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Summary of Significant Hindu Dates for 2009. A more detailed calendar with all the significant days listed, such as Ekadashis, Amavasya, Purnima, Birth and death anniversaries etc. can be accessed here.

Festival Dates for Year
2009 - 2010 - 2011

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

November
Sun 01

Baikunth Chaturdashi :Baikunth Chaturdashi Mela is the main festival celebrated in Srinagar in the month of October or November where artists from across the country perform in various cultural shows.

Sun 01

Chaumaasi Chaudas (Jain) :

Sun 01

Kashi Vishvanath Pratishtha Day :

Mon 02

Dev Deepawali (Kashi) :If there is one occasion which is all joy and all jubilation for one and all - the young and the old, men and women - for the entire Hindu world.

Mon 02

Kartiki Poonam – Patta Darshan :Kartiki Poonam night is considered as the brightest full moon night in the whole year as the rainy season is supposed to end and the night sky is all clear. This ia a day to resolve to free oneself of base instincts.

Mon 02

Bheeshm Panchak complete :The last 5 days of the month of Kaarttika are traditionally known as the Bhishma Panchaka or the Vishnu Panchaka. In the Hari Bhakti Vilasa, it is said that if one is capable, one should observe fasting from certain foodstuffs on the Bhishma-panchaka for the pleasure of the Lord.

Mon 02

Snaan-Daan Poornima :

Sat 14

Shani Pradosh Vrat :hani Pradosh, or Sani Pradosha Vrata, is when Pradosh day dedicated to Lord Shiva falls on Saturday or Shanivar. In Hinduism, Saturday is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shani or Shaneeshwara – one among the Navagrahas.

Sat 14

Nehru Jayanti, Chidren's day :The Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Commemoration is a dedication to one of the key figures of this century and to the eternal spirit of India which he embodied.

Sat 14

Sant Gyaneshwar Jayanti :Extant during Kaliyuga's 4376 to 4397 years ( i.e. 1275 to 1296 A.D. ) Jnaneshvara had been a great saint in Maharashtra and a great poet of Marathi language.

Sun 15

Shivratri of the month :Most people must be aware of the Mahashivaratri but for hardcore Shiva devotees there is a Shivratri in each month. It happens on the ‘Krishna Paksha Chaturdasi’ of each lunar month. ‘Krishna Paksha’ is the dark fortnight of a lunar month.

Tue 24

Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (As per Nanakshahi Calendar) :An extremely important event in Sikh history that had a profound impact on the future direction of Sikhism, the religion of the Sikhs.

Sat 28

Mokshda Ekaadashi Vrat :pushya Suddha EkAdaSi: Called as "mOkshaikAdaSi", and also as "vaikuntha EkAdaSi". The doors of Vaikuntha are opened this day. All Gods and Goddesses arrive to Vaikuntha in order have the darSan of Lord Vishnu.

Sat 28

Geeta Jayanti :The Geeta Jayanti Day or the Birthday of Srimad Bhagavad Geeta is celebrated traditionally on the 11th day (Ekadasi) of the bright half (Sukla Paksha) of the month of Margasira (Dec./Jan.).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Festival Dates for Year
2009 - 2010 - 2011

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