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October 1978

Purattasi – Aippasi · Pingala

Tamil Calendar October 1978

October 1978 · 31 days

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Tamil months in October 1978

Purattasi 17 Sep – 16 Oct 1978

Aippasi 17 Oct – 15 Nov 1978 Begins · Tue 17 Oct

October 1978 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: Sarva Pitru Amavasya (Oct 1), Gandhi Jayanti (Oct 2), Sharad Navratri (Oct 3). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 8 favourable, 14 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Oct 12, Oct 27. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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Sharad Navratri Dussehra Dhanteras Diwali Gandhi Jayanti Durga Ashtami

22 observances in October

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1 Chaturdashi Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2 Amavasya Gandhi Jayanti

Sharad Navratri

3 Pratipada Sharad Navratri Sharad Navratri 4 Dwitiya 5 Tritiya Vinayaka Chaturthi 6 Chaturthi 7 Panchami 8 Saptami 9 Ashtami Durga Ashtami 10 Navami Maha Navami

11 Dashami Dussehra Dussehra 12 Ekadashi Papankusha Ekadashi 13 Dwadashi Shukla Pradosh Vrat 14 Trayodashi 15 Chaturdashi Sharad Purnima 16 Purnima Purnima Vrat 17 Pratipada Aippasi begins Tula Sankranti 18 Dwitiya 19 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 20 Chaturthi 21 Panchami 22 Shashthi 23 Saptami 24 Ashtami 25 Navami 26 Dashami 27 Ekadashi Rama Ekadashi 28 Dwadashi Govatsa Dwadashi

29 Trayodashi Dhanteras +1 more Dhanteras Krishna Pradosh Vrat 30 Chaturdashi Narak Chaturdashi Masik Shivaratri

31 Amavasya Diwali +1 more Diwali Amavasya

1 Sun Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2 Mon Gandhi Jayanti

Sharad Navratri

3 Tue Sharad Navratri 5 Thu Vinayaka Chaturthi 9 Mon Durga Ashtami 10 Tue Maha Navami

Dussehra

11 Wed Dussehra 12 Thu Papankusha Ekadashi 13 Fri Shukla Pradosh Vrat 15 Sun Sharad Purnima 16 Mon Purnima Vrat 17 Tue Tula Sankranti 19 Thu Sankashti Chaturthi 27 Fri Rama Ekadashi 28 Sat Govatsa Dwadashi

Dhanteras

29 Sun Dhanteras Krishna Pradosh Vrat 30 Mon Narak Chaturdashi Masik Shivaratri

Diwali

31 Tue Diwali Amavasya

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