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October 2016: Bengali dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Bangabda 1423.

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1 Ashshin 15 Shukla Pratipada Hasta Navratri begins (Ghatasthapana) 2 Ashshin 16 Shukla Pratipada Chitra 3 Ashshin 17 Shukla Dwitiya Swati 4 Ashshin 18 Shukla Tritiya Vishakha 5 Ashshin 19 Shukla Chaturthi Vishakha 6 Ashshin 20 Shukla Panchami Anuradha 7 Ashshin 21 Shukla Shashthi Jyeshtha 8 Ashshin 22 Shukla Saptami Mula 9 Ashshin 23 Shukla Ashtami Purva Ashadha Durga Ashtami 10 Ashshin 24 Shukla Navami Uttara Ashadha Maha Navami 11 Ashshin 25 Shukla Dashami Shravana Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 12 Ashshin 26 Shukla Ekadashi Dhanishta Papankusha Ekadashi 13 Ashshin 27 Shukla Dwadashi Shatabhisha Pradosham 14 Ashshin 28 Shukla Trayodashi Purva Bhadrapada 15 Ashshin 29 Shukla Chaturdashi Uttara Bhadrapada Sharad Purnima Ashwin Purnima 16 Ashshin 30 Purnima Revati 17 Ashshin 31 Krishna Dwitiya Ashwini Tula Sankranti 18 Kartik 1 Krishna Tritiya Krittika 19 Kartik 2 Krishna Chaturthi Rohini Karwa Chauth Sankashti Chaturthi 20 Kartik 3 Krishna Panchami Mrigashira 21 Kartik 4 Krishna Shashthi Ardra 22 Kartik 5 Krishna Saptami Punarvasu Ahoi Ashtami 23 Kartik 6 Krishna Ashtami Pushya 24 Kartik 7 Krishna Navami Ashlesha 25 Kartik 8 Krishna Dashami Magha 26 Kartik 9 Krishna Ekadashi Purva Phalguni Rama Ekadashi 27 Kartik 10 Krishna Dwadashi Uttara Phalguni Dhanteras Pradosham 28 Kartik 11 Krishna Trayodashi Hasta Masik Shivaratri 29 Kartik 12 Krishna Chaturdashi Chitra Narak Chaturdashi 30 Kartik 13 Amavasya Chitra Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) Ashwin Amavasya 31 Kartik 14 Shukla Pratipada Swati Govardhan Puja

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Festivals and vrats this month

Date	Observance	Details
01 Oct Saturday	Navratri begins (Ghatasthapana)	Ashwin Shukla Pratipada, 01 Oct, 05:41 to 02 Oct, 07:45
09 Oct Sunday	Durga Ashtami	Ashwin Shukla Ashtami, 08 Oct, 21:24 to 09 Oct, 22:31
10 Oct Monday	Maha Navami	Ashwin Shukla Navami, 09 Oct, 22:31 to 10 Oct, 22:53
11 Oct Tuesday	Dussehra (Vijayadashami)	Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 10 Oct, 22:53 to 11 Oct, 22:28
12 Oct Wednesday	Papankusha Ekadashi	Ekadashi 11 Oct, 22:28 to 12 Oct, 21:14; Parana on 13 Oct from 06:20 to 13:16
13 Oct Thursday	Pradosham	Shukla Trayodashi 13 Oct, 19:15 to 14 Oct, 16:36
15 Oct Saturday	Sharad Purnima	Ashwin Purnima, 15 Oct, 13:25 to 16 Oct, 09:53
15 Oct Saturday	Ashwin Purnima	Purnima 15 Oct, 13:25 to 16 Oct, 09:53
17 Oct Monday	Tula Sankranti	The Sun enters Libra at 17 Oct 2016, 06:31
19 Oct Wednesday	Karwa Chauth	Ashwin Krishna Chaturthi, 18 Oct, 22:47 to 19 Oct, 19:32
19 Oct Wednesday	Sankashti Chaturthi	Krishna Chaturthi 18 Oct, 22:47 to 19 Oct, 19:32; moonrise 20:47
22 Oct Saturday	Ahoi Ashtami	Ashwin Krishna Ashtami, 22 Oct, 13:10 to 23 Oct, 12:28
26 Oct Wednesday	Rama Ekadashi	Ekadashi 25 Oct, 13:13 to 26 Oct, 14:30; Parana on 27 Oct from 06:29 to 13:11
27 Oct Thursday	Dhanteras	Ashwin Krishna Trayodashi, 27 Oct, 16:15 to 28 Oct, 18:20
27 Oct Thursday	Pradosham	Krishna Trayodashi 27 Oct, 16:15 to 28 Oct, 18:20
28 Oct Friday	Masik Shivaratri	Krishna Chaturdashi 28 Oct, 18:20 to 29 Oct, 20:40
29 Oct Saturday	Narak Chaturdashi	Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 28 Oct, 18:20 to 29 Oct, 20:40
30 Oct Sunday	Diwali (Lakshmi Puja)	Ashwin Amavasya, 29 Oct, 20:40 to 30 Oct, 23:08
30 Oct Sunday	Ashwin Amavasya	Amavasya 29 Oct, 20:40 to 30 Oct, 23:08
31 Oct Monday	Govardhan Puja	Kartika Shukla Pratipada, 30 Oct, 23:08 to 01 Nov, 01:39

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.