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Purattasi – Aippasi · Nandana

Tamil Calendar October 2013

October 2013 · 31 days

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Tamil months in October 2013

Purattasi 17 Sep – 16 Oct 2013

Aippasi 17 Oct – 15 Nov 2013 Begins · Thu 17 Oct

October 2013 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 4), Sharad Navratri (Oct 5). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 5 favourable, 20 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Oct 15, Oct 30. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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Sharad Navratri Dussehra Gandhi Jayanti Durga Ashtami Maha Navami Sharad Purnima

18 observances in October

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

Sharad Navratri

5 Pratipada Sharad Navratri Sharad Navratri 6 Dwitiya 7 Tritiya 8 Chaturthi Vinayaka 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 Shukla Pradosh Vrat 17 Trayodashi Aippasi begins Tula Sankranti 18 Purnima Sharad Purnima Purnima Vrat 19 Pratipada 20 Dwitiya 21 Tritiya 22 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 23 Chaturthi 24 Panchami 25 Shashthi 26 Saptami 27 Ashtami 28 Navami 29 Dashami 30 Ekadashi Rama Ekadashi 31 Dwadashi Govatsa Dwadashi

2 Wed Gandhi Jayanti Krishna Pradosh Vrat 3 Thu Masik Shivaratri 4 Fri Amavasya Sarva Pitru Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

5 Sat Sharad Navratri 8 Tue Vinayaka Chaturthi 12 Sat Durga Ashtami 13 Sun Maha Navami

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14 Mon Dussehra 15 Tue Papankusha Ekadashi 16 Wed Shukla Pradosh Vrat 17 Thu Tula Sankranti 18 Fri Sharad Purnima Purnima Vrat 22 Tue Sankashti Chaturthi 30 Wed Rama Ekadashi 31 Thu Govatsa Dwadashi

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