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TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS


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Saturday, August  16, 2008
Vikrama Samvat 2065 Bhadrapada 01
Shaka Samvat 1930 Shrawana 25
Hijri 1429 Shaban 14
Shravani Poornima up to 2.48 a.m. (August 17)
The fifteenth lunar day of the bright half
of Shrawana
Shrawana Nakshatra up to 1.34 pm.
Soubhagya yoga up to 1.50 pm.
The moon enters Aquarius 2.6 am (August 17)
Ending of Bhadra 2.38 pm
Beginning of Panchaka 2.6 am (August 17)
The Sun enters Leo 5.25 pm
Sankranti celebrations mid-day onwards
Satyanarayana brata
Raksha Bandhan (Preferably after the close
of Bhadra)
Lunar Eclipse 1.05 am to 4.15 am (August 17)
Gayatri Jayanti

 

Holidays/ festivals during the year 2008

Birthday of Sri Guru Gobind Singh January 5
Republic Day January 26
Basant Panchami February 11
Milad-un-Nabi March 21
Mahavir Jayanti April 18
Buddha Purnima May 20
Maha Shivratri March 6
Good Friday March 21
Holi March 22
Baisakhi April 14
Ram Navami April 14
Martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev June 16
Independence Day August 15
Janamashtami August 24
Raksha Bandhan August 16
Id-ul-Fitr October 2
Gandhi Jayanti October 2
Dussehra October 9
Diwali October 28
Martyrdom day Guru Teg Bahadur November 24
Birthday of Sri Guru Nanak Dev November 13
Id-ul-Zuha December 9
Christmas

December 25

Jor Mela Fatehgarh Sahib Dec 26, 27 & 28


 



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