We celebrate the festivals and enjoy the holidays but not many know the significance of the festival and fewer still know how to celebrate it and the rituals involved.
Know the legend & significance of the festivals and what to do on those days
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2025 Hindu Festivals
Jan-25 Date Festival
Thursday, 9th Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
Saturday, 11th Pradosha Puja,
Sunday 12th Kurma Dwadashi – Kurmavatara day.
Monday, 13th Pausha Purnima Vrat
Tuesday, 14th Pongal, Uttarayan, Makar Sankranti
Friday, 17th Sankashti Chaturthi
Saturday, 25th Shittala Ekadashi
Monday, 27th Pradosha Vrat (Krishna), Maasik Shivaratri
Wensday, 29th Magha Amavasya
Feb-25 Date Festival
Sunday, 2nd Basant Panchami, Saraswati Puja
Tuesday, 4th Ratha Saptami, Surya Jayanti
Saturday, 8th Jaya Ekadashi
Sunday, 9th Pradosha Vrat (Shukla)
Wensday, 12th Kumbh Sankranti, Magha Purnima Vrat
Sunday, 16th Sankashti Chaturthi
Monday, 24th Vijaya Ekadashi
Tuesday, 25th Pradosha Vrat (Krishna)
Wensday, 26th Maha Shivaratri, Monthly Shivaratri
Thursday, 27th Phalguna Amavasya
Mar-25 Date Festival
Monday, 10th Amalaki Ekadashi
Tuesday, 11th Pradosha Vrat (Shukla)
Thursday, 13th Holika Dahan
Friday, 14th Holi, Meena Sankranti, Phalguna Purnima Vrat
Monday, 17th Sankashti Chaturthi
Tuesday, 25th Papmochani Ekadashi
Thursday, 27th Pradosha Vrat (Krishna), Monthly Shivaratri
Saturday, 29th Chaitra Amavasya
Sunday, 30th Chaitra Navratri, Ugadi, Gudi Padwa
Monday, 31st Cheti Chand
Apr-25 Date Festival
Sunday, 6th Ram Navami
Monday, 7th Chaitra Navratri Parana
Tuesday, 8th Kamada Ekadashi
Thursday, 10th Pradosha Vrat (Shukla)
Saturday 12th Hanuman Jayanti, Chaitra Purnima Vrat
Monday, 14th Mesha Sankranti
Wensday, 16th Sankashti Chaturthi
Thursday, 24th Varuthini Ekadashi
Friday, 25th Pradosha Vrat (Krishna)
Saturday, 26th Monthly Shivaratri
Sunday, 27th Vaishakha Amavasya
Wensday, 30th Akshaya Tritiya, Lord Parashurama Jayanti
May-25 Date Festival
Thursday, 5th Mohini Ekadashi
Friday, 9th Pradosha Vrat (Shukla)
Monday, 12th Vaishakha Purnima Vrat
Thursday, 15th Vrishabha Sankranti
Friday, 16th Sankashti Chaturthi
Friday, 23rd Apara Ekadashi
Saturday, 24th Pradosha Vrat (Krishna)
Sunday, 25th Monthly Shivaratri
Tuesday, 27th Amavasya, Shani Jayanti, Vata Savitri Vrata.
Jun-25 Date Festival
Friday, 6th Nirjala Ekadashi
Sunday, 8th Pradosha Vrat (Shukla)
Wensday, 11th Jyeshtha Purnima Vrat
Saturday, 14th Sankashti Chaturthi
Sunday, 15th Mithuna Sankranti
Saturday, 21st Yogini Ekadashi
Monday, 23rd Monthly Shivaratri, Pradosh Vrat (Krishna)
Wensday, 25th Ashadha Amavasya
Friday, 27th Jagannath Rath Yatra
Jul-25 Date Festival
Sunday, 6th Devshayani Ekadashi, Ashadhi Ekadashi
Tuesday, 8th Pradosha Vrat (Shukla)
Thursday, 10th Guru Purnima, Ashadha Purnima Vrat
Monday, 14th Sankashti Chaturthi
Wensday, 16th Karka Sankranti
Monday, 21st Kamika Ekadashi
Tuesday, 22nd Pradosha Vrat (Krishna)
Wensday, 23rd Maasik Shivaratri
Thursday, 24th Shravana Amavasya
Sunday, 27th Hariyali Teej
Tuesday, 29th Nag Panchami
Aug-25 Date Festival
Tuesday, 5th Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
Wensday, 6th Pradosha Vrat (Shukla)
Saturday, 9th Raksha Bandhan, Shravana Purnima Vrat
Tuesday, 12th Sankashti Chaturthi, Kajari Teej
Saturday, 16th Janmashtami
Sunday, 17th Simha Sankranti
Tuesday, 19th Aja Ekadashi
Wensday, 20th Pradosha Vrat (Krishna)
Thursday, 21st Monthly Shivaratri
Saturday, 23rd Bhadrapada Amavasya
Tuesday, 26th Hartalika Teej
Wensday, 27th Ganesh Chaturthi
Sep-25 Date Festival
Wensday, 3rd Parivartini Ekadashi
Friday, 5th Pradosha Vrat (Shukla), Onam/Thiruvonam
Saturday, 6th Anant Chaturdashi
Sunday, 7th Bhadrapada Purnima Vrat
Wensday, 10th Sankashti Chaturthi
Wensday, 17th Indira Ekadashi, Kanya Sankranti
Friday, 19th Monthly Shivaratri, Pradosha Vrat (Krishna)
Sunday, 21st Ashwin Amavasya
Monday, 22nd Sharad Navratri, Ghatasthapana
Sunday, 28th Kalparambha
Monday, 29th Navapatrika Puja
Tuesday, 30th Durga Mahashtami Puja
Oct-25 Date Festival
Wensday, 1st Durga Mahanavami Puja
Thursday, 2nd Durga Visarjan, Dussehra, Sharad Navratri Parana
Friday, 3rd Papankusha Ekadashi
Saturday, 4th Pradosha Vrat (Shukla)
Tuesday, 7th Ashwin Purnima Vrat
Friday, 10th Sankashti Chaturthi, Karva Chauth
Friday, 17th Rama Ekadashi, Tula Sankranti
Saturday, 18th Dhanteras, Pradosha Vrat (Krishna)
Sunday, 19th Monthly Shivaratri
Monday, 20th Narak Chaturdashi
Tuesday, 21st Diwali, Kartik Amavasya
Wensday, 22nd Govardhan Puja
Thursday, 23rd Bhai Dooj
Tuesday, 28th Chhath Puja
Nov-25 Date Festival
Sunday, 2nd Devutthana Ekadashi
Monday, 3rd Pradosha Vrat (Shukla)
Wensday, 5th Kartik Purnima Vrat
Saturday, 8th Sankashti Chaturthi
Saturday, 15th Utpanna Ekadashi
Sunday, 16th Vrishchika Sankranti
Monday, 17th Pradosha Vrat (Krishna)
Tuesday, 18th Monthly Shivaratri
Thursday, 20th Margashirsha Amavasya
Dec-25 Date Festival
Monday, 1st Mokshada Ekadashi
Tuesday, 2nd Pradosha Vrat (Shukla)
Thursday, 4th Margashirsha Purnima Vrat
Sunday, 7th Sankashti Chaturthi
Monday, 15th Safala Ekadashi
Tuesday, 16th Dhanu Sankranti
Thursday, 18th Monthly Shivaratri
Friday, 19th Pausha Amavasya
Tuesday, 30th Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
