The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Punjabi 1997 opens in October during Nanakshahi 529 of the Hindu calendar.
October 1997
Nanakshahi 529
Assu – Katak
Festivals & Vrats in October 1997
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Sharad Navratri
Tithi 10:22 PM, Oct 1 – 12:46 AM, Oct 3
The autumn nine nights of Devi worship begin.
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Dussehra
Tithi 3:41 AM, Oct 11 – 1:42 AM, Oct 12
The burning of Ravana on Vijayadashami.
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Meerabai Jayanti
Tithi 12:45 PM, Oct 15 – 9:15 AM, Oct 16
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 12:18 AM, Oct 19 – 10:16 PM, Oct 19
Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of their husbands.
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Ahoi Ashtami Vrat
Tithi 9:39 PM, Oct 22 – 10:56 PM, Oct 23
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 11:39 AM, Oct 29 – 1:45 PM, Oct 30
The festival of lights, also Bandi Chhor Divas in Sikh tradition.
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Govardhan Puja / Annakut
Tithi 1:49 PM, Oct 30 – 3:32 PM, Oct 31
Krishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with mountains of food offered to the deity.
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.