The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Punjabi 1951 opens in October during Nanakshahi 483 of the Hindu calendar.
October 1951
Nanakshahi 483
Assu – Katak
Festivals & Vrats in October 1951
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Sharad Navratri
Tithi 7:40 AM, Oct 1 – 6:27 AM, Oct 2
The autumn nine nights of Devi worship begin.
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Dussehra
Tithi 2:19 PM, Oct 9 – 12:25 PM, Oct 10
The burning of Ravana on Vijayadashami.
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Karva Chauth Vrat
Tithi 6:24 AM, Oct 17 – 7:39 AM, Oct 18
Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of their husbands.
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Ahoi Ashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:35 PM, Oct 21 – 4:09 PM, Oct 22
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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Dhanteras
Tithi 11:24 PM, Oct 27 – 10:53 PM, Oct 28
The worship of Dhanvantari and wealth.
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Diwali (Bandi Chhor Divas)
Tithi 9:24 PM, Oct 29 – 7:29 PM, Oct 30
The festival of lights, also Bandi Chhor Divas in Sikh tradition.
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Govardhan Puja / Annakut
Tithi 7:27 PM, Oct 30 – 5:03 PM, Oct 31
Krishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with mountains of food offered to the deity.
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 Calendar
The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi 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.