The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Punjabi 1982 opens in November during Nanakshahi 514 of the Hindu calendar.
November 1982
Nanakshahi 514
Katak – Maghar
Festivals & Vrats in November 1982
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Meerabai Jayanti
Tithi 8:30 PM, Oct 31 – 6:30 PM, Nov 1
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 1:26 PM, Nov 3 – 10:43 AM, Nov 4
Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of their husbands.
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Ahoi Ashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:03 AM, Nov 8 – 11:10 PM, Nov 8
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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Diwali (Bandi Chhor Divas)
Tithi 7:43 PM, Nov 14 – 8:35 PM, Nov 15
The festival of lights, also Bandi Chhor Divas in Sikh tradition.
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Govardhan Puja / Annakut
Tithi 8:37 PM, Nov 15 – 9:58 PM, Nov 16
Krishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with mountains of food offered to the deity.
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Bhaiya Dooj (Tikka)
Tithi 10:02 PM, Nov 16 – 11:51 PM, Nov 17
Sisters apply the tikka to their brothers two days after Diwali.
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Kansa Vadh
Tithi 3:35 PM, Nov 25 – 3:42 PM, Nov 26
Krishna's slaying of the tyrant Kansa is celebrated on Kartik Shukla Dashami, with processions and re-enactments in Mathura.
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Guru Nanak Jayanti
Tithi 11:42 AM, Nov 29 – 8:52 AM, Nov 30
The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak on Kartika Purnima.
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.