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October 1956

Purattasi – Aippasi · Manmatha

Tamil Calendar October 1956

October 1956 · 31 days

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Tamil months in October 1956

Purattasi 16 Sep – 16 Oct 1956

Aippasi 17 Oct – 15 Nov 1956 Begins · Wed 17 Oct

October 1956 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 3), Sharad Navratri (Oct 5). Day quality across 31 days: 0 highly auspicious, 9 favourable, 17 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Oct 15, Oct 29. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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October highlights

Sharad Navratri Dussehra Dhanteras Gandhi Jayanti Durga Ashtami Maha Navami

20 observances in October

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1 Dwadashi Krishna Pradosh Vrat 2 Trayodashi Gandhi Jayanti Masik Shivaratri 3 Chaturdashi Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya 4 Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

5 Pratipada Sharad Navratri Sharad Navratri 6 Dwitiya 7 Chaturthi Vinayaka Chaturthi 8 Chaturthi 9 Panchami 10 Shashthi 11 Saptami 12 Ashtami Durga Ashtami 13 Navami Maha Navami

14 Dashami Dussehra Dussehra 15 Ekadashi Papankusha Ekadashi 16 Dwadashi Tula Sankranti 17 Trayodashi Aippasi begins Shukla Pradosh Vrat 18 Chaturdashi Sharad Purnima 19 Purnima Purnima Vrat 20 Pratipada 21 Dwitiya 22 Tritiya 23 Chaturthi Sankashti Chaturthi 24 Panchami 25 Shashthi 26 Saptami 27 Ashtami 28 Navami 29 Ekadashi Rama Ekadashi 30 Dwadashi Govatsa Dwadashi

31 Trayodashi Dhanteras +1 more Dhanteras Krishna Pradosh Vrat

1 Mon Krishna Pradosh Vrat 2 Tue Gandhi Jayanti Masik Shivaratri 3 Wed Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

5 Fri Sharad Navratri 7 Sun Vinayaka Chaturthi 12 Fri Durga Ashtami 13 Sat Maha Navami

Dussehra

14 Sun Dussehra 15 Mon Papankusha Ekadashi 16 Tue Tula Sankranti 17 Wed Shukla Pradosh Vrat 18 Thu Sharad Purnima 19 Fri Purnima Vrat 23 Tue Sankashti Chaturthi 29 Mon Rama Ekadashi 30 Tue Govatsa Dwadashi

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31 Wed Dhanteras Krishna Pradosh Vrat

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