Hindu Festivals 2023
163 festivals and vrat days, with dates and vrat details
January 2023
Putrada Ekadashi (Pausha)
Blesses couples with children; Vaikuntha Ekadashi.
Tithi ends - 2 January 2023, 8:23 pm
Pradosh Vrat (Shukla)
Pradosh Vrat — Shiva worship at Pradosh Kaal (1h 36m after sunset) on Trayodashi.
Pradosh Kaal - 5:37 pm to 7:07 pm
Purnima (Full Moon)
Purnima — Full Moon day, auspicious for Satyanarayan Puja and sacred baths.
Sankashti Chaturthi
Sankashti Chaturthi — Ganesha fast on Krishna Chaturthi, break fast after moonrise.
Moonrise - 11 January 2023, 9:34 pm
Makar Sankranti
Sankranti — Solar transit into a new zodiac sign; auspicious for charity and sacred bath.
Sankranti moment - 14 January 2023, 8:49 pm
Shani Amavasya (Saturday New Moon)
Amavasya — New Moon; sacred for Pitru Tarpan (ancestral rites) and Shradh.
Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja)
Vasant Panchami — worship of Goddess Saraswati, start of Vasant Ritu (spring).
February 2023
March 2023
Holika Dahan
Holika Dahan — bonfire ritual at Pradosh after Bhhadra ends, symbolising burning of evil.
Holi (Dhuleti)
Festival of colours — celebrates victory of devotion over evil, arrival of spring.
Ram Navami
Ram Navami — Birthday of Lord Ram. Puja at Madhyahna (midday), Ram Katha, fast.
April 2023
Mahavir Jayanti
Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej)
Akshaya Tritiya — one of the most auspicious days; self-luminous tithi for purchases and new beginnings.
May 2023
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July 2023
Guru Purnima (Vyasa Purnima)
Guru Purnima — honour to the Guru; Vyasa Puja. Full moon of Ashadha.
August 2023
Janmashtami
Krishna Janmashtami — birth of Lord Krishna at Nishita Kaal. Fast observed, midnight celebration.
Raksha Bandhan
Raksha Bandhan — sisters tie sacred thread on brothers' wrists. Avoid Bhadra Kaal.
September 2023
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November 2023
Karwa Chauth
Karwa Chauth — married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for husband's longevity. Moon sighting is key.
Moonrise - 1 November 2023, 8:14 pm
Dhanteras (Dhanatrayodashi)
Dhanteras — worship of Dhanvantari and Lakshmi, auspicious purchase of gold/silver/utensils.
Diwali — Lakshmi Puja
Festival of Lights — Lakshmi Puja at Pradosh Kaal, lighting of diyas, victory of light over darkness.
Govardhan Puja (Annakut)
Govardhan Puja — Annakuta offered to Krishna; circumambulation of Govardhan hill.
Bhai Dooj
Bhai Dooj — sisters apply tika to brothers for longevity; associated with Yama and Yamuna.
Chhath Puja — Nahay Khay
Chhath Puja — 4-day Surya worship: Nahay Khay, Kharna, Sandhya Arghya, Usha Arghya.
December 2023
About the 2023 festival dates
Hindu festival dates are not fixed to the Gregorian calendar — they are determined by the tithi, and a tithi begins and ends at a specific moment rather than at midnight. A festival is therefore assigned to the day on which its governing tithi prevails at the relevant time, which is sunrise for most observances but moonrise, sunset or midnight for others. This is why a festival can fall on different dates in different regions. The dates listed here are a single national set, computed rather than copied from a printed panchang; where your family or local temple observes a different day, follow that tradition.
Open any festival date to see that day's full panchang, including the specific muhurat window its ritual requires — Pradosh Kaal for Lakshmi Puja, Nishita Kaal for Janmashtami, Madhyahna for Ganesh Chaturthi, and the post-Bhadra window for Raksha Bandhan and Holika Dahan.