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Hindu Festivals 2022 - Hindu Festival Calendar In 2022

This is a list of important festival dates in Hinduism in 2022 based on various regional Hindu calendars. The same festival might be rarely celebrated a day earlier or later in different parts of India.

Hindu Festivals 2022 based on Hindu traditional calendar - India Standard Time.

January 2022 Hindu Festivals

Lohri - January 13
Makar Sankranti – 14th January, 2022
Pongal – 14th January
Sankranti – 15th January
Magh Bihu - January 15
Thaipusam – January 18

February 2022

Vasant Panchami – February 5
Ratha Saptami - February 7 in Western parts of India
Ratha Saptami - February 8 in North and South India
Bhishma Ashtami – February 8

March 2022

Maha Shivratri – March 1
Holika Dahan – March 17
Dhulandi Holi  - March 18, 2022
Basoda / Sheetla Ashtami - March 25
Gangaur - Gauri Teej – March 27 

April 2022

Ugadi (New Year in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh) – April 2
Gudi Padva – April 2
Chaitra Navratri Begins – April 2
Hindi New Year – April 2
Cheti Chand – April 3
Ram Navami – April 10, 2022
Chithirai 1 (Tamil New Year) – 14th April
Vishu (Kerala) – 14th April, 2022
New Year in Bengal and Assam – 15th April
Hanuman Jayanti - April 16

May 2022

Akshaya Tritiya – May 3
Ganga Saptami – May 8 
Sita Navami - May 10
Narasimha Jayanti - May 14
Shanti Jayanti – May 30

June 2022

Ganga Dussehra - June 9
Nirjala Ekadasi - June 10
Vat Purnima Vrat - June 14

July 2022

Puri Rath Yatra – July 1
Vyasa Purnima, Guru Purnima – July 13
Hariyali Teej – July 31

August 2022

Nag Panchami – August 2
Varalakshmi Puja – August 12
Raksha Bandhan – August 11, 2022
Sri Krishna Janmashtami – August 18/19
Hartalika Teej - August 30
Ganesh Chaturthi - August 31

September 2022

Rishi Panchami – September 1
Radha Ashtami – September 3
Onam – September 8
Ganesh Visarjan - September 9
Pitru Paksha Shradh begins September 10
Biswakarma puja - September 17
Pitru Paksha Shradh ends on September 25
Mahalaya - September 25
Navratri Begins – September 26

October 2022

Durga Ashtami – October 3
Maha Navami – October 4
Vijaya Dashami – Dussehra – October 4/ October 5 (Navratri ends) (In North India calendars it is marked on October 4)
Kojagiri Purnima/Sharad Purnima – October 9
Karva Chauth – October 13
Ahoi Ashtami – October 17
Dhanteras – October 22
Narak Chaturdashi – October 23
Deepavali in South India – October 23
Diwali – October 24
Lakshmi Puja - October 24
Gujarati New Year - October 26
Bali Pratipada - October 26
Bhau Beej - October 26
Yama Dwitiya - October 26
Chhath Puja – October 30
Soorasamharam - Skanda Sashti – October 30

November 2022

Sabarimala Mandala Kalam begins – 16th November, 2022
Tulsi Puja and Vivah - November 5
Kal Bhairav Ashtami – November 16
Vivah Panchami – November 28

December 2022

Gita Jayanti - December 4
Sri Dattatreya Jayanti - December 7