This is a list of very important festival dates in Hinduism in 2020 based on various regional Hindu calendars. The same festival might be rarely celebrated a day earlier or later in different parts of India. Please note that Hindu religion is so vast that hundreds of festivals take place a year – this list only contains the very important ones.
Hindu Festivals 2021 based on Hindu traditional calendar - India Standard Time.
January 2021 Hindu Festivals List
Lohri - January 13
Makar Sankranti – 14th January, 2021
Pongal – 14th January
Sankranti – 14th January
Magh Bihu - January 14
Thaipusam – January 29
February 2021
Vasant Panchami – February 16
Ratha Saptami - February 19
Bhishma Ashtami - February 19
March 2021
Maha Shivratri – March 11
Holika Dahan – March 28
Dhulandi Holi - March 29, 2021
April 2021
Basoda / Sheetla Ashtami – April 4
Ugadi (New Year in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh) – April 13
Gudi Padva – April 13
Chaitra Navratri Begins – April 13
Hindi New Year – April 13
Chithirai 1 (Tamil New Year) – 14th April
Vishu (Kerala) – 14th April, 2020
Cheti Chand – April 14
Gangaur - Gauri Teej – April 15
New Year in Bengal and Assam – 15th April
Ram Navami – April 21, 2020
Hanuman Jayanti - April 27
May 2021
Akshaya Tritiya – May 14
Ganga Saptami – May 18
Sita Navami - May 21
Narasimha Jayanti - May 25
June 2021
Shanti Jayanti – June 10
Ganga Dussehra - June 20
Nirjala Ekadasi - June 21
Vat Purnima Vrat - June 24
July 2021
Puri Rath Yatra – July 12
Vyasa Purnima, Guru Purnima – July 24
August 2021
Hariyali Teej – August 11
Nag Panchami – August 13
Varalakshmi Puja – August 20
Onam – August 21
Raksha Bandhan – August 22, 2021
Sri Krishna Janmashtami – August 30
September 2021
Hartalika Teej – September 9
Ganesh Chaturthi – September 10
Rishi Panchami – September 11
Radha Ashtami – September 14
Vishwakarma Puja - September 17
Ganesh Visarjan - September 19
Pitru Paksha Shradh begins September 21
October 2021
Pitru Paksha Shradh ends on October 6
Mahalaya – October 6
Navratri Begins – October 7
Durga Ashtami – October 13
Maha Navami – October 14
Vijaya Dashami – Dussehra – October 15 (Navratri ends)
Kojagiri Purnima/Sharad Purnima – October 19
Karva Chauth – October 24
Ahoi Ashtami – October 28
November 2021
Dhanteras – November 2
Narak Chaturdashi – November 4
Deepavali in South India - November 4
Diwali - November 4
Lakshmi Puja - November 4
Gujarati New Year - November 16
Bali Pratipada - November 5
Bhau Beej - November 6
Yama Dwitiya - November 6
Sabarimala Mandala Kalam begins – 16th November, 2020
Chhath Puja - November 10
Soorasamharam - Skanda Sashti - November 10
Tulsi Puja and Vivah - November 15
Kalbhairav Jayanti / Kal Bhairav Ashtami – November 27
December 2021
Vivah Panchami - December 8
Gita Jayanti - December 14
Sri Dattatreya Jayanti - December 18