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Purattasi – Aippasi · Khara

Tamil Calendar October 2012

October 2012 · 31 days

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Tamil months in October 2012

Purattasi 16 Sep – 16 Oct 2012

Aippasi 17 Oct – 15 Nov 2012 Begins · Wed 17 Oct

October 2012 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 15), Sharad Navratri (Oct 16). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 3 favourable, 17 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Oct 11, Oct 25. 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 Pratipada 2 Dwitiya Gandhi Jayanti 3 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 4 Chaturthi 5 Panchami 6 Shashthi 7 Saptami 8 Ashtami 9 Navami 10 Dashami 11 Ekadashi Indira Ekadashi 12 Dwadashi 13 Trayodashi Krishna Pradosh Vrat Masik Shivaratri 14 Chaturdashi 15 Amavasya Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

16 Pratipada Sharad Navratri Sharad Navratri 17 Dwitiya Aippasi begins Tula Sankranti 18 Tritiya Vinayaka Chaturthi 19 Panchami 20 Shashthi 21 Saptami 22 Ashtami Durga Ashtami 23 Navami Maha Navami

24 Dashami Dussehra Dussehra 25 Ekadashi Papankusha Ekadashi 26 Dwadashi 27 Trayodashi Shukla Pradosh Vrat 28 Chaturdashi 29 Purnima Sharad Purnima Purnima Vrat 30 Pratipada 31 Dwitiya

2 Tue Gandhi Jayanti 3 Wed Sankashti Chaturthi 11 Thu Indira Ekadashi 13 Sat Krishna Pradosh Vrat Masik Shivaratri 15 Mon Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

16 Tue Sharad Navratri 17 Wed Tula Sankranti 18 Thu Vinayaka Chaturthi 22 Mon Durga Ashtami 23 Tue Maha Navami

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24 Wed Dussehra 25 Thu Papankusha Ekadashi 27 Sat Shukla Pradosh Vrat 29 Mon Sharad Purnima Purnima Vrat

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