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Jivitputrika
Jivitputrika (also Jiutiya or Jiitiya) is a festival in which Nirjala (without water) vrata throughout a day and night, is observed by mothers for the wellbeing of their children. A three-day-long festival is celebrated from seventh to ninth lunar day of Krishna-Paksha in Ashvin month. It is celebrated mainly in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh states of India and Nepal. In 2015, it would be observed on October 5. Time of Paaran in 2015 is at 6:53 pm on October 5