Annual Hindu Festivals Year 2010

Annual Hindu Festivals Year 2010

Hinduism has many festivals throughout the year. The Hindu calendar usually prescribe their dates. The festivals typically celebrate events from Hindu mythology, often coinciding with seasonal changes being a predominantly agrarian society. There are festivals which are primarily celebrated by specific sects or in certain regions of the Indian subcontinent.

January 2010
Makar Sankranti – 14th January, 2010
Pongal – 14th January, 2010
Haridwar Kumbh Mela begins on January 14, 2010
Basant Panchami – Saraswati Puja – 20th January, 2010
Ratha Saptami – 22nd January, 2010
Thaipusam – 30th January, 2010

February 2010
Shivratri – 12th February, 2010
Holi – 28th February, 2010

March 2010
Gudi Padwa – 16th March, 2010
Ugadi – 16th March, 2010
Chaitra Navratri Begins – 16th March, 2010
Ram Navami – 24th March, 2010
Chaitra Navratri Ends – 24th March, 2010
Hanuman Jayanti – 30th March, 2010

April 2010
Tamil New Year – 14th April, 2010
Vishu Kerala – 15th April, 2010
Bengali New Year – 15th April, 2010

May 2010
Akshaya Tritiya – 16th May, 2010
Narasimha Jayanti – 26th May, 2010

June 2010
Vat Purnima – 25th June, 2010

July 2010
Puri Rath Yatra – 13th July, 2010
Guru Purnima – 25th July, 2010

August 2010
Nag Panchami – 14th August, 2010
Onam – 23rd August, 2010
Raksha Bandhan – 24th August, 2010

September 2010
Sri Krishna Jayanti – 1st September, 2010
Hartalika Tritiya – 10th September, 2010
Ganesh Chaturthi – 11th September, 2010
Rishi Panchami – 12th September, 2010
Anant Chaturdasi – 22nd September, 2010

October 2010
Navratri begins – 8th October, 2010
Lalita Panchami – 11th October, 2010
Durga Ashtami – 15th October, 2010
Mahanavami – 16th October, 2010
Dasara – 17th October, 2010
Vijaya Dasami – 17th October, 2010
Kojagari Purnima – 22nd October, 2010
Sharad Purnima – 22nd October, 2010
Karwa Chauth – 26th October, 2010

November 2010
Dhantrayodashi – 3rd November, 2010
Diwali – 5th November, 2010
Annakut – 6th November, 2010
Gujarati New Year – 7th November, 2010
Bhai Dooj – 7th November, 2010
Chhath Puja – 11th November, 2010
Tulsi Vivah – 17th November, 2010

December 2010
Gita Jayanti – 17th December, 2010