Hindu Calendar 2021: Check Full List of Hindu Festivals Calendar 2021, Hindu Festivals and Fasting days in year 2021

Hindu Festival Calendar 2021

Hindu Calendar 2021 is a conventional method to measure time. With the change in the regional face of India, the Hindu Calendar has been changed and updated every now and then. Particularly to the various regions of the country, there are several variations in the Hindu Calendar which are in use. Apart from the names of the twelve months, every Hindu Calendar differs a bit from each other. The calendar is created from both solar and lunisolar calendars. Here is a standard version of the Hindu Calendar that is used as the National Calendar in India. This calendar marks important festivals and holidays. The name of the months and their corresponding Zodiac signs are Chaitra (Aries), Vaisakha (Taurus), Jyaistha (Gemini), Asadha (Cancer), Sravana (Leo), Bhadrapada (Virgo), Asvina (Libra), Kartika (Scorpio), Agrahayana (Sagittarius), Pausa (Capricorn), Magha (Aquarius) and Phalguna (Pisces). astrologers use Panchang or Panchangam (Hindu Calendar based on Lunar Calendar) to fix the marriage date and provide auspicious muhurat after horoscope matching is done.
 

List of Hindu Festival 2021

Here is the complete list of Hindu festival Calendar for the year 2021.

 

List of Hindu Festival 2020

Know all the Hindu calendar 2020 month, day and dates below:

Top Five Hindu Festival 2020

We have come up with some detailed info on five Hindu festivals

Makarsankranti / Pongal

Makarsankranti is also known as Pongal and is majorly celebrated in India by Indians and Hindus. The festival is also celebrated all around the world and marks a religious celebration that falls during the winters when the sun shifts thus leading to longer days. The day is also known as Maghi which depicts the harvest festival, and is dedicated to the Sun God - Surya. The festival is mostly celebrated on January 14, but in some exceptional cases, it falls on January 15. The year 2020 marked Makarsankranti on January 15.

The festival is celebrated by flying beautiful and colourful kites. In Gujarat, kite flying is organized as part of the festivities. The famous traditional food prepared are: Sesame and jaggery laddoos and chikkis and are popularly known as Tilgud.

The festival is also known as Uttarayan in many parts of the country. Pongal is the celebration of the harvest festival and is called by many names. The north Indian Hindus and Sikhs call it Maghi which is preceded by Lohri. It is called Makara Sankranti in Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka and Telangana, Poush songkranti in Sukarat in central India, Magh Bihu by Assamese, and Thai Pongal or Pongal by Tamils.

Holi

Holi is the festival of Colors. Holi is also called the "festival of love" when people unite together. This festival starts in the evening of Purnima or the Full Moon Day in the month of Falgun and lasts for a day. Holika Dahan or Choti Holi is celebrated on the first evening of the festival, and the following day is celebrated as Holi. This year the festival was celebrated on March 10, 2020

The ritual starts by lighting up a bonfire a day before Holi, and this celebration symbolizes that always kindness and pure spirits wins over evil. People on this day play with colors, pichkaris, water and water-filled balloons with family and friends. The most famous delicacy prepared on this day are Ladoos and Bhang.

Krishna Janmashtami

Krishna Janmashtami is the celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna. It is believed that on this day, Lord Krishna was born midnight at sharp twelve. To celebrate Krishna's birth, devotees observe a fast and sing devotional songs. As a part of the ritual, statues of baby Krishna are washed and worshipped. This year Krishna Janmashtami was celebrated on August 11, 2020.

This is the largest celebration of Hindu's and popularly celebrated in Mathura and Vrindavan, where Lord Krishna was born and spent his childhood. Lord Krishna is also known as Makhan Chor or Navneet Chor, as it is believed that Krishna loved eating Makhan ( butter).

Janmashtami is celebrated with a ritual called Dahi Handi. In Dahi Handi, people form pyramids mostly made of 9-tiers by participants called Govinda's and includes a young boy who climbs the top of the pyramid and breaks the earthen clay pot, which hangs at the height of over 20 feet.

Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Ganesha, who is the God of new beginnings. According to the Hindu calendar, Ganesh Chaturthi falls in the month of Bhadra. It is a very popular festival in Maharashtra. It is a ten-day celebration where Lord Ganesha is considered the symbol of wisdom, writing, travel, commerce, and good fortune. He is also known as Gajanana, Ganesh, Gajadant and has 108 names. This ten-day festival started on August 22, 2020.

Many Offerings are placed in front of the Ganesha idol, including modak, shrikhand, payasam, coconut rice, motichoor laddoo, and other sweets. Special and huge pandals are set up for Ganesh Chaturthi, where devotees unite and pray for good fortune and well-being.

Dusshera

Dussehra, also known as Dasara or Vijayadashami by Hindu's, denotes the victory of Rama, a symbol of Vishnu, over the 10-headed evil presence of lord Ravana, who snatched Rama's better half, Sita. The name of the festival has been derived from the Sanskrit words Dasha ("ten") and hara ("defeat"). This year, Dusshera was celebrated on October 25, 2020.

In North India, the festival is celebrated with a Ram Lila, an event depicting God Ram's biography. On this day, huge puppets of Ravana, Meghnada (Ravana's child), and Kumbhkarana (Ravana's sibling) are loaded down with sparklers and set on fire in the in open fields after the sunsets. Dussehra corresponds with the nine-day Navratri celebration summit and with the 10th day of the Durga Puja celebration.