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  2. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Fifth day of the waxing moon of Bhadrapada (Hindu calendar) Nuakhai is celebrated to welcome the new rice of the season. This is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of western Odisha . Navaratri: Garba dance in Ahmedabad: First nine nights of the waxing moon of Ashvin: Navarathri is the Hindu festival of worship and dance. In ...

  3. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the Gregorian calendar which adds additional days to the month to adjust for the mismatch between twelve lunar cycles (354 lunar days) [5] and approximately 365 solar days, the Hindu calendar maintains the integrity of the lunar month, but inserts an extra full month, once every 32–33 months, to ensure that the festivals and crop ...

  4. Public holidays in India - Wikipedia

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    Hindu festival as a tribute to Lord Ganesha, celebrated on the fourth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada in the Hindu calendar [21] August – September: Onam: Floating Hindu harvest festival celebrated by the people of Kerala commemorating the visit of Mahabali and celebrated in Chingam, the first month of Malayalam Calendar ...

  5. Indian national calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Gazette of India is dated in both the Gregorian calendar and the Indian national calendar. The Indian national calendar, also 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]

  6. Category:Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Hindu calendar" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. ... This page was last edited on 12 February 2018, at 08:29 (UTC).

  7. Guru Purnima - Wikipedia

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    If a festival falls in the waning phase of the moon, these two traditions identify the same lunar day as falling in two different (but successive) masa. A lunar year is shorter than a solar year by about eleven days. As a result, most Hindu festivals occur on different days in successive years on the Gregorian calendar.

  8. Category:Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Observances set by the Balinese saka calendar (1 P) C. Carnatic classical music festivals (13 P) H. Hindu holy days (5 C, 53 P) I. ... Pages in category "Hindu festivals"

  9. Indian calendar - Wikipedia

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    Indian calendar may refer to any of the calendars, used for civil and religious purposes in India and other parts of Southeast Asia: The Indian national calendar (a variant of the Shalivahana calendar), the calendar officially used by the Government of India. Hindu calendars; Vikram calendar; Jain calendar; Tamil calendar; Bengali calendar ...