Thursday, 3 February 2011

Hindu Festivals 2011


This is a list of important festival dates in Hinduism in 2011 based on various regional Hindu calendars. The same festival might be celebrated a day earlier or later in different parts of India. The calendar is incomplete as there is confusion regarding few Hindu festivals in 2011.


January 2011
Makar Sankranti 14th January, 2011 - (15th January in western and eastern parts of India)
Pongal – 15th January, 2011
Thai Pusam – January 20, 2011

February 2011
Vasant Panchami – Saraswati Puja – February 8, 2011

March 2011
Shivratri – 3rd March, 2011
Holi – March 20th, 2011

April 2011
Ugadi (New Year in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh) – April 4th, 2011
Gudi Padva – April 4th, 2011
Chaitra Navratri Begins - April 4th, 2011
Ram Navami – 12th April, 2011
Chithirai 1 (Tamil New Year) – 14th April, 2011
Hanuman Jayanti – 18th April, 2011
Vishu (Kerala) – 14th April, 2011
New Year in Bengal and Assam – 15th April, 2011

May 2011
Akshaya Tritiya – 6th May, 2011
Narasimha Jayanti – 16th May, 2011

June 2011
Puri Rath Yatra – 3 July, 2011

July 2011
Vyas Purnima, Guru Purnima – 15th July, 2011

August 2011
Raksha Bandan – 13th August, 2011
Sri Krishna Janmashtami – 22nd August, 2011

September 2011
Ganesh Chaturthi - 1st September, 2011
Onam - September 9, 2011
Pitru Paksha Shradh - 13th September, 2011 to 27th September
Navratri Begins – 28th September, 2011

October 2011
Durga Ashtami – 4th October, 2011
Maha Navami – 5th October, 2011
Vijaya Dashami – Dussehra – 6th October, 2011
Karva Chouth – October 13, 2011
Deepavali – Diwali – 26th October, 2011
Gujarati New Year - 27th October, 2011

November 2011
Karti Purnima - November 10
Sabarimala Mandala Kalam begins – 16th November, 2011

December 2011
Sri Dattatreya Jayanti - December 10

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