Dates of important upcoming festivals and fasting associated with Hinduism in April 2025 – based on major Hindu calendars and Panchang used in India. The festivals, Vrats and ritual days are based on Indian Standard Time (IST).
April 1 – Angarak Vinayaka Chaturthi
April 2 – Shri Panchami – Lakshmi Panchami
April 3 – Sashti Fasting
April 3 – Basanti Puja begins in Bengal
April 5 – Maha Ashtami Vrat – Annapurna Parikrama – Chaitra
Ashtami – Ashokastami – Tarashtami - Durga Ashtami
April 6 – Mahanavami – Ram Navami – Chaitra Navratri ends
April 6 – Swaminarayan Jayanti – Sai Baba Utsav Shirdi
April 8 – Ekadasi Fasting
April 9 – Madan Dwadasi, Vamana Dvadasi
April 10 – Pradosh Vrat
April 10 – Anang Trayodashi
April 11 – Renuka Chaturdashi
April 12 – Hanuman Jayanti – Purnima – Purnima Vrat – Full
moon day
April 13 – Vaishakh Snan Begins
April 13 – Vaishakh month begins in North India
April 14 – Kharmas Ends in North India
April 14 – Mesha Sankranti 5:29 AM
April 14 – Tamil New Year – Baisakhi
April 14 – Chithirai Masam begins in Tamil Calendar.
April 14 – Maha Vishuba Sankranti – Pana Sankranti
April 14 – Meda Masam begins in Kerala Malayalam Calendar
April 14 – Vishu (Zodiac New Year in Kerala)
April 15 - Bengali New Year – Assamese New Year
April 15 – Baisakh month begins in Bengali Calendar.
April 16 – Sankashti Chaturthi vrat moon rise time is at
9:50 PM
April 19 – Kokila Sashti
April 20 – Bhanu Saptami
April 21 – Kalashtami
April 21 – Sheetala Ashtami in some regions
April 24 – Vallabhacharya Jayanti
April 24 – Ekadasi Fasting
April 25 – Pradosh Vrat
April 26 – Monthly Shivratri Fasting – Shiv Chaturdashi Vrat
April 27 – Amavasya
April 28 – Vaishakh month begins in calendars followed in
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
April 29 – Parshuram Jayanti
April 30 – Akshaya Tritiya
April 30 – Basavanna Jayanti