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Purattasi – Aippasi · Vikari

Tamil Calendar October 2020

October 2020 · 31 days

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Tamil months in October 2020

Purattasi 17 Sep – 16 Oct 2020

Aippasi 17 Oct – 15 Nov 2020 Begins · Sat 17 Oct

October 2020 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 Navratri (Oct 17), Maha Shashthi (Oct 22). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 7 favourable, 15 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Oct 13, Oct 27. 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 Purnima Purnima Vrat 2 Pratipada Gandhi Jayanti 3 Dwitiya 4 Dwitiya 5 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 6 Chaturthi 7 Panchami 8 Shashthi 9 Saptami 10 Ashtami 11 Navami 12 Dashami 13 Ekadashi Parama Ekadashi 14 Dwadashi Krishna Pradosh Vrat 15 Trayodashi Masik Shivaratri 16 Amavasya Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

17 Pratipada Aippasi begins Sharad Navratri +1 more Sharad Navratri Tula Sankranti 18 Dwitiya 19 Tritiya 20 Chaturthi Vinayaka Chaturthi 21 Panchami 22 Shashthi 23 Saptami 24 Ashtami Durga Ashtami Maha Navami

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

1 Thu Purnima Vrat 2 Fri Gandhi Jayanti 5 Mon Sankashti Chaturthi 13 Tue Parama Ekadashi 14 Wed Krishna Pradosh Vrat 15 Thu Masik Shivaratri 16 Fri Amavasya

Sharad Navratri

17 Sat Sharad Navratri Tula Sankranti 20 Tue Vinayaka Chaturthi 24 Sat Durga Ashtami Maha Navami

Dussehra

25 Sun Dussehra 27 Tue Papankusha Ekadashi 28 Wed Shukla Pradosh Vrat 30 Fri Sharad Purnima 31 Sat Purnima Vrat

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