Festival calendar

Hindu festivals 1940: dates of every major festival

Calculated for Delhi; some festivals can fall a day apart in other cities.

Major festival

January1940

  • 14SunMakar Sankranti / Pongal

February1940

  • 13TueVasant Panchami

March1940

  • 7ThuMaha Shivaratri
  • 23SatHolika Dahan
  • 24SunHoli

April1940

  • 8MonUgadi / Gudi Padwa · Chaitra Navratri begins
  • 13SatBaisakhi / Mesha Sankranti
  • 16TueRam Navami
  • 22MonHanuman Jayanti

May1940

  • 10FriAkshaya Tritiya
  • 21TueBuddha Purnima

July1940

  • 19FriGuru Purnima

August1940

  • 8ThuNag Panchami
  • 17SatRaksha Bandhan
  • 26MonKrishna Janmashtami

September1940

  • 5ThuGanesh Chaturthi

October1940

  • 2WedSharad Navratri begins
  • 8TueDurga Ashtami
  • 10ThuDussehra
  • 15TueSharad Purnima
  • 20SunKarwa Chauth
  • 28MonDhanteras
  • 30WedDiwali (Lakshmi Puja)
  • 31ThuGovardhan Puja

November1940

  • 1FriBhai Dooj
  • 5TueChhath Puja
  • 10SunDev Uthani Ekadashi
  • 14ThuKartik Purnima / Dev Deepawali

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