There are several Indian festivals held throughout the year, and the following are a few of them, along with their dates and months. For the convenience of Indian people here is the 2021 calendar of Hindu festivals. Everyone can plan their holidays according to this calendar.
Sample Indian Festival Calendar
Makar Sankranti – January 14th.
Every year in January, it symbolizes the end of the winter season and the beginning of a new harvest season. It is dedicated to the Lord of the Sun. In the Hindu calendar, it also refers to a certain solar day.
Thaipusam – January 28th.
Thaipusam, also known as Thaipoosam, is a Tamil Hindu festival observed on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai, generally coinciding with the Pushya star, referred to as Poosam in Tamil in Malayalam.
Vasant Panchami – February 16th.
Vasant Panchami, also known as Sarasvati Puja in honor of the goddess Saraswati, is a festival that commemorates the beginning of spring.
Maha Shivaratri– March 11th
Maha Shivaratri is an annual Hindu celebration commemorating the deity Shiva. The term also alludes to the night on which Lord Shiva performs the celestial dance.
Holi – March 29th
Holi, the ancient Hindu Festival of Colors, is being celebrated throughout the world by splashing brilliant colors on one other. It commemorates the arrival of spring, the end of winter, the joys of love, and the triumph of good over evil.
Ram Navami – April 2nd.
Rama Navami is a Hindu spring festival that commemorates the birth of Rama, the deity Vishnu’s seventh incarnation. Rama is especially revered in Hinduism’s Vaishnavite tradition.
Hanuman Jayanti – April 27th.
Hanuman Jayanti is a Hindu religious event that commemorates the birth of the Hindu God Hanuman, who is highly revered in India and Nepal.
Akshaya Tritiya– May 14th
Akshaya Tritiya is a Hindu and Jain spring festival celebrated every year. It happens on the third tithi of the month of Vaisakha’s bright half. Hindus and Jains in India and Nepal celebrate it as an auspicious day because it represents the “third day of endless wealth.”
Savitri pooja – June 10th
Savitri Brata is a fast performed by married Hindu women on Amavasya, the no-moon day in the month of Jyeshtha. The fast is in honor of Savitri, who rescued her husband Satyavan from the clutches of the death god.
Puri Rath Yatra – July 12th
Puri in Odisha hosts the Jagannath Rath Yatra. Lord Jagannath is said to visit his birthplace. This event is linked with a number of tales, some of which are as follows: Kansa, Lord Krishna’s and Balram’s maternal uncle, summoned them to Mathura to murder them.
Nag Panchami – August 13th
Naga Panchami is a day of traditional Naga or snake worship honored by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists across India. According to the Hindu calendar, the devotion is performed on the fifth day of the bright half of the lunar month of Shravana.
Varalakshmi Vrat – August 20th
Varalakshmi Vrat is a festival held in honor of the Goddess Lakshmi. Worshiping Varalakshmi on this day is thought to be comparable to worshipping Ashtalakshmi – the eight goddesses of Money, Nature, Knowledge, Love, Glory, Calm, Tranquility, and Strength.
Raksha Bandhan – August 22nd.
This event honors a brother’s affection for his sister and is held on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravana. On this day, sisters tie the rakhi around their brothers’ wrists to protect them from bad influences and to wish them a long and happy life.
Krishna Janmashtami – August 30th.
Every year, Janmashtami is observed to commemorate Lord Krishna’s birthday. Believers mark the day by fasting and worshipping at temples., is born on the eighth day of the month of Bhadra.
Mahalaya Amavasya – October 6th
Mahalaya Amavasya, or the Day of the Moon, is an auspicious day for Bengalis. Maa Durga was created on this day by Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheshwar to successfully defeat the demon king Mahishasura, according to Hindu mythology.
Dussehra – October 15th.
Dussehra, which represents the triumph of good over evil, is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Ashvina, with the emergence of the full moon, an occasion known as the “bright fortnight.”
Diwali – November 4th.
Diwali commemorates Rama’s final defeat of the evil demon Ravana and triumphant return to his home. Because the event coincides with the Hindu New Year, the business sector deems it an auspicious time to launch new businesses.
Kartik Poornima – November 19th
Kartik Purnima is observed as Gurupurab or Prakash Parva of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Guru of the Sikhs. Bhai Gurdas Ji, a Sikh Theologist, has attested that Guru Nanak was born on this day.
Dhanu Sankranti – December 12th.
Dhanu Sankranti, also known as Dhanu Sankraman, is an auspicious day in Hindu mythology that happens when the Solar enters the Sagittarius sun sign, or the dhanu Rashi.
Geeta Jayanti – December 14th.
Lord Krishna recited the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra during the Mahabharat conflict. And Sanjaya, who had Ved Vyasa’s permission to observe what happened everywhere, told Dhritarashtra all that had happened. As a result, Gita Jayanti is said to be the day when Lord Krishna recited Gita to Arjuna.