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Purattasi – Aippasi · Durmukhi

Tamil Calendar October 2017

October 2017 · 31 days

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Tamil months in October 2017

Purattasi 17 Sep – 16 Oct 2017

Aippasi 17 Oct – 15 Nov 2017 Begins · Tue 17 Oct

October 2017 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), Sharad Purnima (Oct 5), Karva Chauth (Oct 8). Day quality across 31 days: 0 highly auspicious, 9 favourable, 16 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Oct 1, Oct 15, Oct 31. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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October highlights

Dhanteras Diwali Gandhi Jayanti Sharad Purnima Narak Chaturdashi Govardhan Puja

20 observances in October

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1 Ekadashi Papankusha Ekadashi 2 Dwadashi Gandhi Jayanti 3 Trayodashi Shukla Pradosh Vrat 4 Chaturdashi 5 Purnima Sharad Purnima Purnima Vrat 6 Pratipada 7 Dwitiya 8 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 9 Chaturthi 10 Panchami 11 Shashthi 12 Saptami 13 Navami 14 Dashami 15 Ekadashi Rama Ekadashi 16 Dwadashi Govatsa Dwadashi

17 Trayodashi Aippasi begins Dhanteras +2 more Dhanteras Tula Sankranti Krishna Pradosh Vrat 18 Chaturdashi Narak Chaturdashi Masik Shivaratri

19 Amavasya Diwali +1 more Diwali Amavasya 20 Pratipada Govardhan Puja 21 Dwitiya Bhaiya Dooj 22 Tritiya 23 Chaturthi Vinayaka Chaturthi 24 Chaturthi 25 Panchami 26 Shashthi 27 Saptami 28 Ashtami 29 Navami 30 Dashami Kansa Vadh 31 Ekadashi Devutthana Ekadashi

1 Sun Papankusha Ekadashi 2 Mon Gandhi Jayanti 3 Tue Shukla Pradosh Vrat 5 Thu Sharad Purnima Purnima Vrat 8 Sun Sankashti Chaturthi 15 Sun Rama Ekadashi 16 Mon Govatsa Dwadashi

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17 Tue Dhanteras Tula Sankranti Krishna Pradosh Vrat 18 Wed Narak Chaturdashi Masik Shivaratri

Diwali

19 Thu Diwali Amavasya 20 Fri Govardhan Puja 21 Sat Bhaiya Dooj 23 Mon Vinayaka Chaturthi 30 Mon Kansa Vadh 31 Tue Devutthana Ekadashi

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