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In the old Bengali calendar, 21 February fell on Falgun 9 earlier this year. After the change 16 December will fall on Poush 1, not on the second day of the month. Bengali New Year will also fall on 14 April, Rabindra Joyanti of Baishakh 25 on 8 May and Nazrul Joyanti of Jaishthha 11 on 25 May.
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 ...
Śrāvaṇa ( Sanskrit: श्रावण) is the fifth month of the Hindu calendar. In India's national civil calendar, Śrāvaṇa is the fifth month of the year, typically beginning in mid to late July and ending in late August. In the Tamil calendar, it is known as Āvani and is the fifth month of the solar year. In lunar religious ...
Hinduism. Navaratri [a] is an annual Hindu festival observed in honor of the goddess Durga, an aspect of Adi Parashakti, the supreme goddess. It spans over nine nights (and ten days), first in the month of Chaitra (March/April of the Gregorian calendar ), and again in the month of Ashvin (September–October).
Pitru Paksha ( Sanskrit: पितृ पक्ष, lit. '"fortnight of the paternal ancestors"', IAST: Pitṛ pakṣa ), also spelt Pitri Paksha, is a 16-lunar day period in the Hindu calendar when Hindus pay homage to their ancestors ( Pitrs ), especially through food offerings. The period is also known as Pitri Paksha / Pitr-Paksha, Pitri ...
Akshaya Tritiya. A vintage religious token depicting Lord Rishabhanatha, accepting sugarcane juice from King Shreyans. Akshaya Tritiya, also known as Akti or Akha Teej, is an annual Jain and Hindu spring festival. [3] It falls on the third tithi (lunar day) of the bright half ( Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu month of Vaisakha.
Maha Shivaratri is a national holiday in Nepal and celebrated widely in temples all over the country, especially in the Pashupatinath temple. Thousands of devotees visit the famous Shiva Shakti Peetham nearby as well. Holy rituals are performed all over the nation.
In Tamil Nadu, it is known as Vaikasi (mid-May to mid-June) and represents the second month of the Tamil solar calendar. The Tamil month that corresponds to Vaisakha is Chithirai (mid-April to mid-May). In the Hindu lunar calendar, Vaisakha begins with the new moon in April and represents the second month of the lunar year.