October 2024: List of festivals and special days in the month!

Sep 28, 2024, 16:09 IST

September is almost over, and festivities in honour of the month of festivals will begin one after the other. October will be the focus of several significant Hindu holidays this year, starting with Navratri and ending with Diwali.

Numerous festivals, including Navratri, Dussehra, Karwa Chauth, and Diwali, fall within this month. This year, there will be a festival in October where the goddess Durga is worshipped, and it is known as Shardiya Navratri. People in India go berserk about these nine divine nights known as Navratri, which are important religious festivals.

List of festivals and special days in October:

2 October 2024 (Wednesday): Gandhi Jayanti, which marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, will coincide with the solar eclipse this year.

3 October 2024 (Thursday): Shardiya Navratri begins, Ghatasthapana

9 October 2024 (Wednesday): Kalparambha

10 October 2024 (Thursday): Navapatrika Puja

11 October 2024 (Friday): Durga Maha Navami Puja, Durga Mahashtami Puja

12 October 2024 (Saturday): Dussehra, End of Shardiya Navratri

13 October 2024 (Sunday): Durga Visarjan

14 October 2024 (Monday): Papankusha Ekadashi

15 October 2024 (Tuesday): Pradosh Vrat (Shukla Paksha)

17 October 2024 (Thursday): Valmiki Jayanti, Ashwin Purnima Vrat, Tula Sankranti

20 October 2024 (Sunday): Karwa Chauth, Kartik Sankashti Chaturthi