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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 1966 opens in November during Nanakshahi 498 of the Hindu calendar.

November 1966

Nanakshahi 498

Katak – Maghar

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Festivals & Vrats in November 1966

  • Karva Chauth Vrat

    Tuesday, 1 November 1966 Tritiya

    Tithi 6:09 PM, Oct 31 – 6:48 PM, Nov 1

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

    Vrat Katha → Vrat Vidhi → Vrat Food → Gallery →

  • Ahoi Ashtami Vrat

    Saturday, 5 November 1966 Saptami

    Tithi 5:56 PM, Nov 4 – 4:39 PM, Nov 5

    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

    Thursday, 10 November 1966 Trayodashi

    Tithi 4:32 AM, Nov 10 – 1:32 AM, Nov 11

    The worship of Dhanvantari and wealth.

    Gallery →

  • Diwali (Bandi Chhor Divas)

    Saturday, 12 November 1966 Amavasya

    Tithi 10:36 PM, Nov 11 – 7:52 PM, Nov 12

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

    Gallery →

  • Govardhan Puja / Annakut

    Sunday, 13 November 1966 Pratipada

    Tithi 7:53 PM, Nov 12 – 5:32 PM, Nov 13

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

    Gallery →

  • Bhaiya Dooj (Tikka)

    Monday, 14 November 1966 Dwitiya

    Tithi 5:30 PM, Nov 13 – 3:42 PM, Nov 14

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

  • Kansa Vadh

    Tuesday, 22 November 1966 Dashami

    Tithi 9:27 PM, Nov 21 – 12:02 AM, Nov 23

    Krishna's slaying of the tyrant Kansa is celebrated on Kartik Shukla Dashami, with processions and re-enactments in Mathura.

  • Guru Nanak Jayanti

    Monday, 28 November 1966 Purnima

    Tithi 7:47 AM, Nov 27 – 8:10 AM, Nov 28

    The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak on Kartika Purnima.

    Gallery →

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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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