Indian Festival Calendar: List of Indian Festivals 2025
2025 brings an exciting list of festivals and special days, making the year exciting. In India, a land known for its cultural diversity, numerous festivals are marked with great enthusiasm - these festivals, across the states of India, are a celebration of the diversity of traditions offering unique prayers and offerings. From Diwali and Holi to Eid and the revered Sikh festivals, each one brings people from diverse backgrounds together, fostering a sense of unity and devotion. People share joy with distinct rituals and practices and observe days that promise spiritual and cultural significance.
We bring you the Indian Festival Calendar 2025 for you to know the special days the year is set to witness:
Indian Festivals 2025
Let’s first understand the structure of the Indian calendar to understand it better. Also known as the Shalivahana Shaka Calendar or Shaka Calendar, the Indian calendar is heavily based on the luni-solar system, which has its local variations while following the 12 months and 365 days rule. According to the Indian calendar, the names of the month change, and because there is a large population of people who don’t speak English regularly, the preference is usually given to the Indian variation to identify Hindu festivals in 2025.
So while the National holidays such as Independence Day, Republic Day, and Gandhi Jayanti remain unchanged in the Indian calendar, the religious festivals, their dates, timings, etc., are based on the movement of the Sun and Moon.
The position of the Moon and stars in the sky are acknowledged by the astrologers to determine the dates of the festivals in the calendar accurately. For instance, the festival of Eid is solely based on moon sightings. This movement also helps to predict horoscopes, panchangs, and other important calculations. Following are the months adapted as per the lunisolar calendar:
Chaitra
Vaishakha
Jyeshtha
Ashadha
Shravana
Bhadra
Ashwin
Kartika
Agrahayana
Pausha
Magha
Phalguna
Lunar Calendar
The lunar calendar is followed for most of the Indian festivals. It is based on the location of the moon in the sky. However, the Shaka calendar has only half occupied by the lunar calendar. The solar calendar is required to complete the whole universe. Therefore, it is essential to combine both calendars to get the final Shaka calendar.
The movement of the Moon becomes crucial in determining festivals like Shivaratri and Karwa Chauth, among others. National Sanskrit Day is also an important day in India, which is marked by moon sightings.
Solar Calendar
Even though a solar month is made up of 30 days, the start of the month does not coincide when compared to the Gregorian calendar. Hence, to make it easy and for your reference, we have shared dates corresponding with the Gregorian calendar. They describe the Hindu months and their Gregorian dates based on the placement of the Sun. Here it is:
Chaitra – March 14
Vaisakha – April 13
Jyestha – May 14
Asadha – June 14
Sravana – July 16
Bhadrapada – August 16
Asvina – September 16
Kartika – October 17
Margashirsha – November 16
Pausa – December 15
Magha – January 14
Phalguna – Feb 12, 2025
So, with the combination of the lunar calendar and solar calendar, we get the Shaka calendar, which also becomes (or is popularised as) the Indian Festival Calendar.
Indian Festival Calendar 2025
Festivals in India bring people together, transcending boundaries with expressions of faith, joy, and community. Each festival offers a chance to enjoy the vibrant culture and diversity, participate in age-old traditions and reconnect with loved ones. As you look forward to embracing the spirit of 2025, these occasions are set to bring enthusiasm, devotion, and a sense of belonging. Read on to find a comprehensive list of the Indian Festivals 2025 along with their dates:
January 2025
January 1: English New Year (Wednesday)
January 6: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Monday)
January 10: Tailang Swami Jayanti (Friday)
January 12: Swami Vivekananda Jayanti (Sunday)
January 13: Hazarat Ali's Birthday (Monday)
January 13: Lohri (Monday)
January 14: Makara Sankranti (Tuesday)
January 14: Pongal (Tuesday)
January 21: Vivekananda Jayanti *Samvat (Tuesday)
January 23: Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti (Thursday)
January 26: Republic Day (Sunday)
