The Punjabi festival calendar (Nanakshahi / Bikrami). Punjabi festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Punjabi 2066 opens in October during Nanakshahi 598 of the Hindu calendar.
October 2066
Nanakshahi 598
Magh
Festivals & Vrats in October 2066
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Meerabai Jayanti
Tithi 7:02 PM, Oct 2 – 5:51 PM, Oct 3
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 5:04 PM, Oct 5 – 5:41 PM, Oct 6
Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of their husbands.
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Ahoi Ashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:54 AM, Oct 11 – 4:33 AM, Oct 12
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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Dhanteras
Tithi 10:00 AM, Oct 15 – 10:07 AM, Oct 16
The worship of Dhanvantari and wealth.
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Diwali (Bandi Chhor Divas)
Tithi 10:00 AM, Oct 17 – 8:46 AM, Oct 18
The festival of lights, also Bandi Chhor Divas in Sikh tradition.
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Govardhan Puja / Annakut
Tithi 8:59 AM, Oct 18 – 7:13 AM, Oct 19
Krishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with mountains of food offered to the deity.
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Bhaiya Dooj (Tikka)
Tithi 5:15 AM, Oct 20 – 3:06 AM, Oct 21
Sisters apply the tikka to their brothers two days after Diwali.
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Kansa Vadh
Tithi 11:38 AM, Oct 27 – 10:14 AM, Oct 28
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.