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Thursday, October 2, 2003, Chandigarh, India


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Thursday, October 2, 2003
Vikrama Samvat	2060	Aashvina	16
Shaka Samvat	1925	Aashvina	10
Hijri	1424	Shaban	05
Aashvina Shukla Paksha Saptami up to 1-32 p.m. The seventh lunar day of the bright half of Aashvina. Moola Nakshatra up to 9-18 p.m. Duration of Bhadra 1-32 p.m. to 12.40 a.m. (October 2 & 3) Saraswati invocation Annapoorna Parikrama 1.32 p.m. onwards Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti Ending of Gandamool at 9.18 p.m. Seventh Navaratra

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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