Hindu Festival Calendar 2025 is presented here along with dates for all the festivals and holidays celebrated in Hindu Religion. Know more on Hindu Holidays and Festivals in 2025.
Hindu Festivals - The followers of Hinduism celebrate festivals related to Hindu Gods and ancient Hindu mythology. Hindus celebrate almost everything from birthday of Gods, religious significance to spring festivals such as Holi. Fast and rituals like aarti are a part of these Hindu religious celebrations which may last up to several days. Navratri is one such festival which is observed for almost 9 days twice a year. Some of these festivals are celebrated with great pomp and show across India. Diwali is one such Hindu festival which is celebrated by almost every Indian worldwide.
India, the land of varied cultures, ethnic groups, and traditions is a land of festivals and fairs. The country is home to people with diverse religions and faiths. Hinduism however dominates all the other religions and has the longest list of festivals owing to its widespread presence, regional variations, and number of followers.
Though, the major Hindu festivals are not just those which call for national holidays. One of the most peculiar features of Hindu festivals is that they encompass almost anything to everything, and that too has a quintessential divine aspect to it. There are celebrations typically for manifestations of gods and goddesses in their varied avtars, death of asuras (demons) and triumph of the gods. Ritualistic feasts are also carried out for seasons, days of the week, planetary events, lunar or solar eclipse and other phases of the moon, vedic principles, and even for creatures like snakes (Nag Panchami).
Diwali, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Dussehra, and Janmashtami are the major Hindu festivals that are celebrated throughout the country with utmost fervor and gusto and involve lots of customs and rituals. Each festival has a deity presiding over it and all the festivities focusing on it. During Navratri, women put on all the adornments and are traditionally dressed up in tones of red, which appeal to Goddess Durga, the presiding deity of the festival.Some festivals celebrate a significant event in the life of a deity e.g. Janmashtami observes the birthday of Lord Krishna, while some are seasonal festivities or customs, like Holi.Some festivals are exclusively regional, like Onam in Kerala, whereas Hindu festivals such as Diwali, Dussehra, and Ganesh Chaturthi are now being celebrated globally.
During Hindu festivals, devotees observe rigorous fasts, visit the temple and worship the deities. Distribution of prasad, singing devotional chants (bhajans), decorating houses and temples are other major practices of the day. In a nutshell, each event in Hinduism has religious overtones and legends involving different gods.
With abundant holy days, the Hindu almanac is sprinkled considerably with a string of major festivals and a fever of celebrations one after the other. No matter what is the mode of celebration or the reason to celebrate - the Hindu festivals add to the colourful facet of India's cultural diversity, and leave enduring imprints of delight in the minds of people until another festival arrives.
List of Hindu festivals and religious celebrations in 2025.
Date | Day | Festival / Vrat / Upvas | Type |
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Jan 15 | Monday | Makar Sankranti | Hindu Festival |
Jan 9 | Tuesday | Masik Shivaratri | A day Dedicated to worship Lord Shiva (every month) |
Jan 29 | Monday | Sakat Chauth, Sankashti Chaturthi | Dedicated to Goddess Sakat, Lord Ganesha is also worshipped |
Feb 9 | Friday | Mauni Amavasya | |
Feb 10 | Saturday | Magha Gupta Navratri Begins | Begining of first Navratri (Gupt) of the Year |
Feb 14 | Wednesday | Vasant Panchami | Dedicated to Hindu goddess Saraswati also popular as Saraswati Puja. |
Feb 24 | Saturday | Magha Purnima, Purnima Upavas | |
Mar 8 | Friday | Maha Shivaratri | Dedicated to Hindu God Shiva |
Mar 24 | Sunday | Chhoti Holi, Holika Dahan | Hindu Festival |
Mar 25 | Monday | Holi | Festival of Colors |
Apr 2 | Tuesday | Basoda, Sheetala Ashtami | Hindu Festival |
Apr 9 | Tuesday | Chaitra Navratri | Hindu Festival |
Apr 9 | Tuesday | Gudi Padwa | Hindu Festival |
Apr 9 | Tuesday | Ugadi | Hindu Festival |
Apr 13 | Saturday | Solar New Year, Mesha Sankranti | |
Apr 14 - 20 | Sunday ~ Saturday | Rongali Bihu | Hindu Festival |
Apr 15 | Monday | Pohela Boishakh | Bengali New Year |
Apr 17 | Wednesday | Ram Navami | Birthday of Lord Rama is celebrated in Hindu Religion. |
Apr 19 | Friday | Thrissur Pooram | Largest and most famous of all poorams |
Apr 21 | Sunday | Mahavir Jayanti | |
Apr 23 | Tuesday | Hanuman Jayanti | Lord Hanuman birth anniversary |
May 8 | Wednesday | Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti | Celebrates birth anniversary |
May 9 | Thursday | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | |
May 10 | Friday | Akshaya Tritiya/ Akha Teej | Hindu Festival |
May 10 | Friday | Parashurama Jayanti | Celebrated as birth anniversary of Guru Parashurama - An incarnation of Hindu God Lord Vishnu. |
May 23 | Thursday | Buddha Purnima | |
Jun 16 | Sunday | Ganga Dussehra | Hindu Festival |
July 7 | Sunday | Jagannath Rath Yatra | Hindu Festival |
Jul 21 | Sunday | Guru Purnima | Hindu Festival |
Aug 7 | Wednesday | Hariyali Teej, Andal Jayanthi | |
Aug 9 | Friday | Nag Panchami | |
Aug 19 | Monday | Raksha Bandhan | Hindu Festival |
Aug 26 | Monday | Sri Krishna Janmashtami | Celebrated as birthday of Hindu God Lord Krishna. |
Aug 27 | Tuesday | Dahi Handi | Hindu Festival |
Sep 6 | Friday | Hartalika Teej | |
Sep 17 | Tuesday | Vishwakarma Puja | Celebrates Birth of Vishwakarma (A Hindu God) |
Sep 7 | Saturday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Hindu Festival |
Sep 16 | Monday | Ganesh Visarjan | Hindu Festival |
Oct 3 - 11 | Thursday ~ Friday | Sharad Navratri begins | Shardiya Navratri also known as Maha Navratri is the biggest and most popular festival in Hindu Religion. |
Oct 11 | Friday | Durga Ashtami | Hindu Festival |
Oct 12 | Saturday | Dussehra, Durga Visarjan, Vijayadashami, Mysore Dasara | Hindu Festival |
Oct 16 | Wednesday | Sharad Purnima | Hindu Festival |
Oct 17 | Thursday | Valmiki Jayanti | Hindu Festival |
Oct 20 | Sunday | Karva Chauth | Hindu women fast for their husband. |
Oct 29 | Tuesday | Dhan Teras | Hindu Festival |
Nov 1 | Friday | Diwali, Lakshmi Puja, Dipmalika | Hindu Festival |
Nov 2 | Saturday | Govardhan Puja, Bali Pratipada, New Samvat Begins | Hindu Festival |
Nov 3 | Sunday | Bhaiya Dooj | Hindu Festival |
Nov 5 | Tuesday | Chhath Puja Begins (Nahai Khai) | Tritiya, Nahay Khay |
Nov 7 | Thursday | Chhath Puja Ends (Sandhya Argh) | Shashthi, Chhath Puja |
Dec 29 | Sunday | Masik Shivaratri | Hindu devotees worship Lord Shiva every month and keep fast. |