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Hindu Calendar 2025


Hindu Calendar January, 2025

1 January 2025
(Wednesday)
Chandra Darshan
English New Year
3 January 2025
(Friday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi
5 January 2025
(Sunday)
Skanda Sashti
6 January 2025
(Monday)
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
7 January 2025
(Tuesday)
Masik Durgashtami
Shakambhari Utsavarambha
9 January 2025
(Thursday)
Masik Karthigai
10 January 2025
(Friday)
Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
Tailang Swami Jayanti
Vaikuntha Ekadashi
11 January 2025
(Saturday)
Pradosh Vrat
Shani Trayodashi
Rohini Vrat
13 January 2025
(Monday)
Paush Purnima
Shakambhari Purnima
Purnima Upavas
Lohri
Arudra Darshan
14 January 2025
(Tuesday)
Pongal
Makar Sankranti
15 January 2025
(Wednesday)
Magh Bihu
17 January 2025
(Friday)
Sankashti Chaturthi
Sakat Chauth
21 January 2025
(Tuesday)
Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
Kalashtami
23 January 2025
(Thursday)
Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
25 January 2025
(Saturday)
Shattila Ekadashi
26 January 2025
(Sunday)
Republic Day
27 January 2025
(Monday)
Pradosh Vrat
Masik Shivaratri
29 January 2025
(Wednesday)
Magha Amavasya
Mauni Amavas
Thai Amavasai
30 January 2025
(Thursday)
Chandra Darshan
Gupta Navratri Begins

Hindu Calendar February 2025

1 February 2025
(Saturday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi
Ganesha Jayanti
2 February 2025
(Sunday)
Vasant Panchami
3 February 2025
(Monday)
Skanda Sashti
4 February 2025
(Tuesday)
Ratha Saptami
Narmada Jayanti
5 February 2025
(Wednesday)
Bhishma Ashtami
Masik Durgashtami
6 February 2025
(Thursday)
Masik Karthigai
7 February 2025
(Friday)
Rohini Vrat
8 February 2025
(Saturday)
Jaya Ekadashi
9 February 2025
(Sunday)
Pradosh Vrat
11 February 2025
(Tuesday)
Thai Pusam
12 February 2025
(Wednesday)
Magha Purnima
Purnima Upavas
Guru Ravidas Jayanti
Kumbha Sankranti
16 February 2025
(Sunday)
Sankashti Chaturthi
18 February 2025
(Tuesday)
Yashoda Jayanti
20 February 2025
(Thursday)
Shabari Jayanti
Kalashtami
21 February 2025
(Friday)
Janaki Jayanti
24 February 2025
(Monday)
Vijaya Ekadashi
25 February 2025
(Tuesday)
Pradosh Vrat
26 February 2025
(Wednesday)
Maha Shivaratri
27 February 2025
(Thursday)
Phalguna Amavasya

Hindu Calendar March 2025

1 March 2025
(Saturday)
Chandra Darshan
Phulera Dooj
Ramakrishna Jayanti
3 March 2025
(Monday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi
4 March 2025
(Tuesday)
Skanda Sashti
5 March 2025
(Wednesday)
Masik Karthigai
6 March 2025
(Thursday)
Rohini Vrat
7 March 2025
(Friday)
Masik Durgashtami
10 March 2025
(Monday)
Amalaki Ekadashi
11 March 2025
(Tuesday)
Pradosh Vrat
12 March 2025
(Wednesday)
Masi Magam
13 March 2025
(Thursday)
Chhoti Holi
Holika Dahan
Purnima Upavas
Attukal Pongala
14 March 2025
(Friday)
Holi
Vasanta Purnima
Chandra Grahan
Phalguna Purnima
Lakshmi Jayanti
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanti
Meena Sankranti
Karadaiyan Nombu
16 March 2025
(Sunday)
Bhai Dooj
Bhratri Dwitiya
17 March 2025
(Monday)
Shivaji Jayanti
Sankashti Chaturthi
19 March 2025
(Wednesday)
Ranga Panchami
20 March 2025
(Thursday)
Vernal Equinox
21 March 2025
(Friday)
Sheetala Saptami
22 March 2025
(Saturday)
Basoda
Sheetala Ashtami
Kalashtami
25 March 2025
(Tuesday)
Papmochani Ekadashi
26 March 2025
(Wednesday)
Vaishnava Papamochani Ekadashi
27 March 2025
(Thursday)
Pradosh Vrat
Masik Shivaratri
29 March 2025
(Saturday)
Chaitra Amavasya
Surya Grahan
30 March 2025
(Sunday)
Chandra Darshan
Chaitra Navratri
Gudi Padwa
Ugadi
31 March 2025
(Monday)
Jhulelal Jayanti
Gauri Puja
Gangaur
Matsya Jayanti

