The month of October is a festive month. There are many festivals and fast that will be observed in this month. As per the Hindu calendar, many big and important festivals are to be celebrated in the month of October and with this, Goddess Durga will be worshipped for the nine days of Sharadiya Navratri in the early days of October.
Big festivals like Durga Puja, Dussehra, Karva Chauth, and Diwali will be celebrated and in addition, many fasts will also be observed.
Here’s looking at the list of fasts and festivals in the month of October:
October 1 – Sindoor Tritiya
October 2 – Vinayak Ganesh Chaturthi, Gandhi Jayanti, Lalita Panchami
October 5 – Saraswati Puja, Mahanisha Puja, Navpatrika Puja, Navpad Oli begins
October 6 – Durga Mahashtami, Mahanavami fast
October 7 – Saraswati Visarjan, Bengal Mahanavami, Buddha Jayanti
October 8 – Durga Visarjan, Dussehra, Vijayadashami
October 9 – Papankusha Ekadashi fast
October 10 – Padmanabha Dwadashi fast
October 11 – Pradosh Vrat
October 13 – Ashwin Purnima, Sharad Purnima, Valmiki Jayanti, Mirabai Jayanti
October 14 – Kartik month begins
October 17 – Karva Chauth fast, Tula Sankranti, Rohini fast
October 21 – Ahoi Ashtami Vrat, Radhashtami, Kalashtami
October 24 – Rama Ekadashi fast
October 25 – Pradosh Vrat, Govts Dwadashi, Dhanteras, Yama Deepam
October 26 – Narak Chaturdashi, monthly Shivaratri fast, Hanuman Janma Lagna Puja
October 27 – Deepawali, Lakshmi Puja, Deepmalika, Chopra Puja, Kamala Jayanti, Darsha Amavasya
October 28 – Karthik Amavasya, Somvati Amavasya, Annakoot, Govardhan Puja
October 29 – Bhaiya Dooj, Yama Dwitiya, Chitragupta Pooja, Chandra Darshan
October 31 – Suryashthi (Dal Chhath) fast begins, Nahai Khay, Nag Chaturthi
