15 Feb 2011

Indian Festival Calendar 2011



Given below is a complete calendar of Indian festivals in 2011. The festival calendar also provides information on Indian festival dates in 2011.


Indian Festivals in 2011 - India, the land of rich culture and history, has plentiful of festivals celebrated with lots of joy, gaiety, rituals and zest. Every region and religion of India has its own set of festivals meant to remember and commensurate the birthdays and great deeds of deities, heroes and saints. Diwali, Independence Day and Eid-ul-fitr are some of the major festivals in India.







Indian Festivals Calendar 2011

January 2011
01SaturdayNew Year
05WednesdayGuru Govind Singh Jayanti
13ThursdayLohri
14FridayMakar Sankranti
14FridayPongal
26WednesdayRepublic Day
February 2011
02WednesdayMauni Amavasya
03ThursdayChinese New Year
08TuesdayVasant Panchami
14MondayValentines Day
15TuesdayMilad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet), Sunni
20SundayMilad un Nabi, Shia
March 2011
03ThursdayMahashivratri
20SundayHoli
20SundayHola Mohalla
21MondayNavroz
28MondayKhordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra in Fasli Calendar)
April 2011
03SundayMothering Sunday (UK)s
04MondayGudi Padva
04MondayBikrami Samvat (Hindu New Year)
12TuesdayRam Navmi
14ThursdayBaisakhi
17SundayMahavir Jayanti
17SundayPalm Sunday (Western)
17SundayPalm Sunday (Orthodox)
18MondayHanuman Jayanti
19TuesdayPassover (Till 25th April)
22FridayGood Friday
24SundayEaster
May 2011
08SundayMother's Day
17TuesdayBuddha Jayanti / Buddha Purnima
June 2011
16ThursdayMartyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi Calendar)
19SundayFather's Day
21Ganga Dussehra
July 2011
03SundayRath Yatra
15FridayGuru Poornima
20WednesdayJamshedi Noruz (Zoroastrian New Year in Qadimi Calendar)
August 2011
01MondayRamadan Begins
04ThursdayNaag Panchami
07SundayFriendship Day
13SaturdayRakhi /Raksha Bandhan
15MondayIndependence Day
22MondayKrishna Janmashtami
30TuesdayId-Ul-Fitr, Ramadan Ends
September 2011
01ThursdayGanesh Chaturathi
01ThursdayOnam
05MondayTeachers Day
28WednesdayNavaratra Begins
October 2011
02SundayGandhi Jayanti
06ThursdayDussehra
16SundayKarva Chauth
24MondayDhan Teras
26WednesdayDiwali
27ThursdayGovardhan Puja
28FridayBhai Duj
31MondayHalloween
November 2011
06SundayEid-Ul-Adha
10ThursdayGuru Nanak Jayanti
14MondayChildren's Day
24ThursdayThanksgiving Day
26SaturdayAl-Hijira, Muharram Begins
December 2011
20TuesdayHanukkah
25SundayChristmas

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