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 1997 opens in October during Saptarshi Samvat 5073 of the Hindu calendar.
October 1997
Saptarshi Samvat 5073
Ashwina – Kartika
Festivals & Vrats in October 1997
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Kambari Mavus (Mahalaya Amavasya)
Tithi 7:48 PM, Sep 30 – 10:23 PM, Oct 1
The Mahalaya new moon that closes Pitru Paksha, when ancestors are honoured.
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Sharad Navratri Begins
Tithi 10:22 PM, Oct 1 – 12:46 AM, Oct 3
The autumn nine nights of Devi worship begin on Ashwina Shukla Pratipada.
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Mahanavami
Tithi 5:17 AM, Oct 10 – 3:57 AM, Oct 11
The ninth night of Sharad Navratri, the climax of Devi worship.
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Dussehra (Vijayadashami)
Tithi 3:41 AM, Oct 11 – 1:42 AM, Oct 12
The victory of Rama over Ravana and of Durga over Mahishasura.
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Karva Chauth Vrat
Tithi 12:18 AM, Oct 19 – 10:16 PM, Oct 19
Married women fast for their husbands' long life until moonrise.
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Deepawali
Tithi 11:39 AM, Oct 29 – 1:45 PM, Oct 30
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.