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Friday, October 24, 2003
Vikrama Samvat 2060 Kartika 8
Shaka Samvat 1925 Kartika 2
Hijri 1424 Shaban 27
  • Kartika Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi up to 9-45 p.m.
  • The fourteenth lunar day of the dark half of Kartika
  • Hasta Nakshatra up to 7-10 p.m.
  • The moon enters Libra at 5-52 a.m.
  • Ending of Bhadra at 11-20 a.m.
  • The sun enters swati at 3-30 p.m. Mercury enters, Swati at 12.10 a.m. (October 25)
  • Presentation of earthen lamp to lord Yama (Deep-daan)
  • Hanuman Jayanti
  • Roop Chaturdashi
  • Narak Choudash.

 

 

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TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

 

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

 
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