The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Punjabi 1998 opens in October during Nanakshahi 530 of the Hindu calendar.
October 1998
Nanakshahi 530
Assu – Katak
Festivals & Vrats in October 1998
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Dussehra
Tithi 3:29 PM, Sep 30 – 2:49 PM, Oct 1
The burning of Ravana on Vijayadashami.
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Meerabai Jayanti
Tithi 5:18 AM, Oct 5 – 1:49 AM, 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 6:05 PM, Oct 7 – 2:30 PM, Oct 8
Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of their husbands.
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Ahoi Ashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:05 AM, Oct 12 – 4:07 AM, Oct 13
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 10:44 AM, Oct 18 – 1:09 PM, Oct 19
The festival of lights, also Bandi Chhor Divas in Sikh tradition.
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Govardhan Puja / Annakut
Tithi 1:08 PM, Oct 19 – 3:39 PM, Oct 20
Krishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with mountains of food offered to the deity.
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Bhaiya Dooj (Tikka)
Tithi 6:11 PM, Oct 21 – 8:41 PM, Oct 22
Sisters apply the tikka to their brothers two days after Diwali.
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Kansa Vadh
Tithi 4:30 AM, Oct 30 – 3:19 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.