The Kashmiri Hindu festival calendar (Navreh new year). Kashmiri Pandit festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each.
Kashmiri 1948 opens in October during Saptarshi Samvat 5024 of the Hindu calendar.
October 1948
Saptarshi Samvat 5024
Ashwina – Kartika
Festivals & Vrats in October 1948
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Kambari Mavus (Mahalaya Amavasya)
Tithi 4:41 AM, Oct 2 – 1:08 AM, Oct 3
The Mahalaya new moon that closes Pitru Paksha, when ancestors are honoured.
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Sharad Navratri Begins
Tithi 1:11 AM, Oct 3 – 9:51 PM, Oct 3
The autumn nine nights of Devi worship begin on Ashwina Shukla Pratipada.
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Mahanavami
Tithi 4:22 PM, Oct 10 – 6:20 PM, Oct 11
The ninth night of Sharad Navratri, the climax of Devi worship.
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Dussehra (Vijayadashami)
Tithi 6:21 PM, Oct 11 – 8:39 PM, Oct 12
The victory of Rama over Ravana and of Durga over Mahishasura.
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Karva Chauth Vrat
Tithi 10:20 AM, Oct 20 – 10:41 AM, Oct 21
Married women fast for their husbands' long life until moonrise.
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Deepawali
Tithi 4:55 PM, Oct 30 – 2:07 PM, Oct 31
The festival of lights and the worship of Goddess Lakshmi on Kartika Amavasya.
Timings shown for New Delhi (IST) at sunrise — use the city box at the top to change it. Solar months begin by each tradition's own Sankranti rule (same-day, next-day, sunset or aparahna). Era years and lunar month names follow standard Vedic calculations and may differ slightly from regional almanacs around an Adhik Maas.
About the Kashmiri Calendar
The Kashmiri Hindu festival calendar (Navreh new year). Kashmiri Pandit festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each.
Each day lists its tithi and paksha, the nakshatra, the weekday (vaar) and any festivals or vrats. Tap any day to see the full panchang for that date — tithi start and end times, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, and the inauspicious periods (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika Kalam). Use the month and year selectors to browse this year and the next.