List of Festivals in 2009
Plan your holidays, vacations and festivals in the year ahead. When is Holi and When is Diwali? Which holidays and festivals fall on Mondays and Fridays to get a long weekend to make a short trip out of Mumbai? Here is the list of Festivals celebrated by various communities. In India, with its rich festive culture no month passes by without a festival being celebrated.
January 2009
01 Thursday New Year
05 Monday Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
13 Tuesday Lohri
14 Wednesday Makar Sankranti
15 Thursday Pongal
26 Monday Republic Day
26 Monday Chinese New Year
26 Monday Mauni Amavasya
31 Saturday Vasant Panchami
February 2009
14 Saturday Valentines Day
23 Monday Mahashivratri
March 2009
09 Monday Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet), Sunni
11 Wednesday Holi
11 Wednesday Hola Mohalla
14 Saturday Milad un Nabi, Sunni
21 Saturday Nau Roz
22 Sunday Mothering Sunday (UK)
26 Thursday Khordad Sal, Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra
April 2009
03 Friday Ram Navmi
05 Sunday Palm Sunday
06 Monday Bikrami Samvat (Hindu New Year)
07 Tuesday Mahavir Jayanti
09 Thursday Hanuman Jayanti
09-16 Passover
10 Friday Good Friday
12 Sunday Easter (Western)
12 Sunday Palm Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
13 Monday Baisakhi
19 Sunday Easter (Orthodox)
May 2009
09 Saturday Buddha Jayanti / Buddha Purnima
10 Sunday Mother’s Day
June 2009
02 Tuesday Ganga Dussehra
16 Tuesday Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)
21 Sunday Father’s Day
24 Wednesday Rath Yatra
July 2009
07 Tuesday Guru Poornima August 2009
August 2009
02 Sunday Friendship Day
05 Wednesday Rakhi /Raksha Bnadhan
14 Friday Sri Krishna Janmashtami
15 Saturday Independence Day
19 Wednesday Jamshedi Noruz (Zoroastrian New Year in Shenshai calendar)
22 Saturday Ramadan begins
23 Sunday Ganesh Chaturathi
September 2009
02 Wednesday Onam
05 Saturday Teachers Day
19 Saturday Navaratra begin
21 Monday Id-Ul-Fitr, Ramadan Ends
28 Monday Dussehra
October 2009
02 Friday Gandhi Jayanti
08 Thursday Karva Chauth
15 Thursday Dhan Teras
17 Saturday Diwali
18 Sunday Govardhan Puja
19 Monday Bhai Duj
31 Saturday Halloween
November 2009
02 Monday Guru Nanak Jayanti
14 Saturday Children’s Day
26 Thursday Thanksgiving Day
28 Saturday Eid-Ul-Adha
December 2009
12 Saturday Hanukkah
18 Friday Al-Hijira
25 Friday Christmas
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