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October 2026
Ashwin · Vikram Samvat 2083 · AucklandSearch powered by Google Maps — choose from the list.
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1Krishna Shashthi from 20:05Shashthi2Krishna Saptami from 17:45Saptami3Krishna Ashtami from 15:30Ashtami4Krishna Navami from 13:22Navami5Krishna Dashami from 11:24Dashami6Krishna Ekadashi from 09:37Ekadashi7Krishna Dwadashi from 08:04Dwadashi8Krishna Chaturdashi from 05:46Chaturdashi9Krishna Amavasya from 05:06Amavasya10Shukla Pratipada from 04:49Pratipada11Shukla Dwitiya from 05:01Dwitiya12Shukla Tritiya from 05:43Tritiya13Shukla Tritiya (continues)Tritiya14Shukla Chaturthi from 06:58Chaturthi15Shukla Panchami from 08:43Panchami16Shukla Shashthi from 10:55Shashthi17Shukla Saptami from 13:24Saptami18Shukla Ashtami from 15:58Ashtami19Shukla Navami from 18:22Navami20Shukla Dashami from 20:20Dashami21Shukla Ekadashi from 21:42Ekadashi22Shukla Dwadashi from 22:18Dwadashi23Shukla Trayodashi from 22:06Trayodashi24Shukla Chaturdashi from 21:07Chaturdashi25Shukla Purnima from 19:26Purnima26Krishna Pratipada from 17:11Pratipada27Krishna Dwitiya from 14:31Dwitiya28Krishna Tritiya from 11:37Tritiya29Krishna Chaturthi from 08:37Chaturthi30Krishna Shashthi from 02:55Shashthi31Krishna Saptami from 00:27Saptami
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in October 2026
- Gandhi JayantiNationalThe birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Indira EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 6 Oct · Krishna Ekadashi: 6 Oct, 09:37 GMT+13 → 7 Oct, 08:04 GMT+13
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 7 Oct · Krishna Trayodashi: 8 Oct, 06:46 GMT+13 → 9 Oct, 05:46 GMT+13
- Masik ShivaratriVratsThe monthly night of Shiva.Tithi begins 8 Oct · Krishna Chaturdashi: 9 Oct, 05:46 GMT+13 → 10 Oct, 05:06 GMT+13
- Ashwin AmavasyaVratsThe new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 9 Oct · Amavasya: 10 Oct, 05:06 GMT+13 → 11 Oct, 04:50 GMT+13
- Navratri beginsHindu festivalsNine nights of Durga; Ghatasthapana is done this morning.Tithi begins 10 Oct · Shukla Pratipada: 11 Oct, 04:50 GMT+13 → 12 Oct, 05:01 GMT+13
- Durga Puja begins (Shashthi)RegionalBengal’s great festival of the Goddess begins.Tithi begins 16 Oct · Shukla Shashthi: 16 Oct, 10:55 GMT+13 → 17 Oct, 13:24 GMT+13
- Tula SankrantiVratsThe Sun enters Tula.Sun enters 18 Oct, 03:22 GMT+13
- Durga AshtamiHindu festivalsThe eighth day of Navratri, with Kanya Puja.Tithi begins 18 Oct · Shukla Ashtami: 18 Oct, 15:58 GMT+13 → 19 Oct, 18:22 GMT+13
- Maha NavamiHindu festivalsThe ninth day of Navratri.Tithi begins 19 Oct · Shukla Navami: 19 Oct, 18:22 GMT+13 → 20 Oct, 20:20 GMT+13
- Dussehra · VijayadashamiHindu festivalsThe victory of Rama over Ravana and of Durga over Mahishasura.Tithi begins 20 Oct · Shukla Dashami: 20 Oct, 20:20 GMT+13 → 21 Oct, 21:42 GMT+13
- Papankusha EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 21 Oct · Shukla Ekadashi: 21 Oct, 21:42 GMT+13 → 22 Oct, 22:18 GMT+13
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 23 Oct · Shukla Trayodashi: 23 Oct, 22:06 GMT+13 → 24 Oct, 21:07 GMT+13
- Sharad PurnimaHindu festivalsThe harvest full moon, kept awake under the moonlight.Purnima: 25 Oct, 19:26 GMT+13 → 26 Oct, 17:11 GMT+13
- Ashwin PurnimaVratsThe full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 25 Oct · Purnima: 25 Oct, 19:26 GMT+13 → 26 Oct, 17:11 GMT+13
- Karwa ChauthHindu festivalsMarried women fast from sunrise until they sight the moon.Krishna Chaturthi: 29 Oct, 08:37 GMT+13 → 30 Oct, 05:40 GMT+13
- Sankashti ChaturthiVratsA fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Krishna Chaturthi: 29 Oct, 08:37 GMT+13 → 30 Oct, 05:40 GMT+13