The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Punjabi 2016 opens in October during Nanakshahi 548 of the Hindu calendar.
October 2016
Nanakshahi 548
Assu – Katak
Festivals & Vrats in October 2016
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Sharad Navratri
Tithi 5:41 AM, Oct 1 – 7:37 AM, Oct 2
The autumn nine nights of Devi worship begin.
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Dussehra
Tithi 10:56 PM, Oct 10 – 10:39 PM, Oct 11
The burning of Ravana on Vijayadashami.
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Meerabai Jayanti
Tithi 1:31 PM, Oct 15 – 9:53 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 10:46 PM, Oct 18 – 7:27 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 2:26 PM, Oct 21 – 1:08 PM, Oct 22
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 8:39 PM, Oct 29 – 11:07 PM, Oct 30
The festival of lights, also Bandi Chhor Divas in Sikh tradition.
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Govardhan Puja / Annakut
Tithi 11:08 PM, Oct 30 – 1:39 AM, Nov 1
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.