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India is country where there is a number of festivals are celebrated by people. Every festival is celebrated with full enthusiasm. So for knowing the date of the each and every festival there is a calendar made every year. In the calendar the dates of the important festivals are mentioned. The festivals are celebrated on the same day in all over the India just because of the calendar. The dates or celebrations of the festivals depend upon the changing of the season.
Festival of India 2011
| January |
February |
01 Saturday - New Year
05 Wednesday - Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
13 Thursday - Lohri
14 Friday - Makar Sankranti
14 Friday - Pongal
26 Wednesday - Republic Day |
02 Wednesday - Mauni Amavasya
03 Thursday - Chinese New Year
08 Tuesday - Vasant Panchami
14 Monday - Valentines Day
15 Tuesday - Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet), Sunni
20 Sunday - Milad un Nabi, Shia |
| March |
April |
03 Thursday - Mahashivratri
20 Sunday - Holi
20 Sunday - Hola Mohalla
21 Monday - Navroz
28 Monday - Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra in Fasli Calendar) |
04 Monday - Gudi Padva
04 Monday - Bikrami Samvat (Hindu New Year)
12 Tuesday - Ram Navmi
14 Thursday - Baisakhi
16 Saturday - Mahavir Jayanti
17 Sunday - Palm Sunday (Western)
17 Sunday - Palm Sunday (Orthodox)
18 Monday- Hanuman Jayanti
19 Tuesday - Passover (Till 25th April) 22 Friday-Good Friday
24 Sunday - Easter (Western)
24 Sunday - Easter (Orthodox) |
| May |
June |
08 Sunday - Mother's Day
17 Tuesday - Buddha Jayanti / Buddha Purnima |
16 Thursday - Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi Calendar)
19 Sunday - Father's Day
21 Tuesday - Ganga Dussehra
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| July |
August |
03 Sunday - Rath Yatra
15 Friday - Guru Poornima |
01 Monday - Ramadan Begins
04 Thursday - Naag Panchami
07 Sunday - Friendship Day
13 Saturday - Rakhi /Raksha Bandhan
15 Monday - Independence Day
22 Monday - Sri Krishna Janmashtami
30 Tuesday - Id-Ul-Fitr, Ramadan Ends |
| September |
October |
01 Thursday - Ganesh Chaturathi
01 Thursday - Onam
05 Monday - Teachers Day
28 Wednesday - Navaratra Begins |
02 Sunday - Gandhi Jayanti
03 Monday - Durga Puja Begins
06 Thursday - Dussehra
16 Sunday - Karva Chauth
24 Monday - Dhan Teras
26 Wednesday - Diwali
27 Thursday - Govardhan Puja
28 Friday - Bhai Duj
31 Monday - Halloween |
| November |
December |
06 Sunday - Eid-Ul-Adha
10 Thursday - Guru Nanak Jayanti
14 Monday - Children's Day
24 Thursday - Thanksgiving Day
26 Saturday - Al-Hijira, Muharram Begins |
20 Tuesday - Hanukkah (After Sunset) (Till 28th December)
25 Sunday - Christmas |