Hindu Calendar April 2025

1 April 2025
(Tuesday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi
Masik Karthigai
2 April 2025
(Wednesday)
Lakshmi Panchami
3 April 2025
(Thursday)
Yamuna Chhath
Skanda Sashti
Rohini Vrat
5 April 2025
(Saturday)
Masik Durgashtami
6 April 2025
(Sunday)
Rama Navami
8 April 2025
(Tuesday)
Kamada Ekadashi
10 April 2025
(Thursday)
Pradosh Vrat
Mahavir Swami Jayanti
11 April 2025
(Friday)
Panguni Uthiram
Good Friday
12 April 2025
(Saturday)
Hanuman Jayanti
Chaitra Purnima
Purnima Upavas
13 April 2025
(Sunday)
Easter
14 April 2025
(Monday)
Solar New Year
Mesha Sankranti
Baisakhi
Puthandu
Vishu Kani
Ambedkar Jayanti
15 April 2025
(Tuesday)
Pohela Boishakh
16 April 2025
(Wednesday)
Sankashti Chaturthi
20 April 2025
(Sunday)
Kalashtami
24 April 2025
(Thursday)
Varuthini Ekadashi
Vallabhacharya Jayanti
25 April 2025
(Friday)
Pradosh Vrat
26 April 2025
(Saturday)
Masik Shivaratri
27 April 2025
(Sunday)
Vaishakha Amavasya
28 April 2025
(Monday)
Chandra Darshan
29 April 2025
(Tuesday)
Parashurama Jayanti
30 April 2025
(Wednesday)
Akshaya Tritiya
Rohini Vrat

Hindu Calendar May 2025

1 May 2025
(Thursday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi
2 May 2025
(Friday)
Shankaracharya Jayanti
Surdas Jayanti
Skanda Sashti
Ramanuja Jayanti
3 May 2025
(Saturday)
Ganga Saptami
5 May 2025
(Monday)
Masik Durgashtami
Sita Navami
7 May 2025
(Wednesday)
Thrissur Pooram
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
8 May 2025
(Thursday)
Mohini Ekadashi
9 May 2025
(Friday)
Pradosh Vrat
Tagore Jayanti *Bengal
11 May 2025
(Sunday)
Narasimha Jayanti
12 May 2025
(Monday)
Vaishakha Purnima
Kurma Jayanti
Buddha Purnima
Purnima Upavas
Chitra Pournami
13 May 2025
(Tuesday)
Narada Jayanti
15 May 2025
(Thursday)
Vrishabha Sankranti
16 May 2025
(Friday)
Sankashti Chaturthi
20 May 2025
(Tuesday)
Kalashtami
22 May 2025
(Thursday)
Hanuman Jayanti *Telugu
23 May 2025
(Friday)
Apara Ekadashi
24 May 2025
(Saturday)
Pradosh Vrat
Shani Trayodashi
25 May 2025
(Sunday)
Masik Shivaratri
26 May 2025
(Monday)
Vat Savitri Vrat
27 May 2025
(Tuesday)
Jyeshtha Amavasya
Shani Jayanti
Rohini Vrat
28 May 2025
(Wednesday)
Chandra Darshan
29 May 2025
(Thursday)
Maharana Pratap Jayanti
30 May 2025
(Friday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi

