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Celebrates the beginning of the Malayali New Year [21] 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: Ugadi: Floating
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 ...
Gandhi Jayanti is a national holiday in India, celebrated annually on 2 October to honour the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the key leaders of the Indian independence movement and a pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolence. It is one of the three national holidays in India. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared ...
In the Gregorian calendar, Ganesh Chaturthi falls between 22 August and 20 September every year. [ 5 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Although the origin of Ganesh Chaturthi remains unknown, it became increasingly popular after a public celebration was initiated by the prominent Anti-Colonial Freedom Fighter, Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak , in Maharashtra in ...
[163] [r] ASSOCHAM, a trade organisation in India, forecasted that online shopping alone to be over ₹ 300 billion (US$3.6 billion) over the 2017 Diwali season. [166] About two-thirds of Indian households, according to the ASSOCHAM forecast, would spend between ₹ 5,000 (US$60) and ₹ 10,000 (US$120) to celebrate Diwali in 2017. [167]
12. Phalguna. 30. 19–20 February. Pisces. Mīna. Pausha is the tenth month of the calendar and begins on the December solstice, [5] similar to Dey, the tenth month of the Iranian Solar Hijri calendar. Pausha has 29 days and starts on 22 December, except in leap years, when it has 30 days. [6] The months in the first half of the year all ...
26 January 2025. (2025-01-26) Frequency. Annual. First time. 26 January 1950 (74 years ago) (1950-01-26) Republic Day is a national holiday in India commemorating the adoption of the Constitution of India, and the country's transition to a republic which came into effect on 26 January 1950. The constitution replaced the Government of India Act ...
Monday, Jan. 16. Martin Luther King Day. National Religious Freedom Day. Brew Monday. Blue Monday. National Fig Newton Day. International Hot and Spicy Food Day. National Nothing Day. In 2023 ...