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Indian Calendar October 2012

October 2012 · 31 days

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October 2012 corresponds to October. The autumn festival climax nationwide: Navratri and Durga Puja, Dussehra, and Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, as the post-monsoon harvest season opens. Major observances: Gandhi Jayanti (Oct 2), Sarva Pitru Amavasya (Oct 15), Sharad Navratri (Oct 16). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 3 favourable, 17 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Oct 11, Oct 25. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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Sharad Navratri Dussehra Gandhi Jayanti Maha Shashthi Maha Saptami Durga Ashtami

30 observances in October

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1 Pratipada 2 Dwitiya Gandhi Jayanti 3 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 4 Chaturthi 5 Panchami 6 Shashthi 7 Saptami 8 Ashtami Kalashtami 9 Navami Avidhava Navami 10 Dashami 11 Ekadashi Indira Ekadashi 12 Dwadashi 13 Trayodashi Krishna Pradosh Vrat Masik Shivaratri 14 Chaturdashi 15 Amavasya Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya Somvati Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

16 Pratipada Sharad Navratri Sharad Navratri 17 Dwitiya Tula Sankranti 18 Tritiya Vinayaka Chaturthi 19 Panchami Lalita Panchami 20 Shashthi Maha Shashthi Saraswati Avahan 21 Saptami Maha Saptami Saraswati Puja 22 Ashtami Durga Ashtami Saraswati Balidan Masik Durgashtami 23 Navami Maha Navami Maha Navami Saraswati Visarjan

24 Dashami Dussehra +1 more Dussehra Vijaya Dashami 25 Ekadashi Papankusha Ekadashi 26 Dwadashi 27 Trayodashi Shukla Pradosh Vrat 28 Chaturdashi 29 Purnima Sharad Purnima Purnima Vrat 30 Pratipada 31 Dwitiya

2 Tue Gandhi Jayanti 3 Wed Sankashti Chaturthi 8 Mon Kalashtami 9 Tue Avidhava Navami 11 Thu Indira Ekadashi 13 Sat Krishna Pradosh Vrat Masik Shivaratri 15 Mon Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya Somvati Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

16 Tue Sharad Navratri 17 Wed Tula Sankranti 18 Thu Vinayaka Chaturthi 19 Fri Lalita Panchami 20 Sat Maha Shashthi Saraswati Avahan 21 Sun Maha Saptami Saraswati Puja 22 Mon Durga Ashtami Saraswati Balidan Masik Durgashtami 23 Tue Maha Navami Maha Navami Saraswati Visarjan

Dussehra

24 Wed Dussehra Vijaya Dashami 25 Thu Papankusha Ekadashi 27 Sat Shukla Pradosh Vrat 29 Mon Sharad Purnima Purnima Vrat

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