Vat Purnima'' or Wata Pournima is a celebrati on observed in Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. Pournima means "full moon" and is celebrated o n the full moon day (the 15th) of the month of Jyeshta on the Hindu Calendar, which falls in June on the Gregorian Calendar. Women pray for their husbands by tying threads a round a banyan tree (wata) on this day. It honours Savitri, the legendary wife who rescued her husband's soul from the ruler of the dep arted, Yama.
Wata Pournima is the festival for Maharashtrian women, which is celebr ated in the month of Jesht (May–June). Women observe a fast and tie t hreads around a banyan tree and pray for the same husband in every birth. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Rath Yatra (July 16th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Rath-Yatra DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260716 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Rath-Yatra-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:
Ratha Yatra (Oriya: ରଥଯğ 8;ତ୍ରା) is a huge Hindu festi val associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri in the state of Orissa, India during the months of June or July. Most of the city's society is based around the worship of Jagannath with the a ncient temple being the fulcrum of the area. The festival commemorates Lord Jagannath's annual visit to Gundicha mata's temple via aunt's home (Mausi Maa Temple which is near Balagandi Chaka in Puri).
[[File:Rath Yatra Puri 2007 11071 crop.jpg|300px|thumb| text|The Rath Jatra in the Grand Avenue at the Jagannath Temple, Puri, 2007 ]]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Bonalu (July 19th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Bonalu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260719 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Bonalu-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Bonalu (Telugu: బోనా లు ) is a Hindu festival of the Godde ss of power, Mahakali, celebrated in Hyderabad, Secunderabad and parts of Telangana and Rayalaseema in India.[1] It is celebrated in the mo nth of Ashada masam, in July/August. Special poojas a re performed for Yellamma on the first and last day of the festival.[2] The festival is also considered a thanksgiving to the Goddess for fulfillment of vows.
Bonam means Bojanaalu or a meal in Telugu, is an offering to the Goddess< /i>. Women bring cooked rice with milk, sugar sometimes onions in a brass or earthen pot, adorned with small ne em branches and turmeric, vermilion (kunkum) or Kadi (white chalk) and a lamp on th e top. Women place the pots on their heads and take it to Goddess temple, l ed by drummers and dancing men.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Guru Purnima (July 29th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Guru-Purnima DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260729 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Guru-Purnima-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Guru Purnima (IAST: Guru Pūrṇimā, sanskrit: गुरु प&# 2370;र्णिमा) is a festival traditionall y celebrated by Hindus and Buddhists.On this day, disciples offer puja (worship) or pay respect to their Guru (Spiritual Guide). I t falls on the day of full moon, Purnima, in the month of Ashadh (June&nd ash;July) of the Shaka Samvat, Indian national calendar and Hindu calendar. Traditionally the fe stival is celebrated by Buddhists in the honor the lord Buddha who gave His first sermon on this day at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Hindus celebrate it in th e honour of the great sage Vyasa, who is seen as one of the greatest gurus in ancient H indu traditions, and a symbol of the Guru-shishya traditi on. Vyasa was not only believed to have been born on this day, but also to have started writing the Brahma Sutras on ashadha sudha padyami which ends on this day, hence their recitations as a dedicat ion to him, are organised on this day, which is also known as Vyasa Purn ima.[1] [2] [3]
T he festival is common to all spiritual traditions in Hinduism, where it is dedica ted to the expression of gratitude towards the teacher by his/her disciple. [4] Hindu < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascetics" title="Ascetics" class="mw-r edirect">ascetics and wandering monks (sanyasis), observe t his day by offering puja to the Guru, during the Chaturmas , a four month perio d during the rainy season, when they choose seclusion, and halt at one sele cted place; some also give discourses to the local public.[5] Students of the Indian classical music, which also follows the Guru shishy a parampara, celebrate this festival, around the world.[6]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Nag Panchami (August 17th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Nag-Panchami DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260817 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Nag-Panchami-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Nāg Panchamī (Devanagari: ना 27; पंचमी) is a festival during which religio us Hindus in some parts of I ndia worship either images of or live Nāgas (cobras) on the fifth day after Amav asya of the month of Shraavana. Traditionally, married young women visit th eir premarital households to celebrate the festival. Especially in villages in India, a traditional aspect of the celebration involves joyous swinging by young women on swings temporarily hung on tree branches.
