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Punjabi Calendar

The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.

Punjabi 1954 opens in October during Nanakshahi 486 of the Hindu calendar.

October 1954

Nanakshahi 486

Assu – Katak

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Festivals & Vrats in October 1954

  • Dussehra

    Thursday, 7 October 1954 Dashami

    Tithi 12:04 AM, Oct 7 – 11:54 PM, Oct 7

    The burning of Ravana on Vijayadashami.

  • Meerabai Jayanti

    Tuesday, 12 October 1954 Purnima

    Tithi 2:21 PM, Oct 11 – 10:40 AM, Oct 12

    The birth anniversary of the saint-poetess Meerabai, the devotee of Lord Krishna, observed on Sharad Purnima.

  • Karva Chauth Vrat

    Friday, 15 October 1954 Chaturthi

    Tithi 11:34 PM, Oct 14 – 8:20 PM, Oct 15

    Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of their husbands.

    Vrat Katha → Vrat Vidhi → Vrat Food → Gallery →

  • Ahoi Ashtami Vrat

    Monday, 18 October 1954 Saptami

    Tithi 3:38 PM, Oct 17 – 2:22 PM, Oct 18

    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.

    Vrat Katha → Vrat Food →

  • Dhanteras

    Saturday, 23 October 1954 Dwadashi

    Tithi 3:20 PM, Oct 22 – 4:53 PM, Oct 23

    The worship of Dhanvantari and wealth.

    Gallery →

  • Diwali (Bandi Chhor Divas)

    Tuesday, 26 October 1954 Amavasya

    Tithi 8:54 PM, Oct 25 – 11:14 PM, Oct 26

    The festival of lights, also Bandi Chhor Divas in Sikh tradition.

    Gallery →

  • Govardhan Puja / Annakut

    Wednesday, 27 October 1954 Pratipada

    Tithi 11:16 PM, Oct 26 – 1:46 AM, Oct 28

    Krishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with mountains of food offered to the deity.

    Gallery →

  • Bhaiya Dooj (Tikka)

    Thursday, 28 October 1954 Dwitiya

    Tithi 1:48 AM, Oct 28 – 4:24 AM, Oct 29

    Sisters apply the tikka to their brothers two days after Diwali.

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.

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