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                        | Friday,
                          August  22, 2008 |  
                        | Vikrama
                          Samvat | 2065 | Bhadrapada | 7 |  
                        | Shaka
                          Samvat | 1930 | Shrawana | 31 |  
                        | Hijri | 1429 | Shaban | 20 |  
                        |  Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha Shashthi up to 8-32 p.m. 
  The sixth lunar day of the dark half of
                        Bhadrapada. 
  Ashvini Nakshatra up to 12-45 p.m. 
  Bridhi yoga up to 1-8 p.m. 
  Beginning of Bhadra 8-32 p.m. 
  Mercury enters Uttaraphalguni 10-30 p.m. 
  Sayana sun enters Virgo 11 p.m. 
  Venus enters Uttaraphalguni 5-0 a.m. (August 23) 
  Sharad season sets in 
  Chandan Shashthi brata 
  Hala Shashthi 
  Putrarathi Shashthi |  |   
           
  
    
      | 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
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      | Jor Mela Fatehgarh Sahib | Dec 26, 27 & 28 |  | 
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