Accordin g to Puranic scriptures, Brahma’s son Kashyapa had four wives. The “first” wife gave birth to Devas; the secon d, to Garudas< /a>; the third --named Kadroo--, to Nāgas; and the fourth, to Daityas. Nāgas we re the rulers of Pātāl-Loka.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Mahalakshmi Vrata (August 28th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Mahalakshmi-Vrata DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260828 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Mahalakshmi-Vrata-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Raksha Bandhan (August 28th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Raksha-Bandhan DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260828 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Raksha-Bandhan-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Krishna Janmashtami (September 4th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Krishna-Janmashtami DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260904 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Krishna-Janmashtami-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Krishna Janmashtami (Devanagari कृष्ण जन्म 366;ष्टमी kṛṣṇa janmāṣṭ ;ami), also known as Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham, Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti, Sree Jayanthi or sometimes merely as Janmashtami, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu.[1]
< p>Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the Ashtami tithi, the eighth day of the dark half or Kris hna Paksha of the month of Shraavana in the Hindu calendar, when the Rohini Nakshatra is ascendant. The festival always falls wi thin mid-August to mid-September in the Gregorian calendar. I n 2010, for example, the festival was celebrated on 2 September, and in 201 1 on 22 August in North India and on 21 August in South Indian states like Kerala.[2] END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Ganesh Chaturthi (September 15th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Ganesh-Chaturthi DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260915 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Ganesh-Chaturthi-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Ganesh Chaturthi (Marathi: गणेश चतुर 381;थी, Konkani: चवथ, Hindi: गण 75;श चतुर्थी, Malayalam: വ ;ിനായക ചതുര്&zw j;ത്ഥി, Tamil: விநாயகர் ச 80;ுர்த்தி, Kannada: ಗಣೇ ;ಶ ಚತುರ್ಥೀ, Telu gu: వినాయ&# 3093; చవితి), also known as Vinayak a Chaturthi, is the Hindu festival of Ganesha also ca lled Vinayagar in Tamil Nadu, the son of Shiva and Parvati, who is believed to bestow his prese nce on earth for all his devotees in the duration of this festival. It is t he day Shiva declared his son Ganesha as superior to all the gods. Ganesha is widely worshipped as the god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune and traditionally invoke d at the beginning of any new venture or at the start of travel.
The festival, also known as Ganeshotsav ("festival of Ganesha") is obser ved in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada, starting on the shukla chaturthi (fourth day of the waxing moon period). The date us ually falls between 19 August and 15 September. The festival lasts for 10 d ays, ending on Anant Chaturdashi (fourteenth day of the waxing moon period).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Navratri (October 11th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Navratri DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261011 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Navratri-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Navratri, Navaratri, or Navarathri (Hindi: नव
रात्रि; Gujarati: નવરાત્đ
6;ી; Tamil: நவ
ராத்திரி; Sanskrit: नव
;रात्रम्; Marathi: नवरात्
र; Punjabi: ਨ
608;ਾਤੇ Nepali: नवरात्रि;
Bengali: নবরা
68;্রি; Kannada:
The beginning o f spring and the beginning of autumn are two very important junctions of cl imatic and solar influence. These two periods are taken as sacred opportuni ties for the worship of the Divine Mother. The dates of the festival are de termined according to the lunar calendar.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Vijayadashami (October 21st, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Vijayadashami DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261021 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Vijayadashami-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Vijayadashami (Bengali: বি 60;য়াদশমী, Kannada: ವಿಜ ;ಯದಶಮಿ, Malayalam: വിജയ&# 3366;ശമി, Marathi: विजय ादशमी, Nepali :वि 332;या दशमी, Oriya :ବ& #2879;ଜୟାଦଶମୀ, Tamil: ī 7;ிஜயதசமி, Telugu: వ ;ిజయదశమి) also known as Dasara , is one of the most important festivals celebrated in various forms, a cross India, Nepal and < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Banglad esh. Dasara/ Dussehra is derived from Sanskrit Dasha-hara meanin g "remover of bad fate" meaning remover of ten heads of Ravana's.
