Dates of important upcoming festivals and fasting associated with Hinduism in May 2023 – based on major Hindu calendars and Panchang used in India. The festivals, Vrats and ritual days are based on Indian Standard Time (IST).
May 1 – Ekadasi Fasting – Lakshmi Narayan Ekadasi in Odisha
May 2 – Parashuram Dwadasi – Rukmini Dvadasi
May 3 – Pradosh fasting
May 4 – Narasimha Chaturdashi - Narasimha Jayanti
May 4 – Chinnamasta Devi Jayanti
May 5 – Purnima Vrat - Purnima or full moon day
May 5 – Annamacharya Jayanti
May 5 – Gorakhnath Jayanti
May 5 – Kurma Jayanti – Gandheswari Puja
May 5 – Sai Baba Utsav Shirdi
May 6 - Ashada month begins in North Indian calendars
May 6 - Narada Jayanti
May 8 – Sankashti Ganesh Chaturthi Vrat – Breaking time at 9:49
PM
May 13 – Trilochan Ashtami
May 14 - Hanuman Jayanti in Andhra Pradesh
May 15 – Ekadasi Fasting
May 15 – Bhadrakali Gyaras – Jala Krida Ekadasi in Odisha
May 15 – Tamil Vaikasi Masam begins
May 15 – Malayalam Edava Masam begins
May 16 – Jyeshta Month begins in Bengali Calendars
May 17 – Pradosh Vrat
May 17 – Monthly Shivratri Vrat – Shiva Chaturdashi Vrat
May 18 – Savitri Chaturdashi
May 19 – Vat Savitri Amavasya Vrat
May 19 – Shani Amavasya – Shani Dev Prakat Din – Shani
Jayanti
May 19 – Bhavuka Amavasya – Savitri Amavasya - Bargadahi Amavasya
May 20 – Jyeshta month begins in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.
May 20 – Ganga Dashara Begins
May 22 – Rambha Teej Vrat
May 22 – Maharana Pratap Jayanti
May 24 –
May 25 – Muruga Sashti fasting – Aranya Sashti – Jamai
Sashti in Bengal - Skanda Sashti in North India - Sital Shashti Yatra - Monsoon wedding of Shiva - Parvati
May 26 – Vindhyavasini Puja
May 28 – Monthly Durga Ashtami
May 28 – Dhumavati Devi Jayanti
May 28 – Kheer Bhawani Mela
May 29 – Mahesh Navami
May 30 – Ganga Dashahara – Gayatri Jayanti in North India
May 30 – Batuk Bhairav Jayanti
May 31 – Nirjala Ekadasi Fasting
May 31 – Gayatri Jayanti in western parts of India
May 31 – Rukmini Vivah Odisha - Rukmini Haran
May 31 – Khatu Shyam Mela Rajasthan
May 31 – Ahilyabai Holkar Jayanti