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Indian National Calendar 1957
Indian Calendar 1957
New Delhi, Delhi, India · 12 lunar months
New Delhi, Delhi, India
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1957 includes 317 festivals and observances in the Indian calendar. Major celebrations include Republic Day, Holi, Independence Day, Sharad Navratri, Dussehra. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.
January
JAN26
Republic Day
Major
JAN28
Goddess Kali
Vrats & fasting days
Chaturthi & Chauth
Shivaratri
Purnima
Amavasya
Other fasts
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
AUG1
Lord Vishnu (Kalki avatar)
AUG6
Lord Krishna, Radha
AUG10
Goddess Gayatri
AUG15
Independence Day
Major
AUG15
Manasa, Naga (Serpent deities)
AUG16
Naga (Serpent deities)
AUG19
Lord Krishna
AUG27
Lord Vishnu (Varaha avatar)
AUG28
Lord Ganesha
AUG30
Lord Balarama
AUG31
Goddess Gauri (Mahalakshmi)
Vrats & fasting days
Ekadashi
Chaturthi & Chauth
Shivaratri
Purnima
Other fasts
- AUG 1 Brihaspati Pujan
- AUG 2 Mahalakshmi Sthapan
- AUG 2 Jivati Pujan
- AUG 3 Ashwattha Maruti Pujan
- AUG 3 Masik Durgashtami
- AUG 4 Aditya Pujan
- AUG 5 Shravan Somvar
- AUG 6 Mangala Gauri
- AUG 7 Budh Pujan
- AUG 8 Brihaspati Pujan
- AUG 9 Jivati Pujan
- AUG 9 Varalakshmi Vrat
- AUG 10 Ashwattha Maruti Pujan
- AUG 11 Aditya Pujan
- AUG 12 Shravan Somvar
- AUG 13 Kajari Teej
- AUG 13 Mangala Gauri
- AUG 14 Budh Pujan
- AUG 15 Brihaspati Pujan
- AUG 16 Jivati Pujan
- AUG 17 Shitala Satam
- AUG 17 Ashwattha Maruti Pujan
- AUG 18 Aditya Pujan
- AUG 18 Kalashtami
- AUG 19 Shravan Somvar
- AUG 20 Mangala Gauri
- AUG 21 Budh Pujan
- AUG 22 Brihaspati Pujan
- AUG 23 Jivati Pujan
- AUG 24 Ashwattha Maruti Pujan
- AUG 25 Aditya Pujan
- AUG 28 Hartalika Teej
- AUG 28 Kevda Trij
- AUG 29 Rishi Panchami
September
SEP1
Radha
SEP1
Goddess Gauri (Mahalakshmi)
SEP2
Goddess Gauri (Mahalakshmi)
SEP5
Lord Vishnu (Vamana avatar)
SEP8
Lord Vishnu, Lord Ganesha
SEP16
Lord Vishwakarma
SEP24
Sharad Navratri
Major
Goddess Durga
SEP29
Goddess Durga
SEP30
Goddess Saraswati
SEP30
Goddess Durga
Vrats & fasting days
Ekadashi
Chaturthi & Chauth
Shivaratri
Purnima
October
OCT1
Goddess Durga
OCT1
Goddess Durga
OCT1
Goddess Saraswati
OCT1
Goddess Saraswati
OCT2
Goddess Saraswati
OCT2
Goddess Durga
OCT3
Goddess Durga
OCT8
Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Krishna
OCT21
Lord Hanuman
OCT22
Lord Krishna
OCT22
Goddess Lakshmi, Goddess Sharda
OCT23
Lord Krishna
OCT24
Yama, Yamuna
OCT28
Surya (Sun God), Chhathi Maiya
OCT29
Sant Jalaram Bapa
OCT31
Goddess Jagaddhatri
Vrats & fasting days
Ekadashi
Chaturthi & Chauth
Shivaratri
Purnima
November
December
Vrats & fasting days
Ekadashi
Chaturthi & Chauth
Shivaratri
Purnima
Other fasts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why do Indian festival dates shift every Gregorian year?
