India Festival Calendar 2014

India is a country of festivals and celebrations. Apart from three major festivals (Holi, Deepawali and Raksh-Bandhan), many other minor festivals are celebrated in different parts of the country.

Here is a complete month-by-month list of the festivals in India.

January 2014• Jan 01 – New Year• Jan 13 - Pongal• Jan 14 - Makarsankranti / Pongal• Jan 14 - Tamil New Year• Jan 26 – Republic Day India

February 2014• Feb 04 - Vasant Panchami• Feb 14 - Valentine’s Day• Feb 27 - Maha Shivaratri

March 2014• Mar 17 - Holi• Mar 31 - Hindi New Year

April 2014• Apr 08 – Rama Navami• Apr 14 – Baisakhi• Apr 15 - Bengali New Year• Apr 15 - Hanuman Jayanti• Apr 18 - Birthday of Guru Angad Dev and Guru Tegh

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May 2014• May 02 – Akshay Tritiya / Akha Teej• May 02 - Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev• Second Sunday of May – Mother’s Day

June 2014• Third Sunday in June – Father’s Day• Jun 12 - Savitri Pooja• Jun 29 - Rath Yatra

July 2014• July 05 - Birthday of Guru Hargobind• July 12 - Guru Purnima • Fourth Sunday in July - Parents Day

August 2014• Aug 01 - Nag Panchami • First Sunday of August - Friendship Day• Aug 10 – Raksha Bandhan • Aug 15 - Independence Day• Aug 17 – Sri Krishna Janmashtami• Aug 29 - Ganesh Chaturthi

September 2014• Sep 05 - Teachers Day• Sep 07 – Onam• Sep 09 - Pitr-Paksha begins• Sep 24 - Pitr-Paksha ends• Sep 25 – Sharad Navaratri begins• Sep 30 - Durga Puja begins

October 2014• Oct 02 - Gandhi Jayanti / Lal Bahadur Shashtri Jayanti• Oct 03 - Navaratri ends• Oct 04 – Dussehra/ Vijayadashami• Oct 11 - Karva Chauth• Oct 21 - Dhan Teras• Oct 23 – Diwali• Oct 24 - Govardhan Puja• Oct 25 - Bhai Dooj

November 2014• Nov 06 - Kartik Poornima• Nov 06 - Guru Nanak Jayanti/Gurupurab• Nov 14 - Children’s Day• Fourth Thursday in November - Thanksgiving Day• Nov 30 - St Andrews Day

December 2014• Dec 21, 22 - Winter Solstice• Dec 25 - Christmas

Sources• http://happywishes.org/• Indian Festival Calendar• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals