Maha Shashthi
18 Ashwin 1434
Shukla Shashthi: 5 Oct 1:36 am to 6 Oct 2:33 am
Shashthi at sunrise
Maha Saptami
19 Ashwin 1434
Shukla Saptami: 6 Oct 2:33 am to 7 Oct 4:13 am
Saptami at sunrise
Maha Ashtami
20 Ashwin 1434
Shukla Ashtami: 7 Oct 4:13 am to 8 Oct 6:27 am
Ashtami at two sunrises, 7 Oct and 8 Oct; by the rule, 7 Oct
Maha Navami
22 Ashwin 1434
Shukla Navami: 8 Oct 6:27 am to 9 Oct 9:02 am
Navami at sunrise
Bijoya Dashami
23 Ashwin 1434
Shukla Dashami: 9 Oct 9:02 am to 10 Oct 11:41 am
Dashami at sunrise
Sandhi Puja
6:03 am – 6:51 am
Ashtami ends at 6:27 am; from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after
How the day is chosen
In the bright fortnight of Ashwin, Shashthi to Dashami. Each puja day goes by the tithi at sunrise. A tithi at two sunrises is listed on both days, with the puja on the first. If the tithi lasts less than a muhurta after sunrise, the puja is the day before. A tithi that touches no sunrise (kshaya) is kept on the day it falls in. Sandhi Puja spans the last 24 minutes of Ashtami and the first 24 of Navami (Raghunandana’s Tithitattva).
Traditional (Surya Siddhanta) panjikas, such as Gupta Press and Beni Madhab Sil, can differ in tithi times by hours, so in some years the day differs too. Their dates will appear here side by side once that school has been checked against a full printed year.
Tithi times are for Kolkata, in Indian Standard Time. Panjikas give Kolkata’s festival days for all of West Bengal. Why another panjika may differ