Most major Indian festivals are determined by the lunar calendar — tithis (lunar days) and nakshatras — which runs about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian solar year. Each year, Diwali falls roughly 11 days earlier on the Gregorian calendar than it did the year before, corrected every two to three years by an extra intercalary month (Adhika Maasa or Adhika Masa) that brings the lunar calendar back in alignment with the seasons. This is why Diwali might be in late October one year and mid-November the next. Solar-anchored festivals — Makar Sankranti, Onam, Pongal — repeat within a day or two each year because they are tied to the Sun's position in a zodiac sign rather than the moon phase.
Which Indian festivals are fixed to the Gregorian calendar?
Festivals tied to the Sun's transit through a zodiac sign (sankranti) are solar-fixed and appear within one or two days of the same Gregorian date every year. The main ones: Makar Sankranti / Pongal / Uttarayan (January 14–15), Mesha Sankranti / Baisakhi / Puthandu / Vishu / Poila Baisakh (April 13–14), Karka Sankranti (July 15–16). Christmas (December 25) is Gregorian-fixed by definition. All other major festivals — Diwali, Holi, Navratri, Eid, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja, Ekadashis — are lunar and shift 11 days per year.
Why does this page show festivals from multiple traditions?
India does not have a single unified festival calendar — Tamil families observe Pongal and Karthigai Deepam that are not major festivals elsewhere; Bengali families observe Durga Puja at a scale that is their defining cultural event; Gujarati families observe Navratri with regional specificity; Punjabi families mark Baisakhi as a harvest and new-year festival. Yet all of these communities also share Diwali, Holi, Navratri in some form, and Ekadashis. This Indian Calendar page takes the broadest view: all traditions' major festivals appear here. Tradition-specific detail is available on the Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati, and Hindu tradition pages.
What is Chaturmas and why does it matter for event planning?
Chaturmas ('four months') runs from Devshayani Ekadashi (Ashadha Shukla 11, typically late June or early July) to Devuthani Ekadashi (Kartika Shukla 11, typically October or November). During this period, most Hindu communities do not conduct vivah (weddings), upanayanam (sacred thread ceremony), griha pravesh (housewarming), or mundan (first haircut). The observance roughly coincides with the monsoon. The wedding season that opens immediately after Devuthani Ekadashi in November and runs through winter and spring is a direct result of this annual pause. Knowing Chaturmas dates is essential for any family scheduling a major auspicious event.
What are the major pan-Indian festival clusters worth planning around?
Spring cluster (March–May): Holi (Phalguna Purnima), Ram Navami (Chaitra Shukla 9), Akshaya Tritiya (Vaisakha Shukla 3), Hanuman Jayanti. Summer-monsoon: Guru Purnima (Ashadha Purnima), Naga Panchami, Raksha Bandhan (Shravana Purnima), Janmashtami (Bhadrapada Krishna 8). Autumn cluster (August–November): Ganesh Chaturthi (Bhadrapada Shukla 4), Pitru Paksha (15 days, no auspicious events), Navratri (9 days), Dussehra (Ashvina Shukla 10), Diwali (Kartika Amavasya), Bhai Dooj (Kartika Shukla 2). Winter: Makar Sankranti (January 14–15), Republic Day, then Basant Panchami (Magha Shukla 5) leading into the spring cluster again.
How accurate are the festival dates on this page?
Festival dates are calculated fresh each year from computed ephemeris data (Sun and Moon positions with the Lahiri ayanamsa). Tithi and nakshatra timings are referenced to the sunrise at your saved city. For a handful of festivals that depend on exact nakshatra or yoga timing (such as Janmashtami, which requires Rohini nakshatra at midnight), the calculation uses standard panchang rules. If your local temple panchang shows a different date, the difference is almost always due to a different reference city for sunrise — a one-day difference for a short tithi near a tithi boundary is common.