Hindu Calendar June 2025

1 June 2025
(Sunday)
Skanda Sashti
3 June 2025
(Tuesday)
Masik Durgashtami
4 June 2025
(Wednesday)
Mahesh Navami
5 June 2025
(Thursday)
Ganga Dussehra
6 June 2025
(Friday)
Gayatri Jayanti
Nirjala Ekadashi
7 June 2025
(Saturday)
Vaishnava Nirjala Ekadashi
Eid al-Adha
Bakrid
8 June 2025
(Sunday)
Pradosh Vrat
9 June 2025
(Monday)
Vaikasi Visakam
10 June 2025
(Tuesday)
Vat Purnima Vrat
Purnima Upavas
11 June 2025
(Wednesday)
Jyeshtha Purnima
Kabirdas Jayanti
14 June 2025
(Saturday)
Sankashti Chaturthi
15 June 2025
(Sunday)
Mithuna Sankranti
18 June 2025
(Wednesday)
Kalashtami
21 June 2025
(Saturday)
Yogini Ekadashi
Longest Day of Year
22 June 2025
(Sunday)
Gauna Yogini Ekadashi
Vaishnava Yogini Ekadashi
23 June 2025
(Monday)
Pradosh Vrat
Masik Shivaratri
24 June 2025
(Tuesday)
Rohini Vrat
25 June 2025
(Wednesday)
Ashadha Amavasya
26 June 2025
(Thursday)
Chandra Darshan
Gupta Navratri Begins
27 June 2025
(Friday)
Jagannath Rathyatra
28 June 2025
(Saturday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi
30 June 2025
(Monday)
Skanda Sashti

Hindu Calendar July 2025

3 July 2025
(Thursday)
Masik Durgashtami
6 July 2025
(Sunday)
Devshayani Ekadashi
Gauri Vrat Begins *Gujarat
8 July 2025
(Tuesday)
Pradosh Vrat
Jayaparvati Vrat Begins
10 July 2025
(Thursday)
Kokila Vrat *Gujarat
Vyasa Puja
Ashadha Purnima
Guru Purnima
Gauri Vrat Ends *Gujarat
Purnima Upavas
13 July 2025
(Sunday)
Jayaparvati Vrat Ends
14 July 2025
(Monday)
Sankashti Chaturthi
Shravan Somwar Vrat *North
15 July 2025
(Tuesday)
Mangala Gauri Vrat *North
16 July 2025
(Wednesday)
Karka Sankranti
17 July 2025
(Thursday)
Kalashtami
20 July 2025
(Sunday)
Masik Karthigai
21 July 2025
(Monday)
Kamika Ekadashi
Shravan Somwar Vrat *North
Rohini Vrat
22 July 2025
(Tuesday)
Pradosh Vrat
Mangala Gauri Vrat *North
23 July 2025
(Wednesday)
Sawan Shivaratri
24 July 2025
(Thursday)
Shravana Amavasya
Hariyali Amavasya
Aadi Amavasai
26 July 2025
(Saturday)
Chandra Darshan
27 July 2025
(Sunday)
Hariyali Teej
28 July 2025
(Monday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi
Shravan Somwar Vrat
29 July 2025
(Tuesday)
Nag Panchami
Mangala Gauri Vrat
30 July 2025
(Wednesday)
Kalki Jayanti
Skanda Sashti
31 July 2025
(Thursday)
Tulsidas Jayanti

