Hindu Festivals 2024 – List Of Important Hindu Religion Festivals – Hinduism Festival Calendar In 2024
This is a list of very important festival dates in Hinduism
in 2024 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 2024 based on Hindu traditional calendar - India Standard Time.
January 2024 Hindu Festivals
Makar Sankranti – January 15
Pongal – January 15
Sankranti – January 15
Magh Bihu - January 15
Thaipusam – January 26
February 2024
Vasant Panchami – February 14
Ratha Saptami – February 16
Bhishma Ashtami – February 16
March 2024
Maha Shivratri – March 8
Holika Dahan – March 24
Rang Panchami – March 30
April 2024
Basoda / Sheetla Ashtami – April 2
Ugadi (New Year in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh) – April 9
Gudi Padva – April 9
Chaitra Navratri Begins – April 9
Hindi New Year – April 9
Cheti Chand – April 10
Ram Navami – April 17
Chithirai 1 (Tamil New Year) – April 14
Vishu (Kerala) – April 14
Hanuman Jayanti - April 23
May 2024
Ganga Saptami – May 14
Sita Navami – May 16
Narasimha Jayanti – May 21
June 2024
Ganga Dussehra – June 16
Nirjala Ekadasi – June 18
Vat Purnima Vrat – June 22
Puri Rath Yatra – July 7
Deva Shayani Ekadashi – July 17
Vyasa Purnima, Guru Purnima – July 21
August 2024
Nag Panchami – August 9
Varalakshmi Puja – August 16
Raksha Bandhan – August 19, 2024
Sri Krishna Janmashtami – August 26/27
September 2024
Ganesh Chaturthi – September 7
Rishi Panchami – September 8
Radha Ashtami – September 11
Onam – September 15
Vishwakarma Puja - September 16
Ganesh Visarjan - September 17
Pitru Paksha Shradh begins September 18
October 2024
Mahalaya – October 2
Navratri Begins – October 3
Durga Puja begins – October 9
Durga Ashtami – October 11
Maha Navami – October 11
Vijaya Dashami – Dussehra – October 12 (Navratri ends)
Kojagiri Purnima/Sharad Purnima – October 16
Karva Chauth – October 20
Ahoi Ashtami – October 24
Dhanteras – October 29
Narak Chaturdashi – October 31
Diwali – October 31
November 2024
Gujarati New Year - November 2
Bali Pratipada - November 2
Bhau Beej - November 3
Yama Dwitiya - November 3
Chhath Puja - November 7
Soorasamharam - Skanda Sashti - November 7
Tulsi Puja and Vivah - November 13
Sabarimala Mandala Kalam begins – November 16, 2024
Kalbhairav Jayanti / Kal Bhairav Ashtami – November 22
Vivah Panchami - December 6
Gita Jayanti - December 11
Sri Dattatreya Jayanti - December 14