The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Punjabi 1985 opens in November during Nanakshahi 517 of the Hindu calendar.
November 1985
Nanakshahi 517
Katak – Maghar
Festivals & Vrats in November 1985
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Karva Chauth Vrat
Tithi 4:33 AM, Oct 31 – 7:02 AM, Nov 1
Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of their husbands.
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Ahoi Ashtami Vrat
Tithi 12:54 PM, Nov 4 – 1:31 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.
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Diwali (Bandi Chhor Divas)
Tithi 11:35 PM, Nov 11 – 7:51 PM, Nov 12
The festival of lights, also Bandi Chhor Divas in Sikh tradition.
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Govardhan Puja / Annakut
Tithi 7:49 PM, Nov 12 – 4:05 PM, Nov 13
Krishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with mountains of food offered to the deity.
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Bhaiya Dooj (Tikka)
Tithi 4:02 PM, Nov 13 – 12:31 PM, Nov 14
Sisters apply the tikka to their brothers two days after Diwali.
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Kansa Vadh
Tithi 3:47 AM, Nov 21 – 5:13 AM, Nov 22
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 3:36 PM, Nov 26 – 6:12 PM, Nov 27
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.