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Purattasi – Aippasi · Chitrabhanu

Tamil Calendar October 2003

October 2003 · 31 days

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Tamil months in October 2003

Purattasi 17 Sep – 17 Oct 2003

Aippasi 18 Oct – 16 Nov 2003 Begins · Sat 18 Oct

October 2003 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: Maha Shashthi (Oct 1), Gandhi Jayanti (Oct 2), Maha Saptami (Oct 2). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 4 favourable, 20 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Oct 6. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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October highlights

Dussehra Dhanteras Diwali Gandhi Jayanti Durga Ashtami Maha Navami

21 observances in October

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1 Shashthi 2 Saptami Gandhi Jayanti 3 Ashtami Durga Ashtami Maha Navami

4 Navami Dussehra Dussehra 5 Dashami 6 Ekadashi Papankusha Ekadashi 7 Dwadashi Shukla Pradosh Vrat 8 Trayodashi 9 Chaturdashi Sharad Purnima 10 Purnima Purnima Vrat 11 Pratipada 12 Dwitiya 13 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 14 Chaturthi 15 Panchami 16 Shashthi 17 Saptami Tula Sankranti 18 Ashtami Aippasi begins 19 Ashtami 20 Navami 21 Dashami Rama Ekadashi 22 Dwadashi Govatsa Dwadashi

23 Trayodashi Dhanteras +1 more Dhanteras Krishna Pradosh Vrat 24 Chaturdashi Narak Chaturdashi Masik Shivaratri

25 Amavasya Diwali +1 more Diwali Amavasya 26 Pratipada Bhaiya Dooj Govardhan Puja 27 Dwitiya 28 Tritiya Vinayaka Chaturthi 29 Panchami 30 Shashthi 31 Saptami

2 Thu Gandhi Jayanti 3 Fri Durga Ashtami Maha Navami

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4 Sat Dussehra 6 Mon Papankusha Ekadashi 7 Tue Shukla Pradosh Vrat 9 Thu Sharad Purnima 10 Fri Purnima Vrat 13 Mon Sankashti Chaturthi 17 Fri Tula Sankranti 21 Tue Rama Ekadashi 22 Wed Govatsa Dwadashi

Dhanteras

23 Thu Dhanteras Krishna Pradosh Vrat 24 Fri Narak Chaturdashi Masik Shivaratri

Diwali

25 Sat Diwali Amavasya 26 Sun Bhaiya Dooj Govardhan Puja 28 Tue Vinayaka Chaturthi

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