Indian Festival Calendar 2014

Here is the month-by-month list of Indian festivals in 2014 with dates. India is a country of festivals with hundreds of festivals throughout the year. Here is a complete Indian festival calendar with the list of the festivals in India.

1. India Festival Calendar 2014

2. India is a country of festivals and celebrations. Apart from three major festivals ( Holi , Deepawali and Raksh-Bandhan ), many other minor festivals are celebrated in different parts of the country. Here is a complete month-by-month list of the festivals in India.

3. January 2014 Jan 01 – New Year Jan 13 - Pongal Jan 14 - Makarsankranti / Pongal Jan 14 - Tamil New Year Jan 26 – Republic Day India

4. February 2014 Feb 04 - Vasant Panchami Feb 14 - Valentine’s Day Feb 27 - Maha Shivaratri

5. March 2014 Mar 17 - Holi Mar 31 - Hindi New Year

6. April 2014 Apr 08 – Rama Navami Apr 14 – Baisakhi Apr 15 - Bengali New Year Apr 15 - Hanuman Jayanti Apr 18 - Birthday of Guru Angad Dev and Guru Tegh Bahadur

7. May 2014 May 02 – Akshay Tritiya / Akha Teej May 02 - Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev Second Sunday of May – Mother’s Day

8. June 2014 Third Sunday in June – Father’s Day Jun 12 - Savitri Pooja Jun 29 - Rath Yatra

9. July 2014 July 05 - Birthday of Guru Hargobind July 12 - Guru Purnima Fourth Sunday in July - Parents Day

10. August 2014 Aug 01 - Nag Panchami First Sunday of August - Friendship Day Aug 10 – Raksha Bandhan Aug 15 - Independence Day Aug 17 – Sri Krishna Janmashtami Aug 29 - Ganesh Chaturthi

11. September 2014 Sep 05 - Teachers Day Sep 07 – Onam Sep 09 - Pitr-Paksha begins Sep 24 - Pitr-Paksha ends Sep 25 – Sharad Navaratri begins Sep 30 - Durga Puja begins

12. October 2014 Oct 02 - Gandhi Jayanti / Lal Bahadur Shashtri Jayanti Oct 03 - Navaratri ends Oct 04 – Dussehra/ Vijayadashami Oct 11 - Karva Chauth Oct 21 - Dhan Teras Oct 23 – Diwali Oct 24 - Govardhan Puja Oct 25 - Bhai Dooj

13. November 2014 Nov 06 - Kartik Poornima Nov 06 - Guru Nanak Jayanti/Gurupurab Nov 14 - Children’s Day Fourth Thursday in November - Thanksgiving Day Nov 30 - St Andrews Day

14. December 2014 Dec 21, 22 - Winter Solstice Dec 25 - Christmas

15. Sources http://happywishes.org/ Indian Festival Calendar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals