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November 2013
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1Krishna Chaturdashi from 18:04Chaturdashi2Krishna Amavasya from 16:43Amavasya3Shukla Pratipada from 14:49Pratipada4Shukla Dwitiya from 12:31Dwitiya5Shukla Tritiya from 09:56Tritiya6Shukla Chaturthi from 07:11Chaturthi7Shukla Shashthi from 01:42Shashthi8Shukla Saptami from 23:11Saptami9Shukla Ashtami from 20:57Ashtami10Shukla Navami from 19:02Navami11Shukla Dashami from 17:30Dashami12Shukla Ekadashi from 16:23Ekadashi13Shukla Dwadashi from 15:41Dwadashi14Shukla Trayodashi from 15:25Trayodashi15Shukla Chaturdashi from 15:36Chaturdashi16Shukla Purnima from 16:12Purnima17Krishna Pratipada from 17:15Pratipada+118Krishna Dwitiya from 18:43Dwitiya19Krishna Tritiya from 20:35Tritiya20Krishna Chaturthi from 22:48Chaturthi21Krishna Panchami from 01:15Panchami22Krishna Shashthi from 03:48Shashthi23Krishna Shashthi (continues)Shashthi24Krishna Saptami from 06:18Saptami25Krishna Ashtami from 08:31Ashtami26Krishna Navami from 10:15Navami27Krishna Dashami from 11:21Dashami28Krishna Ekadashi from 11:42Ekadashi29Krishna Dwadashi from 11:14Dwadashi30Krishna Trayodashi from 09:58Trayodashi
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in November 2013
- Masik ShivaratriVratsThe monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 1 Nov, 18:04 GMT+2 → 2 Nov, 16:43 GMT+2
- Diwali · Lakshmi PujaHindu festivalsThe festival of lights; Lakshmi is worshipped at dusk.Amavasya: 2 Nov, 16:43 GMT+2 → 3 Nov, 14:50 GMT+2
- Partial solar eclipseEclipsesVisible here, 16:10 to 16:21 (peak 16:15). Sutak from 04:10: by tradition no cooking or eating until it ends, except for children, the elderly and the unwell.Eclipse 3 Nov, 16:10 GMT+2 → 3 Nov, 16:21 GMT+2 · sutak from 3 Nov, 04:10 GMT+2
- Kartika AmavasyaVratsThe new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 2 Nov · Amavasya: 2 Nov, 16:43 GMT+2 → 3 Nov, 14:50 GMT+2
- Govardhan PujaHindu festivalsKrishna lifting Govardhan hill is remembered with Annakut.Tithi begins 3 Nov · Shukla Pratipada: 3 Nov, 14:50 GMT+2 → 4 Nov, 12:31 GMT+2
- Bhai DoojHindu festivalsSisters pray for their brothers’ long life.Shukla Dwitiya: 4 Nov, 12:31 GMT+2 → 5 Nov, 09:56 GMT+2
- Chhath PujaRegionalOfferings to the setting and rising Sun, from Bihar and Purvanchal.Tithi begins 7 Nov · Shukla Shashthi: 8 Nov, 01:42 GMT+2 → 8 Nov, 23:11 GMT+2
- Muharram (Ashura)Other faithsExpectedA day of remembrance on the 10th of Muharram.Expected date; it can move by a day with the moon sighting.
- Devutthana EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 12 Nov · Shukla Ekadashi: 12 Nov, 16:23 GMT+2 → 13 Nov, 15:41 GMT+2
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 14 Nov, 15:25 GMT+2 → 15 Nov, 15:36 GMT+2
- Vrishchika SankrantiVratsThe Sun enters Vrishchika.Sun enters 16 Nov, 08:18 GMT+2
- Kartika Purnima · Dev DiwaliHindu festivalsHoly baths and lamps on the river ghats.Tithi begins 16 Nov · Purnima: 16 Nov, 16:12 GMT+2 → 17 Nov, 17:15 GMT+2
- Guru Nanak JayantiOther faithsThe birth of Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh Guru.Tithi begins 16 Nov · Purnima: 16 Nov, 16:12 GMT+2 → 17 Nov, 17:15 GMT+2
- Kartika PurnimaVratsThe full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 16 Nov · Purnima: 16 Nov, 16:12 GMT+2 → 17 Nov, 17:15 GMT+2
- Sankashti ChaturthiVratsA fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Tithi begins 20 Nov · Krishna Chaturthi: 20 Nov, 22:48 GMT+2 → 22 Nov, 01:15 GMT+2
- Utpanna EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 28 Nov · Krishna Ekadashi: 28 Nov, 11:42 GMT+2 → 29 Nov, 11:14 GMT+2
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Krishna Trayodashi: 30 Nov, 09:58 GMT+2 → 1 Dec, 08:00 GMT+2