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Hindu Festivals
in 2011:
January 2011
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Pakshik Surya Grahan – 4 January
2011
Bhogi – 14 Janaury 2011
Makar Sankranti – 15 January 2011
Kanuma – 16 January 2011
Thai Pusam – 20 January 2011
Thyagaraja Aradhana – 23 January 2011
February 2011:
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Basant Panchami Saraswati Puja – 8 February 2011
Ratha Saptami – 10 February 2011
Bhishmashtami – 11 February 2011
Bhishma Ekadasi – 14 February 2011
Masi Magam – 18 February 2011
March 2011:
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Maha Shivaratri – 2 March 2011
Panguni Uthiram – 19 March 2011
Holi festival – 20 March 2011
April 2011:
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Ugadi 2011 – 4 April 2011
(Telugu New Year and Kannada New Year)
Gudi Padwa – 4 April 2011
(Marathi New Year)
Sri Rama Navami – 12 April 2011
Chithirai Vishu – Puthandu – 14 April 2011
(Tamil New Year)
Vishu – 14 April 2011
(Zodiac Malayalam New Year)
Pohela Baisakh – 15 April 2011
(Bengali New Year)
Bohag Bihu – 15 April 2011
(Assamese New Year)
Hanuman Jayanti – 18 April 2011
May 2011:
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Akshaya Tritiya – 6 May 2011
(Akhateej)
Hanuman Jayanthi in Vaishakh Month – 27 May 2011
June 2011:
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Nirjala Ekadashi – 12 June 2011
Vat Savitri Vrata – 15 June 2011
(Snan Purnima in Puri Jagannath Temple)
July 2011:
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Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra – 3 July 2011
Ashadi Ekadashi – 11 July 2011
(Shayani Ekadasi)
Pandharpur Palki Yatra – 11 July 2011
Guru Purnima – 15 July 2011
Ashad Amavasya – 30 July 2011
August 2011:
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Naga Panchami – 4 August 2011
Varalakshmi Vratham – 12 August 2011
Rakshabandhan – 13 August 2011
(Rakhi Festival – Kajli Purnima – Narali Purnima)
Upakarma or Avani Avittam – 13 August 2011
Sri Krishna Janmashtami – 21 August 2011
(Gokulashtami)
September 2011:
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Ganesh Chaturthi – 1 September 2011
(Vinayaka Chavithi)
Rishi Panchami – 2 September 2011
Parivartini Ekadasi – 8 September 2011
Mahalaya Paksha starts – 13 September 2011
(Pitru paksha or Shraddh paksha)
Mahalaya Amavasya – 27 September 2011
Navratri 2011 begins – 28 September 2011
Durga Navratri Puja starts (Kalasha Sthapana)
October 2011:
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Durga Puja 2011 starts – 2 October 2011
Maha Navami – 5 October 2011
Dasara – 6 October 2011
(Vijaya Dashami)
Kojagari Purnima Lakshmi Puja – 11 October 2011
Diwali 2011 – 26 October 2011
(Deepavali)
Gujarati New Year – 27 October 2011
(Bestu Varsh or Nutan Varsh)
November 2011:
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Utthana Ekadashi – 6 November 2011
Kartik Purnima – 10 November 2011
(Tripurari Purnima)
December 2011:
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Gita Jayanti – 6 December 2011
Datta Jayanti – 10 December 2011
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