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  2. Maha Shivaratri - Wikipedia

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    Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the deity Shiva, between February and March. [7] According to the Hindu calendar , the festival is observed on the fourteenth day of the first half (night start with darkness - waning) of the lunar month of Phalguna .

  3. List of Hindu festivals in Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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    Date - Hindu lunar calendar Date - Gregorian calendar Celebrating or Dieting worshiped Duration Description Gudi Padwa: 1st day of Chaitra: March–April: New Year: One day: The year starts on the first day of Chaitra known as Gudi Padwa] which falls around March or April of the Western calendar. A gudi or victory pole is erected outside the ...

  4. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu calendar is based on a geocentric model of the Solar System. A large part of this calendar is defined based on the movement of the Sun and the Moon around the Earth (saura māna and cāndra māna respectively). Furthermore, it includes synodic, sidereal, and tropical elements. Many variants of the Hindu calendar have been created by ...

  5. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day). Furthermore, when specifying the masa, one of two traditions are applicable, viz. amānta ...

  6. Public holidays in Nepal - Wikipedia

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    New Year celebration by the Tamang community. January 22: Saraswati Puja: Religious: Educational institution only. January 30: Shahid Diwas: Non-Religious: Martyr's day in Nepal remembering the first four Martyrs of Nepal. February 13: Maha Shivaratri: Religious: Celebrated in reverence of Lord Shiva. February 16: Gyalpo Lhosar: Religious: New ...

  7. Public holidays in India - Wikipedia

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    Celebrates the beginning of the Malayali New Year [20] April: Vaisakhi: Floating Sikh festival celebrates the beginning of the Solar new year in North India and spring harvest on the first day of the month of Vaisakh in the Punjabi calendar April: Bohag Bihu: Floating Celebrates the beginning of the Assamese New Year April: Gudi Padwa: Floating

  8. Kumbh Mela - Wikipedia

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    Maha Shivaratri; Navaratri. Durga Puja; ... In 2022, after a 700 year break, Bansberia ... a calendar year adjustment appears in approximately 8 cycles. Therefore ...

  9. 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]