It is also referred to as Navratri and Durgotsav. It is also written a s Dashahara, Dussehra Bengali: দশে ;রা, Kannada: ದಸರ, Malayalam: ദസറ, Konkani: दसरो , Marathi: द 360;रा, Oriya:ଦଶହରା, Te lugu: దసరా, Punjabi: ਦਸ&# 2631;ਰਾ and Dashain in Nepal.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Diwali (November 7th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Diwali DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261107 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Diwali-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Diwali (also spelled Devali in certain region s) or Deepavali,[note 1] popularly known as the "festival of lights," is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-December for different reasons.[1] For Hindus, Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebr ated in families by performing traditional activities together in their hom es. For Jain s, Diwali marks the attainment of moksha or nirvana by Mahavira in 527 BCE.[2][3]
Diwali is an official holiday in India,[4]Nep al, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore,[5] and Fiji.[6]< /a>
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Naraka Chaturdashi (November 8th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Naraka-Chaturdashi DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261108 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Naraka-Chaturdashi-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Naraka Chaturdashi is a Hindu festival, which falls on the second day of the festival of Diwali.
Kali means Dark (evil) and Chaudas - Fourteenth. Thus, celebrated on the 14th day of the dark half of Ās hwin month, Kali Chaudas is the day allotted to the worship of Maha-Kali or Shakti and is believed that on this day Kali killed the wickedest NARAKASU RA. Also referred to as Narak-Chaturdashi, Kali Chaudas is day to abolish l aziness and evil which create hell in our life and shine light on life. The strength to protect others is referred as Kali, and if its used for God's work is called Mahakali.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Bhaubee (November 11th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Bhaubee DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Bhaubee-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Chhath (November 15th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Chhath DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261115 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Chhath-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Chhath (Hindi: छठ, also called Dala Chhath) is an an cient Hind u festival dedicated to the Hindu Sun God, Surya, also know n as Surya Shashti.[1] The Chhath Puja is performed in order to thank Surya f or sustaining life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes. The Sun, considered the god of energy and of the life-force, is worshiped d uring the Chhath fesival to promote well-being, prosperity and progress. In Hinduism, Sun worship is believed to help cure a variety of diseases, incl uding lepros y, and helps ensure the longevity and prosperity of family members, fri ends, and elders.
The rituals of the festival are rigorous and are ob served over a period of four days. They include holy bathing, fasting and a bstaining from drinking water (Vratta), standing in water for long periods of time, and offering prashad (prayer offerings) and aragh to t he setting and rising sun.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Kartik Poornima (November 24th, 2026 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Kartik-Poornima DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261124 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Kartik-Poornima-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Kartik Poornima (Kartik purnima) is a Hindu holy da y celebrated on the full moon day or the fifteenth lunar day of Kartik (November–December). It is also known as Tripuri poornima and Tripurari Poornima. It is sometimes called Deva-Diwali or Deva-Deppawali - the festival of lights of the gods.[1] The Kartik Purnima fest ival also coincides with the Sikh festival of Guru Nanak Jayanti.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Sankranti (January 14th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Sankranti DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270114 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Sankranti-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Makar Sankranti (Hindi: &a mp; Sanskrit: मकर संक्रान 381;ति, Bengali: মকর সংক্রান 509;তি, Kannada: ಮಕರ ಸಂಕ್ 48;ಾಂತಿ, Assamese: মকৰ সংক্র& #2494;ন্তি, Ma layalam: മകര സ 390;ന്ക്രാന്ത 391;, Oriya: ମକĞ 4; ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି, Tamil: தைப்& #2986;ொங்கல், Telugu : మకర సంక ్రాంతి, Marathi: मकर संक् रान्ति). Sankranti or Sankranthi marks the transition of the Sun into Makara rashi (Capricorn) on its celestial pat h. Traditionally, this has been one of many harvest days in India.
Owing to the v ast geography and diversity of culture in India, this festival is celebrate d for innumerable reasons and in innumerable ways depending on the climate, agricultural environment, cultural background and location.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Vasant Panchami (February 11th, 2027 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Vasant_Panchami DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270211 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Vasant_Panchami-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:
Vasant Panchami (Devnagari:वसन
्त पञ्चमी), sometimes refer
red to as Vasant Panchami or Shree Panchami (Devn
agari:श्रीपञ्चम&#
2368;), is a Hindu festival celebrating Saraswati, th
e goddess of knowledge, music and ar
t. It is celebrated every year on the fifth day (Panchami) of the Indian mont
h Magh (Januar
y-February), the first day of spring. Traditionally during this fes
tival children are taught to write their first words; brahmins are fed; ancestor wo
rship (Pitr-tarpan) is performed; the god of love Kamadeva is worshipped; and mos
t educational institutions organise special prayer for Saraswati. The color
yellow al
so plays an important role in this festival, in that people usually wear ye
llow garments, Saraswati is worshipped dressed in yellow, and yellow sweets are consumed within the families. Children love flyi
ng kites . They enjoy the festival with great fun and enthusiasm.