Hindu Calendar August 2025

1 August 2025
(Friday)
Masik Durgashtami
2 August 2025
(Saturday)
Aadi Perukku
4 August 2025
(Monday)
Shravan Somwar Vrat
5 August 2025
(Tuesday)
Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
Mangala Gauri Vrat
6 August 2025
(Wednesday)
Pradosh Vrat
8 August 2025
(Friday)
Varalakshmi Vrat
Hayagriva Jayanti
9 August 2025
(Saturday)
Shravana Purnima
Rakhi
Raksha Bandhan
Gayatri Jayanti
Narali Purnima
Purnima Upavas
Rigveda Upakarma
Yajurveda Upakarma
Sanskrit Diwas
10 August 2025
(Sunday)
Gayathri Japam
12 August 2025
(Tuesday)
Kajari Teej
Sankashti Chaturthi
Sangada Hara Chathurti *Tamil
Bol Choth *Gujarat
13 August 2025
(Wednesday)
Nag Pancham *Gujarat
14 August 2025
(Thursday)
Balarama Jayanti
Randhan Chhath *Gujarat
15 August 2025
(Friday)
Shitala Satam *Gujarat
Janmashtami *Smarta
Independence Day
16 August 2025
(Saturday)
Janmashtami *ISKCON
Dahi Handi
Kalashtami
Masik Karthigai
17 August 2025
(Sunday)
Simha Sankranti
Malayalam New Year
Rohini Vrat
19 August 2025
(Tuesday)
Aja Ekadashi
20 August 2025
(Wednesday)
Pradosh Vrat
21 August 2025
(Thursday)
Masik Shivaratri
23 August 2025
(Saturday)
Bhadrapada Amavasya
24 August 2025
(Sunday)
Chandra Darshan
25 August 2025
(Monday)
Varaha Jayanti
26 August 2025
(Tuesday)
Samaveda Upakarma
Hartalika Teej
Gowri Habba
27 August 2025
(Wednesday)
Ganesh Chaturthi
28 August 2025
(Thursday)
Rishi Panchami
Skanda Sashti
31 August 2025
(Sunday)
Gauri Avahana
Radha Ashtami
Masik Durgashtami
Mahalakshmi Vrat Begins
Durva Ashtami

Hindu Calendar September 2025

1 September 2025
(Monday)
Gauri Puja
2 September 2025
(Tuesday)
Gauri Visarjan
3 September 2025
(Wednesday)
Parsva Ekadashi
4 September 2025
(Thursday)
Vamana Jayanti
5 September 2025
(Friday)
Pradosh Vrat
Onam
6 September 2025
(Saturday)
Anant Chaturdashi
Ganesh Visarjan
7 September 2025
(Sunday)
Chandra Grahan
Purnima Upavas
Purnima Shraddha
8 September 2025
(Monday)
Pratipada Shraddha
9 September 2025
(Tuesday)
Dwitiya Shraddha
10 September 2025
(Wednesday)
Tritiya Shraddha
Chaturthi Shraddha
Sankashti Chaturthi
11 September 2025
(Thursday)
Maha Bharani
Panchami Shraddha
12 September 2025
(Friday)
Shashthi Shraddha
Masik Karthigai
13 September 2025
(Saturday)
Saptami Shraddha
14 September 2025
(Sunday)
Ashtami Shraddha
Jivitputrika Vrat
Kalashtami
Mahalakshmi Vrat Ends
Ashtami Rohini
Rohini Vrat
15 September 2025
(Monday)
Navami Shraddha
16 September 2025
(Tuesday)
Dashami Shraddha
17 September 2025
(Wednesday)
Indira Ekadashi
Ekadashi Shraddha
Kanya Sankranti
Vishwakarma Puja
18 September 2025
(Thursday)
Dwadashi Shraddha
19 September 2025
(Friday)
Magha Shraddha
Trayodashi Shraddha
Pradosh Vrat
Masik Shivaratri
20 September 2025
(Saturday)
Chaturdashi Shraddha
21 September 2025
(Sunday)
Ashwin Amavasya
Sarva Pitru Amavasya
Surya Grahan
22 September 2025
(Monday)
Navratri Begins
Ghatasthapana
Autumnal Equinox
23 September 2025
(Tuesday)
Chandra Darshan
25 September 2025
(Thursday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi
26 September 2025
(Friday)
Lalita Panchami
27 September 2025
(Saturday)
Bilva Nimantran
Skanda Sashti
28 September 2025
(Sunday)
Kalparambha
Akal Bodhon
29 September 2025
(Monday)
Saraswati Avahan
Navpatrika Puja
30 September 2025
(Tuesday)
Saraswati Puja
Durga Ashtami
Sandhi Puja

Hindu Calendar October 2025

1 October 2025
(Wednesday)
Saraswati Balidan
Maha Navami
Durga Balidan
Ayudha Puja
Saraswati Poojai
Bengal Maha Navami
2 October 2025
(Thursday)
Saraswati Visarjan
Durga Visarjan
Dussehra
Vijayadashami
Bengal Vijayadashami
Mysore Dasara
Vidyarambham Day
Madhvacharya Jayanti
Gandhi Jayanti
3 October 2025
(Friday)
Papankusha Ekadashi
4 October 2025
(Saturday)
Pradosh Vrat
Shani Trayodashi
6 October 2025
(Monday)
Kojagara Puja
Sharad Purnima
Purnima Upavas
7 October 2025
(Tuesday)
Ashwin Purnima
Valmiki Jayanti
Meerabai Jayanti
9 October 2025
(Thursday)
Atla Tadde
10 October 2025
(Friday)
Karwa Chauth
Sankashti Chaturthi
Masik Karthigai
11 October 2025
(Saturday)
Rohini Vrat
13 October 2025
(Monday)
Ahoi Ashtami
Radha Kunda Snan
Kalashtami
17 October 2025
(Friday)
Rama Ekadashi
Govatsa Dwadashi
Tula Sankranti
18 October 2025
(Saturday)
Dhan Teras
Yama Deepam
Pradosh Vrat
Shani Trayodashi
19 October 2025
(Sunday)
Kali Chaudas
Hanuman Puja
Masik Shivaratri
20 October 2025
(Monday)
Narak Chaturdashi
Tamil Deepavali
Diwali
Lakshmi Puja
Kedar Gauri Vrat
Chopda Puja
Sharda Puja
Kali Puja
21 October 2025
(Tuesday)
Kartik Amavasya
22 October 2025
(Wednesday)
Gowardhan Puja
Annakut
Bali Pratipada
Dyuta Krida
23 October 2025
(Thursday)
Chandra Darshan
Bhaiya Dooj
Yama Dwitiya
25 October 2025
(Saturday)
Nagula Chavithi *Telugu
Vinayaka Chaturthi
26 October 2025
(Sunday)
Labh Panchami
27 October 2025
(Monday)
Chhath Puja
Soora Samharam
30 October 2025
(Thursday)
Gopashtami
Masik Durgashtami
31 October 2025
(Friday)
Akshaya Navami
Jagaddhatri Puja

Hindu Calendar November 2025

1 November 2025
(Saturday)
Kansa Vadh
Devutthana Ekadashi
2 November 2025
(Sunday)
Gauna Devutthana Ekadashi
Vaishnava Utthana Ekadashi
Tulasi Vivah
3 November 2025
(Monday)
Pradosh Vrat
4 November 2025
(Tuesday)
Vaikuntha Chaturdashi
5 November 2025
(Wednesday)
Dev Diwali
Kartik Purnima
Purnima Upavas
Guru Nanak Jayanti
6 November 2025
(Thursday)
Masik Karthigai
7 November 2025
(Friday)
Rohini Vrat
8 November 2025
(Saturday)
Sankashti Chaturthi
12 November 2025
(Wednesday)
Kalabhairav Jayanti
14 November 2025
(Friday)
Nehru Jayanti
15 November 2025
(Saturday)
Utpanna Ekadashi
16 November 2025
(Sunday)
Vrischika Sankranti
17 November 2025
(Monday)
Pradosh Vrat
Mandalakala Begins
18 November 2025
(Tuesday)
Masik Shivaratri
20 November 2025
(Thursday)
Margashirsha Amavasya
22 November 2025
(Saturday)
Chandra Darshan
24 November 2025
(Monday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi
25 November 2025
(Tuesday)
Vivah Panchami
26 November 2025
(Wednesday)
Subrahmanya Sashti
Champa Shashthi
28 November 2025
(Friday)
Masik Durgashtami

