta Mahalaya Amavasya Bhadrapada Amavasya (Somvati)
16
Ashshin 30 Shukla Pratipada Chitra Navratri begins (Ghatasthapana)
17
Ashshin 31 Shukla Dwitiya Vishakha Tula Sankranti
18
Kartik 1 Shukla Tritiya Anuradha
19
Kartik 2 Shukla Panchami Jyeshtha
20
Kartik 3 Shukla Shashthi Mula
21
Kartik 4 Shukla Saptami Purva Ashadha
22
Kartik 5 Shukla Ashtami Uttara Ashadha Durga Ashtami
23
Kartik 6 Shukla Navami Shravana Maha Navami
24
Kartik 7 Shukla Dashami Dhanishta Dussehra (Vijayadashami)
25
Kartik 8 Shukla Ekadashi Shatabhisha Papankusha Ekadashi
26
Kartik 9 Shukla Dwadashi Purva Bhadrapada
27
Kartik 10 Shukla Trayodashi Uttara Bhadrapada Shani Pradosham
28
Kartik 11 Shukla Chaturdashi Revati
29
Kartik 12 Purnima Ashwini Sharad Purnima Ashwin Purnima
30
Kartik 13 Krishna Pratipada Bharani
31
Kartik 14 Krishna Dwitiya Krittika
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Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 03 Oct Wednesday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 03 Oct, 13:59 to 04 Oct, 16:30; moonrise 19:56 |
| 11 Oct Thursday | Indira Ekadashi | Ekadashi 11 Oct, 03:09 to 12 Oct, 02:34; Parana on 12 Oct from 08:14 to 13:16 |
| 13 Oct Saturday | Shani Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 13 Oct, 01:12 to 13 Oct, 23:09 |
| 13 Oct Saturday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 13 Oct, 23:09 to 14 Oct, 20:32 |
| 15 Oct Monday | Mahalaya Amavasya | Bhadrapada Amavasya, 14 Oct, 20:32 to 15 Oct, 17:32 |
| 15 Oct Monday | Bhadrapada Amavasya (Somvati) | Amavasya 14 Oct, 20:32 to 15 Oct, 17:32 |
| 16 Oct Tuesday | Navratri begins (Ghatasthapana) | Ashwin Shukla Pratipada, 15 Oct, 17:32 to 16 Oct, 14:18 |
| 17 Oct Wednesday | Tula Sankranti | The Sun enters Libra at 17 Oct 2012, 05:50 |
| 22 Oct Monday | Durga Ashtami | Ashwin Shukla Ashtami, 21 Oct, 21:45 to 22 Oct, 20:26 |
| 23 Oct Tuesday | Maha Navami | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 22 Oct, 20:26 to 23 Oct, 19:38 |
| 24 Oct Wednesday | Dussehra (Vijayadashami) | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 23 Oct, 19:38 to 24 Oct, 19:22 |
| 25 Oct Thursday | Papankusha Ekadashi | Ekadashi 24 Oct, 19:22 to 25 Oct, 19:38; Parana on 26 Oct from 06:29 to 13:12 |
| 27 Oct Saturday | Shani Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 26 Oct, 20:24 to 27 Oct, 21:37 |
| 29 Oct Monday | Sharad Purnima | Ashwin Purnima, 28 Oct, 23:17 to 30 Oct, 01:19 |
| 29 Oct Monday | Ashwin Purnima | Purnima 28 Oct, 23:17 to 30 Oct, 01:19 |
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.