Sar aswati (in Sanskrit sara means essence and swa means self) meaning eis trad itionally depicted with a serene and calm expression with a majestic air. S he is seated on a white lotus in Padmasana, adorned by a pure white silk sari, has a book in her lower left hand, her lower right hand showing the chinmudra, Aksharamala in her right upper hand, and Amrithakalasam in her left upper han d. Both eyes are full of compassion. The vehicle assigned to each of the th ree goddesses also symbolically represent their special powers.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Maha Shivaratri (March 7th, 2027 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Maha-Shivaratri DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270307 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Maha-Shivaratri-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year i
n reverence of Lord Shiva. Alternate common names/spellings include Maha Sivaratri, Shivaratri, Sivarathri, and Shivaratri. Shivaratri
literally means the great night of Shiva or the night of Shiva. It is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day of the Maa
gha or Phalguna month of the Hindu calendar. Since many different calen
dars are followed by various ethno-linguistic groups of India, the month an
d the Tithi
name are not uniform all over India. Celebrated in the dark fortnight or Krishna Paksha(waning moon) of the month of Maagha acco
rding to the Shalivahana or Gujarati Vikrama or Phalguna according
to the Vikrama era.<
a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maha_Shivaratri#cite_note-sastri-0">[1][2] The festival is principally ce
lebrated by offerings of Bael or Bilva/Vilvam leaves to Lord
Shiva, all-day fasting and an all-night-long vigil. In accordance with
scriptural and discipleship traditions, penances are performed in order to
gain boons in the practice of Yoga and meditation, in order to reach life's summum bonum steadily and swiftly. A week-long International Mandi Shi
vratri Fair held at Mandi in the Indian state o
f Himachal Pradesh every year is one of the major tourist attract
ions in the state.[3]
According to a legend, Parvati performed tapas, prayed and meditated on this day to ward off any evil that might bef all her husband on the moonless night. Since then, Mahashivaratri is believ ed to be an auspicious occasion for women to pray for the well-being of the ir husbands and sons. An unmarried woman prays for a husband like Shiva, wh o is considered to be the ideal husband.[1] Another legend of the d ay is that Shiva and Shakti married each other.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Holi (March 22nd, 2027 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Holi DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270322 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Holi-00002083 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Gudi Padwa (April 7th, 2027 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Gudi-Padwa DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270407 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Gudi-Padwa-00002084 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Gudhi Padwa (Marathi: गुढी पाडवा< /span>, often mis-pronounced as guDi padwa because ढी sounds li ke डी when spoken), is the Marathi name for Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.[1] It is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New year according to t he lunisolar Hindu calendar. This day is also the first day of Chaitra Navratri and Ghatasthapana also known as Kalash Sthapana is done on this day.[2]
The word पाडवा(pā́ 3;avā) or पाडवो(pāḍavo ) comes from the Prakrit word पड्ड्व ;ा/पाड्ड्वो(pā ;ḍḍavā/pāḍḍavo) whose Sanskrit equiva lent is प्रथमा (prathamā), which stands for the first day of the bright phase of the moon called ê 6;्रतिपदा (pratipadā) in Sanskrit.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T041328Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Ugadi (April 7th, 2027 at sunrise) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Ugadi DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270407 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Ugadi-00002084 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Superscript text
Yugādi, Ug
ādi, or Samvatsarādi (Kannada: ಯುಗಾದಿ, yugādi, IPA: [juga:di] ?, Konkani/Marathi: यु&
#2327;ादी yugādi, Telugu: ఉగాది,
Ram Navam i (Devanāgarī: 52;ाम नवमी) also known as Sri Rama N avami (IAST SriRām-navamī) is a Hindu festival, celebrating the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya of Ayodhya. Ram is the 7th incarnati on of the Dashavatara of Vishnu.[1][2][< /span>3] Years later Lord Rama was married to Sita o n the Vivaha Panchami. The sacred marriage of Devi Sita with Lord R ama was held on Margashirsha Shukla Panchami as per Valmiki Ramayana (This occasion is known as Seetha kalyanam). The SreeRama Navami festival falls in the Shukla Paksha on the Navami, the ninth day of the month of Chaitra in the Hindu calenda r. Thus it is also known as Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami, and marks the end of the nine-day Chaitra-Navratri celebrations.
At some places the fe
stival lasts the whole nine days of the Navratras, thus the
period is called 'Sri Rama Navratra'.[4][5