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- 2 ThuKartik Purnima →Kartik Purnima is the full moon of the month of Kartika, kept with river bathing, lamp offerings, and worship of Vishnu and Shiva.
- 16 ThuVrishchika Sankranti(this page)Vrishchika Sankranti is the moment the Sun enters the sidereal sign of Scorpio, opening the month in which the Kartikai and Mandala pilgrimage seasons begin.
Also this month: Purnima (1), Satyanarayan Puja (1), Sankashti Chaturthi (1), Ekadashi (2), Pradosh Vrat (2), Masik Shivratri (1), Amavasya (1), Vinayaka Chaturthi (1), Masik Durga Ashtami (1).
Local horizon calculations
City-wise timings
| City | Local date | Tithi window (local) | vs. New Delhi |
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| New Delhi | 16 Nov 2028 | — | Same day |
| Varanasi | 16 Nov 2028 | — | Same day |
| Mumbai | 16 Nov 2028 | — | Same day |
| Bengaluru | 16 Nov 2028 | — | Same day |
| Kolkata | 16 Nov 2028 | — | Same day |
| Chennai | 16 Nov 2028 | — | Same day |
| London | 16 Nov 2028 | — | Same day |
| San Francisco | 15 Nov 2028 | — | Differs |
Tithi window shown in each city’s own local time — the underlying instant is the same worldwide.
Vrishchika Sankranti marks the Sun's entry into Vrishchika, the eighth sign of
the sidereal zodiac, corresponding to Scorpio. It is fixed by the Sun reaching a
longitude of two hundred and ten degrees against the fixed stars, computed with
the Lahiri ayanamsa, and usually falls in mid-November.
This is a solar reckoning, tied only to the Sun's position on the ecliptic and
not to any lunar day or phase, which is what sets it apart from festivals fixed
to the lunar month. The transit instant is expressed in local time, so the
observed date can shift by a day from one city to another.
In the Tamil and Malayalam calendars the day opens the month of Karthigai and
Vrishchikam. It begins the forty-one-day observance kept by pilgrims to
Sabarimala in Kerala, and in Tamil Nadu it leads into Karthigai Deepam, the
festival of lamps held later in the month.
