The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

Friday, September 19, 2003, Chandigarh, India


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Friday, September 19, 2003
Vikrama Samvat	2060	Ashvina	3
Shaka Samvat	1925	Bhadrapada	8
Hijri	1424	Rajab	21
Ashvina Krishna Paksha Ashtami up to 1.33 p.m. The eighth lunar day of the dark half of Aashvina. Mrigashira Nakshata up to 10.45 a.m. Retrograde Mars stages a come back into Dhanishtha at 7.10 a.m. Jeevit Putrika — ashtami Vyatipat punya up to mid night

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Gazetted holidays (Chandigarh) in 2003
Guru Gobind Singh birthday	January 9
Republic Day	January 26
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	February 12
Guru Ravi Das Jayanti	February 16
Maha Shivratri	March 1
Holi	March 19
Ram Naumi	April 11
B.R.Ambedkar Jayanti/Baisakhi	April 14
Mahavir Jayanti	April 15
Independence Day	August 15
Janamashtami	August 20
Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi	October 2
Dasehra (Vijaydashmi)	October 4
Maharishi Balmiki birthday	October 10
Diwali	October 25
Guru Nanak Dev's birthday	November 8
Id-ul-Fitr	November 26
Christmas	December 25
Guru Gobind Singh birthday	December 29

Restricted holidays (Chandigarh) in 2003
New Year’s Day	January 1
Lohri	January 13
Makara Sahkaranti	January 14
Basant Panchami	February 6
Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti	February 26
Muharram	March 14
Holi (Holika dahan)	March 18
Martyrdom Day of Shahid Bhagat Singh	March 23
Good Friday	April 18
Sri Parshuram Jayanti	May 4
Milad-un-Nabi (birthday of Prophet Mohd.)	May 14
Budh Purnima	May 16
Raksha Bandhan	August 12
Karvachauth	October 14
Bhai Duj/Vishvakarma Day	October 26
Martyrdom Day Of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur	November 28
Jor Mela Fatehgarh Sahib	December 26 December 27 December 28