Festival calendar

Hindu festivals 1953: dates of every major festival

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

Major festival

January1953

  • 13TueMakar Sankranti / Pongal
  • 19MonVasant Panchami

February1953

  • 12ThuMaha Shivaratri
  • 28SatHolika Dahan

March1953

  • 1SunHoli
  • 16MonUgadi / Gudi Padwa · Chaitra Navratri begins
  • 23MonRam Navami
  • 30MonHanuman Jayanti

April1953

  • 13MonBaisakhi / Mesha Sankranti

May1953

  • 16SatAkshaya Tritiya
  • 28ThuBuddha Purnima

July1953

  • 26SunGuru Purnima

August1953

  • 15SatNag Panchami
  • 24MonRaksha Bandhan
  • 31MonKrishna Janmashtami

September1953

  • 12SatGanesh Chaturthi

October1953

  • 8ThuSharad Navratri begins
  • 16FriDurga Ashtami
  • 17SatDussehra
  • 21WedSharad Purnima
  • 25SunKarwa Chauth

November1953

  • 3TueDhanteras
  • 6FriDiwali (Lakshmi Puja)
  • 7SatGovardhan Puja
  • 8SunBhai Dooj
  • 12ThuChhath Puja
  • 17TueDev Uthani Ekadashi
  • 20FriKartik Purnima / Dev Deepawali

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