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Festival calendar for year 2008
The Indian calendar is full of festivals starting form the birthdays of Deities, saints and prophets to celebration of various seasons and mythological stories. Some of the festivals are celebrated as national days.
01-Jan
Tuesday
New Year
05-Jan
Saturday
Guru Gobind Singh Birthday
10-Jan
Thursday
Muharram (Tijiya)
13-Jan
Sunday
Lohri
15-Jan
Tuesday
Makar Sankranti / Pongal / Bhogi / Bihu
26-Jan
Saturday
Republic Day
11-Feb
Monday
Basant Panchami / Saraswati Puja
06-Mar
Thursday
Maha Shivratri
14-Mar
Friday
Sikh New Year
20-Mar
Thursday
Milad-ul-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)
21 & 22-Mar
Friday & Saturday
Holi (Festival of Colors) / Good Friday
06 & 07-Apr
Sunday
Gudi Padwa / Ugadi / Navratri(begins) / Hindi New Year
14-Apr
Monday
Ram Navami / Baisakhi / Poila Baisakh
18-Apr
Friday
Mahavir Jayanti
19-Apr
Saturday
Hanuman Jayanti
01-May
Thursday
Labour's Day
08-May
Thursday
Parshuram Jayanti / Akshaya Tritiya
11-May
Sunday
Mother's Day
20-May
Tuesday
Buddha Purnima / Vaisakhi Purnima
13-Jun
Friday
Ganga Dushera
15-Jun
Sunday
Father's Day
16-Jun
Monday
Martyrdom of Guru Arian Dev Sahib
16-Jul
Wednesday
Rath Yatra
18-Jun
Friday
Guru Purnima
15-Aug
Friday
Independence Day
16-Aug
Saturday
Raksha Bandhan
24-Aug
Sunday
Janmashtami
01-Sep
Monday
First Parkash Guru Granth Sahib
02-Sep
Tuesday
Ramadan Begains (Starting Rojas)
03-Sep
Wednesday
Ganesh Chaturthi / samvatatsri
05-Sep
Friday
Shikshak Divas (Teacher's Day)
12-Sep
Friday
Onam
29-Sep
Monday
Navaratri Begins
2-Oct
Thursday
Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday / Ramzan (Id-Ul-Fittr)
08-Oct
Wednesday
Navratri
09-Oct
Thursday
Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)
18-Oct
Saturday
Karva Chauth
26-Oct
Sunday
Dhan Teras
28-Oct
Tuesday
Diwali (Deepavali)
29-Oct
Wednesday
Goverdhan Puja
30-Oct
Thursday
Bhai Dooj
13-Nov
Saturday
Guru Nanak's Birthday
14-Nov
Thursday
Children's Day
19-Nov
Tuesday
Martyrdom of Guru tegBahadur Sahib
09-Dec
Friday
Id Ul-Zuha / Eid al-Adha (Bakrid)
25-Dec
Tuesday
Christmas
29-Dec
Monday
Muharram (Tijiya)
Disclaimer: This is an indcative list pertaining to New Delhi. Dates of some some holidays may vary according to various states/regions of India
