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October 1996

Purattasi – Aippasi · Yuva

Tamil Calendar October 1996

October 1996 · 31 days

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Tamil months in October 1996

Purattasi 16 Sep – 16 Oct 1996

Aippasi 17 Oct – 15 Nov 1996 Begins · Thu 17 Oct

October 1996 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 12), Sharad Navratri (Oct 13). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 7 favourable, 19 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Oct 8, Oct 22. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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October highlights

Sharad Navratri Dussehra Gandhi Jayanti Durga Ashtami Maha Navami Sharad Purnima

17 observances in October

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1 Panchami 2 Shashthi Gandhi Jayanti 3 Saptami 4 Ashtami 5 Ashtami 6 Navami 7 Dashami 8 Ekadashi Indira Ekadashi 9 Dwadashi Krishna Pradosh Vrat 10 Trayodashi Masik Shivaratri 11 Chaturdashi 12 Amavasya Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

13 Pratipada Sharad Navratri Sharad Navratri 14 Dwitiya 15 Tritiya 16 Chaturthi Vinayaka Chaturthi 17 Panchami Aippasi begins Tula Sankranti 18 Shashthi 19 Saptami 20 Ashtami Durga Ashtami Maha Navami

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

2 Wed Gandhi Jayanti 8 Tue Indira Ekadashi 9 Wed Krishna Pradosh Vrat 10 Thu Masik Shivaratri 12 Sat Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

13 Sun Sharad Navratri 16 Wed Vinayaka Chaturthi 17 Thu Tula Sankranti 20 Sun Durga Ashtami Maha Navami

Dussehra

21 Mon Dussehra 22 Tue Papankusha Ekadashi 24 Thu Shukla Pradosh Vrat 25 Fri Sharad Purnima 26 Sat Purnima Vrat 29 Tue Sankashti Chaturthi

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