The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Mithila 1998 opens in October during La. Sam. 879 of the Hindu calendar.
October 1998
La. Sam. 879
Ashwina – Kartika – Margashirsha
Festivals & Vrats in October 1998
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Kojagara (Lakshmi Puja)
Tithi 5:18 AM, Oct 5 – 1:49 AM, Oct 6
The Kojagari full moon worship of Goddess Lakshmi, special to newlyweds in Mithila.
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Dhanteras
Tithi 6:38 AM, Oct 16 – 8:37 AM, Oct 17
The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi.
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Diwali (Sukhraatri)
Tithi 10:44 AM, Oct 18 – 1:09 PM, Oct 19
The festival of lights and worship of Goddess Lakshmi, kept in Mithila as Sukhraatri.
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Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Tithi 6:11 PM, Oct 21 – 8:41 PM, Oct 22
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali.
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Chhath Puja
Tithi 3:01 AM, Oct 26 – 4:34 AM, Oct 27
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river.
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Gopashtami
Tithi 5:08 AM – 5:32 AM, Oct 29
The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami.
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.
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The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
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