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Accurate dates, auspicious time windows, rituals and regional variations — for 39 major Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian and Islamic festivals.
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Navratri
Nine nights honoring the Goddess in her nine forms — the journey from Shailaputri to Siddhidatri.
Durga Puja
Bengal's grandest festival — five days of elaborately sculpted Durga idols, community pandals, and citywide celebration.
Maha Navami
The ninth and final night of Navratri — Durga worshipped in her Siddhidatri form, and Ayudha Puja for tools and instruments.
Dussehra
The tenth day — Rama's victory over Ravana, and the Goddess's victory over Mahishasura, in one triumphant close to Navratri.
Karwa Chauth
Married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the long life of their husbands.
Dhanteras
The opening day of Diwali — wealth, health, and new utensils, honoring Dhanvantari, the physician of the gods.
Diwali
The festival of lights celebrating the return of Rama and the victory of inner light over inner darkness.
Govardhan Puja
Krishna's lifting of Govardhan Hill to shelter Vraj from Indra's wrath — celebrated with mountains of food offerings.
Bhai Dooj
The closing day of Diwali — sisters pray for their brothers' long life with a tilak ceremony.
Chhath Puja
A rigorous four-day fast honoring the Sun God, centered on offering arghya at sunrise and sunset from riverbanks.
Guru Nanak Jayanti
The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak — founder of Sikhism.
Kartik Purnima
The full moon of Kartik — Varanasi's ghats lit with a million lamps as "the Diwali of the gods," and Guru Nanak's birthday.
Christmas
The birth of Jesus Christ — December 25.
Holi
The festival of colors marking spring's arrival and the triumph of good over evil.
Raksha Bandhan
The bond between siblings, formalized in a sacred thread.
Ganesh Chaturthi
Ten-day welcoming of Ganesha — the remover of obstacles, the patron of beginnings.
Krishna Janmashtami
The birth of Lord Krishna — midnight celebration of the eighth avatar of Vishnu.
Maha Shivaratri
The great night of Shiva — when Shiva performed the tandava and married Parvati.
Eid al-Fitr
The festival of breaking the fast — the end of Ramadan.
Makar Sankranti
Sun's transit into Capricorn — the start of Uttarayana, the auspicious half of the year.
Rama Navami
The birth of Lord Rama — the seventh avatar of Vishnu.
Guru Purnima
Honoring the guru — the dispeller of darkness.
Mahavir Jayanti
The birth of Lord Mahavir — the 24th and final Tirthankara.
Good Friday
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Easter
The resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Baisakhi
The Sikh new year — and the founding of the Khalsa.
Pongal
The four-day Tamil harvest festival honoring the Sun.
Onam
The Kerala harvest festival — welcoming King Mahabali.
Ugadi
Telugu and Kannada new year — the dawn of a new era.
Gudi Padwa
Marathi new year — raising the victory flag.
Bihu
Assamese new year and spring harvest celebration.
Hanuman Jayanti
The birth of Hanuman — devotion, strength, and selfless service personified.
Buddha Purnima
One full-moon day marking the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing — the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar.
Akshaya Tritiya
The "never-diminishing" third — eternally auspicious for new beginnings, gold purchases, and charitable giving.
Vasant Panchami
The arrival of spring, celebrated as the birthday of Saraswati, goddess of knowledge, music, and the arts.
Hartalika Teej
A rigorous fast by married and unmarried women for marital happiness, reenacting Parvati's penance to win Shiva as her husband.
Nag Panchami
Worship of serpent deities (Nagas) for protection from snakebite and for the fertility and prosperity they symbolize.
Lohri
A Punjabi bonfire festival marking the end of winter and the reaping of the rabi crop, on the eve of Makar Sankranti.
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
The birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh — warrior-poet, tenth Sikh Guru, and founder of the Khalsa.
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