Hindu Festivals & Calendar for September 2008

From this month, I am planning to share Indian festivals and important events for the coming month. Here are the same for the month of September 2008 -

2nd September – Hartalika Teej
3rd September – Vainayaki Ganesh Chaturthi, Siddhi Vinayak Vrata
4th September – Rishi Panchami
5th September – Surya Shasthi/ Lolarka Shasthi
11th September – Padma Ekadashi
12th September – Pradosh Dwadashi Vrata
14th September – Anant Chaturdashi
16th September – Ashwin Krisna Paksha begins in Hindi Calendar/ Pitru Paksha begins
17th September – Vishwakarma Puja or Jayanthi/ Ashwin solar month begins
18th September – Sankashti Shriganesh Chaturthi Vrata
23th September – Matru Navami/ National Ashwin month
25th September – Ekadashi Shraddha/ Indira Ekadashi Vrata
26th September – Pradosha Dwadashi Vrata
27th September – Month Shivratri Vrata
29th September – Pitru Visarjan/ Pitru Paksh Amavasya
30th September – Navratri Begins/ Ashwin Month Begins