Hindu Calendar December 2025

1 December 2025
(Monday)
Mokshada Ekadashi
Gita Jayanti
Guruvayur Ekadashi
2 December 2025
(Tuesday)
Pradosh Vrat
3 December 2025
(Wednesday)
Hanuman Jayanti *Kannada
4 December 2025
(Thursday)
Dattatreya Jayanti
Purnima Upavas
Annapurna Jayanti
Karthigai Deepam
5 December 2025
(Friday)
Rohini Vrat
7 December 2025
(Sunday)
Sankashti Chaturthi
11 December 2025
(Thursday)
Kalashtami
15 December 2025
(Monday)
Saphala Ekadashi
16 December 2025
(Tuesday)
Dhanu Sankranti
17 December 2025
(Wednesday)
Pradosh Vrat
18 December 2025
(Thursday)
Masik Shivaratri
19 December 2025
(Friday)
Paush Amavasya
Hanumath Jayanthi
21 December 2025
(Sunday)
Chandra Darshan
Shortest Day of Year
24 December 2025
(Wednesday)
Vinayaka Chaturthi
25 December 2025
(Thursday)
Skanda Sashti
Merry Christmas
27 December 2025
(Saturday)
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
Mandala Pooja
28 December 2025
(Sunday)
Masik Durgashtami
Shakambhari Utsavarambha
30 December 2025
(Tuesday)
Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
Tailang Swami Jayanti
31 December 2025
(Wednesday)
Gauna Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
Vaishnava Pausha Putrada Ekadashi

Hindu Calendar

Want to check which Indian Hindu festivals are heading your way this year, or are you simply interested in knowing what a Hindu character looks like? Hindu festivals are not the things you’ll find listed in the Gregorian calendar, or most commonly known as the western calendar or Christian calendar. Check all the vrat and Indian Holidays that are coming your way. You can also use this as a planner as your go-to site to check out Monthly Indian Festivals.

Importance of Hindu Calendar

The Hindu Calendar is a collaborative work of various scholars from the ancient times of ancient India. The foremost mention of the calendar has been found in the Vedas, the ethical basis of the Hindu ethics system, which dates back to 1200 BC.

The Hindu calendar or panchanga is a calendar that works on the observation deduced from the combined information deduced from the lunar cycle and the solar cycle. Due to this, the Hindu calendar is called a lunisolar calendar. This dependence on the lunar and solar days of the year gives the Indian calendar its multidimensional nature.

But why is it multidirectional? You might be asking. It is the technique it utilizes for structuring time, combining information from lunar months, lunar days, solar months, solar days, the movement of the sun, and the moon in respect to other constellations and celestial bodies.

There has been more than one variant of the Hindu calendar since ancient times to add more to its complicacy. The national calendar that became official in the year 1957 is but one of those many. It was selected because it covers almost all the festivals and vrat that are celebrated all around the country.

But the significance doesn’t just stop at being a record for the Hindu Calendar and vrat. It also functions as a measurement chart for recording things of astronomical size.

  • Yoga: Not to be confused with breathing practices of yoga. The yogas are a part of merged longitudes of the moon and the sun, each measuring 13° 20`. All the yogas are parallel to the Hindu deities and human nature. Every solar day is associated with yoga achieving sunrise.
  • Karana: Karana represents one-half of the lunar day. Like the yogas, they reflect certain aspects of human nature. One other similarity they have with the yogas is that each solar day is associated with the activity at sunrise.
  • Nakshatra: The word that has been marketed quite often in the yantra (gems) industry that everyone has at least heard of once, even if they don’t know what it is. Nakshatra means lunar mansion and has been popularly referred to as such. Nakshatra’s are points found in the moon’s orbit, having the same measurement as yoga, of 13°20`. Their names have a basis in Hindu mythology.

With the debate of which system of the calendar to follow and how to count days based on it, it’s a natural question as to when the year ends or begins. The Hindu new year begins a bit after the financial and Academic years begin but with a thirteen to fifteen-day gap. Somewhere between thirteen to fifteen April. In terms of solar months, during the zodiac sign of Mesa (Aries). This time period is what marks solar months as civil months.

