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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 1995 opens in October during Nanakshahi 527 of the Hindu calendar.

October 1995

Nanakshahi 527

Assu – Katak

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Festivals & Vrats in October 1995

  • Dussehra

    Tuesday, 3 October 1995 Dashami

    Tithi 4:52 AM, Oct 3 – 2:49 AM, Oct 4

    The burning of Ravana on Vijayadashami.

  • Meerabai Jayanti

    Sunday, 8 October 1995 Purnima

    Tithi 9:37 PM, Oct 7 – 9:15 PM, Oct 8

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

  • Karva Chauth Vrat

    Thursday, 12 October 1995 Chaturthi

    Tithi 11:43 PM, Oct 11 – 1:28 AM, Oct 13

    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, 16 October 1995 Saptami

    Tithi 6:20 AM, Oct 15 – 8:45 AM, Oct 16

    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, 21 October 1995 Dwadashi

    Tithi 2:48 PM, Oct 20 – 2:31 PM, Oct 21

    The worship of Dhanvantari and wealth.

    Gallery →

  • Diwali (Bandi Chhor Divas)

    Monday, 23 October 1995 Chaturdashi

    Tithi 1:47 PM, Oct 22 – 12:08 PM, Oct 23

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

    Gallery →

  • Govardhan Puja / Annakut

    Tuesday, 24 October 1995 Amavasya

    Tithi 12:17 PM, Oct 23 – 10:06 AM, Oct 24

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

    Gallery →

  • Bhaiya Dooj (Tikka)

    Wednesday, 25 October 1995 Pratipada

    Tithi 10:14 AM, Oct 24 – 7:40 AM, Oct 25

    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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