Vrat and Festivals List October 2023: The tenth month of the English calendar i.e. October is going to start soon. This month is considered very important from a religious point of view. Many big fasts and festivals are celebrated this month. This time in October, there will be many important fasts and festivals like Sharadiya Navratri, Jivitputrika Vrat, Dussehra, Indira Ekadashi, Sarva Pitru Amavasya, and Sharad Purnima. Besides, many big planets are also going to transit this month. Apart from this, lunar and solar eclipse are also going to occur in October. In such a situation, the importance of this month increases even more. So let us know the list of upcoming fasts and festivals in October 2023 and the dates of planetary transit...
Fasts and festivals of October
Sunday, 1st October, third Shraddha of Pitru Paksha.
Monday 2nd October, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, Sankashti Chaturthi fast
Wednesday 4th October, Rohini fast, sixth Shraddha
Friday, 6th October, the Shri Mahalakshmi fast ends, the Jivitputrika fast.
Monday 9th October, Ekadashi Shraddha
Tuesday, 10 October, Magha Shraddha, Indira Ekadashi.
Wednesday 11th October, Pradosh Vrat
Thursday, October 12, Monthly Shivratri
Saturday, 14 October, Sarvapitri Amavasya, Solar Eclipse
Sunday, 15 October, start of Sharadiya Navratri, Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti.
Wednesday 18th October, Tula Sankranti, Vinayak Chaturthi
Thursday 19th October, Upang Lalita Vrat
Friday 20th October, Saraswati invocation, Skanda Shashthi.
Saturday, 21st October, Saraswati Puja.
Sunday 22nd October, Saraswati sacrifice, Saraswati immersion, Shri Durgashtami.
Monday, 23 October, Mahanavami, end of Sharadiya Navratri, Bengal Mahanavami.
Tuesday, 24th October, Navratri Paran, Durga Visarjan, Vijayadashami, Buddha Jayanti.
Wednesday 25th October, Papankusha Ekadashi
Thursday 26th October, Pradosh Vrat, Kojagar Puja
Saturday, 28th October, Sharad Purnima fast, Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti, Khandagras lunar eclipse, Kartik bath start, Mirabai Jayanti, Ashwin Purnima.
Sunday, October 29, Kartik month begins, lunar eclipse.
Eclipse in October
Saturday, October 14 - Solar eclipse
Sunday, October 29 - Lunar eclipse