The Punjabi Jantri (Bikrami reckoning, with the Nanakshahi year alongside). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Punjabi solar month beginning on its Sangrand (Sankranti) day.
Punjabi Jantri 1998 opens in October during Bikrami Samvat 2055 (Khara) of the Hindu calendar.
October 1998
Bikrami Samvat 2055 (Khara)
Nanakshahi 530
Assu – Katak
Festivals & Vrats in October 1998
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Dussehra / Dasara (Vijayadashami)
Tithi 3:29 PM, Sep 30 – 2:49 PM, Oct 1
The victory of good over evil — effigies of Ravana are burnt and Durga is bid farewell.
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Papankusha Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 2:56 PM, Oct 1 – 1:26 PM, Oct 2
A "goad against sin" that is believed to grant heaven and good health.
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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:31 AM, Oct 3 – 8:33 AM, Oct 4
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Sharad Purnima
Tithi 5:18 AM, Oct 5 – 1:49 AM, Oct 6
The harvest full moon — kheer is set out in the nectar-like moonlight (Amrit Varsha) and the moon is worshipped on the brightest night of the year.
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Valmiki Jayanti
Tithi 5:18 AM, Oct 5 – 1:49 AM, Oct 6
The birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki, author of the Ramayana, celebrated on Ashwina (Sharad) Purnima.
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Meerabai Jayanti
Tithi 5:18 AM, Oct 5 – 1:49 AM, Oct 6
The birth anniversary of the saint-poetess Meerabai, the devotee of Lord Krishna, observed on Sharad Purnima.
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Ashwina Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 5:18 AM, Oct 5 – 1:49 AM, Oct 6
The full-moon fast, kept with a day-long vrat, a vigil, Satyanarayan Puja and charity, culminating in the worship of the rising full moon.
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 5:18 AM, Oct 5 – 1:49 AM, Oct 6
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the full moon.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:42 AM, Oct 6 – 9:56 PM, Oct 6
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Karva Chauth Vrat
Tithi 6:05 PM, Oct 7 – 2:30 PM, Oct 8
Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of their husbands.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:05 AM, Oct 12 – 4:07 AM, Oct 13
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Ahoi Ashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:05 AM, Oct 12 – 4:07 AM, Oct 13
On Kartik Krishna Ashtami, mothers keep a waterless fast for the well-being and long life of their children, worshipping Ahoi Mata and breaking the fast at the sight of the stars or moon.
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Rama Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 5:24 AM, Oct 15 – 6:32 AM, Oct 16
Falls just before Diwali and is kept to wash away sins, dedicated to Lakshmi-Narayana.
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Dhanteras
Tithi 6:38 AM, Oct 16 – 8:37 AM, Oct 17
The first day of Diwali — gold, silver and new utensils are bought to invite prosperity.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 10:44 AM, Oct 18 – 1:09 PM, Oct 19
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Narak Chaturdashi (Abhyang Snan)
Tithi 10:44 AM, Oct 18 – 1:09 PM, Oct 19
Krishna's slaying of the demon Narakasura is marked with a pre-dawn ceremonial oil bath (abhyang snan, kept by Sindhis as Roop Chaudas) before the lamps of Diwali.
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Diwali (Lakshmi Puja)
Tithi 10:44 AM, Oct 18 – 1:09 PM, Oct 19
The festival of lights — homes glow with diyas and Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped for wealth; Sindhis keep it as Diyari.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 1:08 PM, Oct 19 – 3:39 PM, Oct 20
The Darsha (Amavasya) day for offering tarpan and shradh to the ancestors, kept when the new moon prevails in the afternoon (aparahna).
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 1:08 PM, Oct 19 – 3:39 PM, Oct 20
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the new moon.
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Govardhan Puja / Annakut
Tithi 1:08 PM, Oct 19 – 3:39 PM, Oct 20
Krishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with mountains of food offered to the deity.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 1:08 PM, Oct 19 – 3:39 PM, Oct 20
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:08 PM, Oct 19 – 3:39 PM, Oct 20
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Bhai Dooj / Bhau Beej
Tithi 6:11 PM, Oct 21 – 8:41 PM, Oct 22
Sisters apply a tilak and pray for their brothers' well-being, closing the Diwali festival.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 11:03 PM, Oct 23 – 1:16 AM, Oct 25
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:08 AM, Oct 28 – 5:32 AM, Oct 29
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Kansa Vadh
Tithi 4:30 AM, Oct 30 – 3:19 AM, Oct 31
Krishna's slaying of the tyrant Kansa is celebrated on Kartik Shukla Dashami, with processions and re-enactments in Mathura.
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Devutthana (Kartiki) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 3:00 AM, Oct 31 – 1:01 AM, Nov 1
Vishnu awakens from cosmic sleep, ending Chaturmas so weddings and Tulsi Vivah resume — known in Maharashtra as Kartiki Ekadashi and also as Prabodhini Ekadashi.
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 Punjabi Jantri
The Punjabi Jantri (Bikrami reckoning, with the Nanakshahi year alongside). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Punjabi solar month beginning on its Sangrand (Sankranti) day.
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