One important thing to note in the Indian calendar has a different way to apply leap year. As per lunar months, a year amounts to 354(⅓) days on average. Instead of adding a leap day every four years, a leap year is added every three years. Its definition of the leap year is also different from the leap year administered by the Gregorian calendar. Still, it has the same function as bringing the year close to when the earth does a complete revolution around the sun, that is 365(¼) days.

In the Hindu calendar, a month doesn’t need to be added. It can be deducted too. It is how the lunar month starts based on which zodiac sign the sun currently is. A month is usually added, but once in a blue moon, the sun might cross over the zodiac sign it was presiding over. When this phenomenon happens, the whole month is deducted. This leads to a month repeating itself, giving another month, which has twelve or thirteen months.

Lunar Months and Days of Hindu Calendar

Hindu Calendar, following the lunisolar system, considers the movement of both the sun and the sea, as observed from the earth. The Lunar months in the calendar are the same time it takes the moon to revolve around the sun. As such, all the lunar days are divided into thirty lunar days.

Due to the waning and waxing nature of the moon, they are classified into two parts; the waxing part of the moon encompasses fortnightly bright days, while the waning phase of the moon’s days is called dark days.

The northern and southern parts of India start their month from a different perspective; from the north Indian’s perspective, the month begins on the full moon, while from the South Indians’ point of view, the days are counted from one day after it.

Solar Months and Days of Hindu Calendar

Just as Hindu calendars can make their lunar days based on the measurement through the lunisolar system, they can apply the same to the solar side of things. The solar days are marked by the time of sunrise. One other difference that solar months have is that they are based on the Hindu zodiac signs; these zodiac signs are defined as the different periods the sun traverses through them.

Solar months are the ones that were being accepted as part of the national Hindu calendar, leading to them being regarded as civil months. At the same time, the lunar moon serves the purpose of determining regional and festive holidays.

Hindu Festival Calendar

As it is well known about Hindu festivals, they don’t happen on a fixed date. This does not apply to all the festivals, but it is still a prominent thing. The dates of Hindu festivals are based on them occurring on the day of the Full moon; sometimes, they are also celebrated after the full moon. Some prominent festivals that change depending on the state of the moon are Holi, Diwali, Guru Purnima, Maha Shivratri, and Ganesh Chaturthi; these are just a few.

Mostly the festivals are celebrated on the same day in most regions; the day of celebration can vary in a few regions. Did you guess why? The variations of different calendars are the cause.

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As the Gregorian (or western) calendar, there are seven days in the week of a Hindu calendar. To better explain when here are the names of days with the Western days on the side.

Somwar = Monday,

Mangalwar = Tuesday,

Budhwar = Wednesday,

Guruwar = Thursday,

Shukarwar = Friday,

Shaniwar = Saturday

Raviwar = Sunday.

When talking to each other, people often talk about days in Hindi

Just like days of a week had days equal to that in Christian calendar, so do the months are in the same quantity as that of Christian calendar, i.e., 12 months or Machine in Hindi. The twelve months mentioned in the Hindu calendar are not in the same interval as the western they appear somewhere between the two consecutive months. They are as follows:-

Chaitra= March- April

Vaishaka = April -May

Jyaistha = May -June

Asadha = June- July

Shravana = July- August

Bhadra = August - September

Asvina = September - October

Kartika = October - November

Agrahayana = November - December

Paush = December - January

Magha = January - February

Phalguna = February - March

Unlike Holidays from other countries, every Indian holiday’s calendar is never the same as the other. They all have different dates and festivals. Those are calculated based on the orientation of the sun and the moon concerning the earth. Which makes them unique and unprecedented. But despite having varying dates, they still are the same festivals that take place every year. Some of the major Hindu festivals are; Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Raksha Bandhan, Dussehra, Diwali, and many more

This is not common in the Hindu calendar, but it happens when the sun crosses the zodiac. It presides before the lunar month ends, leading it to get removed and repeated in a year.