January 30: Gandhi Punyatithi (Thursday)
February 2025
February 2: Vasant Panchami (Sunday)
February 4: World Cancer Day (Tuesday)
February 12: Guru Ravidas Jayanti (Wednesday)
February 14: Valentine's Day (Friday)
February 19: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (Wednesday)
February 23: Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti (Sunday)
February 26: Maha Shivaratri (Wednesday)
March 2025
March 1: Ramakrishna Jayanti (Saturday)
March 8: International Women's Day (Saturday)
March 13: Chhoti Holi (Thursday)
March 13: Holika Dahan (Thursday)
March 13: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanti (Thursday)
March 14: Holi (Friday)
March 14: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (Friday)
March 20: Parsi New Year (Thursday)
March 20: Shaheed Diwas (Thursday)
March 23: Jamat Ul-Vida (Sunday)
March 28: Ugadi (Friday)
March 30: Gudi Padwa (Sunday)
March 30: Jhulelal Jayanti (Sunday)
March 30: Eid al-Fitr (Sunday)
March 31: Ramadan (Monday)
April 2025
April 6: Rama Navami (Sunday)
April 10: Mahavir Swami Jayanti (Thursday)
April 14: Solar New Year (Monday)
April 14: Ambedkar Jayanti (Monday)
April 14: Baisakhi (Monday)
April 18: Good Friday (Friday)
April 20: Easter (Sunday)
April 22: Earth Day (Tuesday)
April 24: Vallabhacharya Jayanti (Thursday)
May 2025
May 1: International Workers' Day (Thursday)
May 2: Shankaracharya Jayanti (Friday)
May 2: Surdas Jayanti (Friday)
May 4: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti (Sunday)
May 7: Mother's Day (Wednesday)
May 11: Buddha Purnima (Sunday)
May 12: Maharana Pratap Jayanti (Monday)
June 2025
June 5: World Environment Day (Thursday)
June 7: Eid al-Adha (Saturday)
June 7: Bakrid (Saturday)
June 11: Kabirdas Jayanti (Wednesday)
June 15: Father's Day (Sunday)
June 21: International Yoga Day (Saturday)
June 27: Jagannath Rathyatra (Friday)
June 27: Al-Hijra (Friday)
June 27: Islamic New Year (Friday)\
July 2025
July 6: Muharram (Sunday)
July 10: Guru Purnima (Thursday)
July 31: Tulsidas Jayanti (Thursday)
August 2025
August 3: Friendship Day (Sunday)
August 9: Raksha Bandhan (Saturday)
August 9: Rakhi (Saturday)
August 15: Independence Day (Friday)
August 16: Janmashtami (Saturday)
August 27: Ganesh Chaturthi (Wednesday)
September 2025
September 5: Onam (Friday)
September 5: Milad un-Nabi (Friday)
September 5: Eid-e-Milad (Friday)
September 5: Teachers' Day (Friday)
September 14: Hindi Diwas (Sunday)
September 15: Visvesvaraya Jayanti (Monday)
September 22: Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti (Monday)
September 30: Durga Ashtami (Tuesday)
October 2025
October 1: Maha Navami (Wednesday)
October 2: Dussehra (Thursday)
October 2: Madhvacharya Jayanti (Thursday)
October 2: Gandhi Jayanti (Thursday)
October 7: Valmiki Jayanti (Tuesday)
October 7: Meerabai Jayanti (Tuesday)
October 10: Karwa Chauth (Friday)
October 20: Lakshmi Puja (Monday)
October 20: Narak Chaturdashi (Monday)
October 20: Diwali (Monday)
October 22: Govardhan Puja (Wednesday)
October 23: Bhaiya Dooj (Thursday)
October 27: Chhath Puja (Monday)
November 2025
November 5: Guru Nanak Jayanti (Wednesday)
November 14: Nehru Jayanti (Friday)
November 14: Children's Day (Friday)
December 2025
December 1: World AIDS Day (Monday)
December 25: Merry Christmas (Thursday)
December 27: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Saturday)
December 30: Tailang Swami Jayanti (Tuesday)
Why choose HiAstro for the List of Indian Festivals?
The national calendar most astrologers use in India to highlight the festivals is the Shaka Calendar. Even if you don’t go by the Shaka Calendar, it will still be a challenging task to determine the exact dates to celebrate Indian festivals, especially thanks to the diversity of our country. We have multiple calendars - Solar calendar, Gregorian calendar, Islamic Hejira Calendar, and many more. At HiAstro, our experienced astrologers will provide you with all the necessary information about Indian festivals in 2025. We understand that nobody has the time to go through all of the calendars individually. Hence, we have prepared the Indian festival calendar for 2025 for your convenience. This complete list contains all the Indian festivals across religions, with the hope that you have clarity on which festival is upcoming so that you take out the time to enjoy with your family.