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Purattasi – Aippasi · Vishu

Tamil Calendar October 1942

October 1942 · 31 days

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Tamil months in October 1942

Purattasi 17 Sep – 16 Oct 1942

Aippasi 17 Oct – 15 Nov 1942 Begins · Sat 17 Oct

October 1942 corresponds to Purattasi – Aippasi. Purattasi is the Perumal month, kept with Saturday fasting and strict vegetarianism for Lord Venkateswara; Mahalaya and the start of Navaratri also fall in it, and weddings are traditionally avoided. Major observances: Gandhi Jayanti (Oct 2), Sarva Pitru Amavasya (Oct 9), Sharad Navratri (Oct 11). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 5 favourable, 20 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Oct 6, Oct 20. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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Sharad Navratri Dussehra Gandhi Jayanti Durga Ashtami Maha Navami Sharad Purnima

17 observances in October

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1 Saptami 2 Ashtami Gandhi Jayanti 3 Navami 4 Navami 5 Dashami 6 Ekadashi Indira Ekadashi 7 Dwadashi Krishna Pradosh Vrat 8 Trayodashi Masik Shivaratri 9 Chaturdashi Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya 10 Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

11 Pratipada Sharad Navratri Sharad Navratri 12 Tritiya 13 Chaturthi Vinayaka Chaturthi 14 Panchami 15 Shashthi 16 Saptami 17 Ashtami Aippasi begins Durga Ashtami Tula Sankranti 18 Navami Maha Navami

19 Dashami Dussehra Dussehra 20 Ekadashi Papankusha Ekadashi 21 Dwadashi Shukla Pradosh Vrat 22 Trayodashi 23 Chaturdashi Sharad Purnima 24 Purnima Purnima Vrat 25 Pratipada 26 Dwitiya 27 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 28 Chaturthi 29 Panchami 30 Shashthi 31 Saptami

2 Fri Gandhi Jayanti 6 Tue Indira Ekadashi 7 Wed Krishna Pradosh Vrat 8 Thu Masik Shivaratri 9 Fri Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

11 Sun Sharad Navratri 13 Tue Vinayaka Chaturthi 17 Sat Durga Ashtami Tula Sankranti 18 Sun Maha Navami

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19 Mon Dussehra 20 Tue Papankusha Ekadashi 21 Wed Shukla Pradosh Vrat 23 Fri Sharad Purnima 24 Sat Purnima Vrat 27 Tue Sankashti Chaturthi

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