The Marathi festival calendar (Gudi Padwa new year). Maharashtrian festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
October 2019
Shaka Samvat 1941 (Vikari)
Ashwina – Kartika
Festivals & Vrats in October 2019
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Kojagiri Purnima
Tithi 12:37 AM, Oct 13 – 2:43 AM, Oct 14
The bright Ashwina full moon, kept awake for Goddess Lakshmi.
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Karwa Chauth Vrat
Tithi 5:55 AM, Oct 16 – 6:48 AM, Oct 17
Married women fast until moonrise for their husbands.
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Vasubaras / Vagh Baras (Govatsa Dwadashi)
Tithi 10:20 PM, Oct 24 – 7:11 PM, Oct 25
The first day of Diwali, when cows and their calves are worshipped in gratitude for their nourishment — kept as Vasubaras in Maharashtra and Vagh Baras in Gujarat, where traders close the old account books.
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Narak Chaturdashi
Tithi 3:45 PM, Oct 26 – 12:22 PM, Oct 27
The abhyanga snan marking Krishna's slaying of Narakasura.
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Laxmi Pujan (Diwali)
Tithi 3:45 PM, Oct 26 – 12:22 PM, Oct 27
The worship of Goddess Lakshmi on Kartika Amavasya.
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Bali Pratipada (Diwali Padwa / Bestu Varas)
Tithi 12:17 PM, Oct 27 – 9:08 AM, Oct 28
The Diwali Padwa honouring King Bali's return; wives perform aukshan (aarti) for their husbands and new account books and ventures are begun. In Gujarat this is Bestu Varas, the Gujarati New Year.
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 Marathi Calendar
The Marathi festival calendar (Gudi Padwa new year). Maharashtrian festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
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.