Festive IO

Festivals are the part of culture. Like other nations in the world, India people also celebrates different events and festivals. If you are looking for the events and festivals calendar of India, here you can go. We have arranged all the event and festival list according to the date. Let's enjoy

List of Festivals in India

Holiday Notes

•   International Programmers' Day usually held on 7th January or 12th or 13th September every year.
•   Pongal celebrates around 14th January each year.
•   World Religion Day celebrates on the third Sunday of January.
•   Guru Govind Singh Jayanti date fixes based upon the Nanakshahi calendar. It usually falls in December or January according to the gregorian calendar.
•   Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat is celebrated by the Jewish occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat
•   World Leprosy Day celebrates on the last Sunday of January.
•   Vasant Panchami is a festival to celebrate the coming of the Spring season. It falls in January or February every year.
•   Shivaji Jayanti is an optional holiday in India.
•   Hazarat Ali's Birthday celebrates on the 13th day of the month Rajab according to the Islamic calendar. This date varies from country to country every year. Usually on this type of festival public holiday falls on the next day. Hazarat Ali's Birthday is a restricted holiday in India.
•   Guru Ravidas Jayanti celebrates on the full moon day of the month Magh. So the date varies every year.
•   According to Hindu Calendar, Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti falls on the 10th day of Krishna Pasha.
•   Isra and Mi'raj are celebrated on the 27th day of Rajab Month according to the Islamic Calendar. So the date varies every year in every country.
•   World Kidney Day celebrates on the second Thursday of March.
•   Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri celebrates on the 13th or 14th day of the month Magha/Phalguna according to the Hindu calendar. It is a gazetted holiday in India. In other countries, Hindu religious people celebrate the day.
•   March Equinox is the day when the duration of night & day are nearly equal.
•   Earth Hour usually celebrates on the last Saturday of March.
•   Holika Dahana's date follows the Hindu calendar. It is an optional holiday.
•   Holi is a gazetted holiday in India.
•   Chaitra Sukhladi is an optional holiday in India. In other countries it just a normal festival.
•   Vaisakhi/Bangla New Year/Pohela Baishakh is a gazetted holiday only in Bangladesh. In other countries, people from Bangladesh/West Bengal in India celebrate this festival
•   Rama Navami celebrates on the 9th day of the month Chaitra.
•   Lailat al-Qadr celebrated from the evening of the 26th day of the Ramadan.
•   Mother's Day mainly occurs on the second Sunday of the month of May.
•   Eid al-Fitr date fixed on moon sighting so the date varies from country to country every year. In most Muslim countries, it is a public holiday.
•   Buddha's Birthday/Vesak/Buddha Purnima usually falls on the full moon of the month Vesak. Normally it falls on the First of April or mid-time in May.
•   Mainly Father's Day celebrates on the third Sunday of June. On this sequence this year it is on 20th June.
•   Eid al-Adha date depends on the lunar calendar. According to the lunar calendar & moon sighting, the date varies from country to country every year.
•   International Friendship Day worldwide celebrates on July 30. In many countries, people celebrate on the first Sunday of August.
•   World Sight Day celebrates on the second Thursday of the month of October.
•   Milad-un-Nabi/Mawlid/Mouloud is celebrated on the 17th Rabi' al-awwal according to the Islamic calendar. It is a public holiday in Muslim countries.
•   It is the eve of Christmas day
•   Christmas Day is observed throughout the world among the Christian Community