The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Punjabi 1968 opens in October during Nanakshahi 500 of the Hindu calendar.
October 1968
Nanakshahi 500
Assu – Katak
Festivals & Vrats in October 1968
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Dussehra
Tithi 7:47 PM, Sep 30 – 6:19 PM, Oct 1
The burning of Ravana on Vijayadashami.
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Meerabai Jayanti
Tithi 4:30 PM, Oct 5 – 5:13 PM, Oct 6
The birth anniversary of the saint-poetess Meerabai, the devotee of Lord Krishna, observed on Sharad Purnima.
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Karva Chauth Vrat
Tithi 10:01 PM, Oct 9 – 12:18 AM, Oct 11
Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of their husbands.
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Ahoi Ashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:29 AM, Oct 13 – 7:36 AM, Oct 14
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 11:17 AM, Oct 18 – 10:02 AM, Oct 19
The worship of Dhanvantari and wealth.
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Diwali (Bandi Chhor Divas)
Tithi 6:01 AM, Oct 21 – 3:26 AM, Oct 22
The festival of lights, also Bandi Chhor Divas in Sikh tradition.
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Govardhan Puja / Annakut
Tithi 3:14 AM, Oct 22 – 12:13 AM, Oct 23
Krishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with mountains of food offered to the deity.
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Bhaiya Dooj (Tikka)
Tithi 12:07 AM, Oct 23 – 8:51 PM, Oct 23
Sisters apply the tikka to their brothers two days after Diwali.
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Kansa Vadh
Tithi 4:36 AM, Oct 30 – 4:03 AM, Oct 31
Krishna's slaying of the tyrant Kansa is celebrated on Kartik Shukla Dashami, with processions and re-enactments in Mathura.
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.