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Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country. There are only three national holidays declared by Government of India: Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October). Apart from this, certain holidays which are celebrated nationally are ...
A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga (Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes. They adopt a similar underlying concept ...
The Indian national calendar, called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. [1] Śaka Samvat is generally 78 years behind the Gregorian ...
It is sometimes spelled Panchāngamu, Pancanga, Panchanga, Panchaanga, or Panchānga, and is often pronounced Panchāng. Panchangas are used in Jyotisha (Jyotiṣa) (Indian astrology). [1] In Nepal and Eastern India, including Assam, Bengal and Odisha, the Panchangam is referred to as Panjika, and in the Mithila region, it is known as Maithili ...
Jur Sital or Maithil New Year is the celebration of the first day of the Maithil new year also called Aakhar Bochhor. [1] Maithils eat Bori with Bhaat (steamed rice) and Sondesh on the day. This day which usually falls on 14th or 15th April on Gregorian calendar is celebrated by the Maithils and Tharu people of India and Nepal. This is also ...
Category: Public holidays in India. ... Tirhuta Panchang This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 04:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Vijayādaśamī (विजयादशमी) is a compound of the two words vijaya (विजय, 'victory') [16] and daśamī (दशमी, 'tenth day'), [17] connoting the festival on the tenth day celebrating the victory of good over evil. [1][9][18] The same Hindu festival-related term, however, takes different forms in different regions ...
Netaji Jayanti or Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti, officially known as Parakram Diwas[2] or Parakram Divas (lit. 'Day of Valour'), is a national event celebrated in India to mark the birthday of the prominent Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. [3][4] It is celebrated annually on 23 January. [5][6] He played a pivotal role in ...