Find out the dates of various festivals that will be celebrated in India in 2020.
The new year 2020 is here, and like every year all of us want to know the dates when festivals will be celebrated. Here’s a specially curated list of all festivals to be celebrated in India in the year 2020.
January
Date
Festival
Day
01-Jan
English New Year
Wednesday
02-Jan
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
Thursday
06-Jan
Tailang Swami Jayanti
Monday
12-Jan
National Youth Day
Sunday
12-Jan
Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
Sunday
14-Jan
Lohri
Tuesday
15-Jan
Pongal
Wednesday
15-Jan
Makara Sankranti
Wednesday
17-Jan
Vivekananda Jayanti
Friday
23-Jan
Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
Thursday
26-Jan
Republic Day
Sunday
29-Jan
Vasant Panchami
Wednesday
30-Jan
Gandhi Punyatithi
Thursday
February
Date
Festival
Day
04-Feb
World Cancer Day
Tuesday
09-Feb
Guru Ravidas Jayanti
Sunday
14-Feb
Valentine's Day
Friday
18-Feb
Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
Tuesday
21-Feb
Maha Shivaratri
Friday
25-Feb
Ramakrishna Jayanti
Tuesday
March
Date
Festival
Day
08-Mar
International Women's Day
Sunday
08-Mar
Hazarat Ali's Birthday
Sunday
09-Mar
Holika Dahan
Monday
09-Mar
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanti
Monday
10-Mar
Holi
Tuesday
12-Mar
Shivaji Jayanti
Thursday
20-Mar
Vernal Equinox
Friday
20-Mar
Parsi New Year
Friday
23-Mar
Shaheed Diwas
Monday
25-Mar
Chaitra Navratri Start
Monday
25-Mar
Gudi Padwa
Wednesday
25-Mar
Ugadi
Wednesday
25-Mar
Jhulelal Jayanti
Wednesday
April
Date
Festival
Day
01-Apr
Bank's Holiday
Wednesday
02-Apr
Rama Navami
Thursday
06-Apr
Mahavir Swami Jayanti
Monday
10-Apr
Good Friday
Friday
12-Apr
Easter
Sunday
13-Apr
Solar New Year
Monday
13-Apr
Baisakhi
Monday
14-Apr
Ambedkar Jayanti
Tuesday
18-Apr
Vallabhacharya Jayanti
Saturday
22-Apr
Earth Day
Wednesday
28-Apr
Shankaracharya Jayanti
Tuesday
28-Apr
Surdas Jayanti
Tuesday
May
Date
Festival
Day
01-May
International Workers' Day
Friday
03-May
World Laughter Day
Sunday
07-May
Buddha Purnima
Thursday
07-May
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
Thursday
10-May
Mother's Day
Sunday
22-May
Jamat Ul-Vida
Friday
24-May
Eid al-Fitr
Sunday
24-May
Ramadan
Sunday
25-May
Maharana Pratap Jayanti
Monday
31-May
World No Tobacco Day
Sunday
June
Date
Festival
Day
05-Jun
Kabirdas Jayanti
Friday
05-Jun
World Environment Day
Friday
21-Jun
Longest Day of Year
Sunday
23-Jun
Jagannath Rathyatra
Tuesday
July
Date
Festival
Day
05-Jul
Guru Purnima
Sunday
27-Jul
Tulsidas Jayanti
Monday
31-Jul
Eid al-Adha
Friday
August
Date
Festival
Day
02-Aug
Friendship Day
Sunday
03-Aug
Rakhi / Raksha Bandhan
Monday
11-Aug
Janmashtami *Smarta
Tuesday
12-Aug
Janmashtami
Wednesday
15-Aug
Independence Day
Saturday
20-Aug
Al-Hijra / Islamic New Year
Thursday
22-Aug
Ganesh Chaturthi
Saturday
29-Aug
Day of Ashura
Saturday
31-Aug
Onam
Monday
September
Date
Festival
Day
05-Sep
Teachers' Day
Saturday
14-Sep
Hindi Diwas
Monday
15-Sep
Engineer's Day / Visvesvaraya Jayanti
Tuesday
22-Sep
Autumnal Equinox
Tuesday
October
Date
Festival
Day
02-Oct
Gandhi Jayanti
Friday
17-Oct
Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti
Saturday
24-Oct
Durga Ashtami
Saturday
25-Oct
Dussehra
Sunday
26-Oct
Madhvacharya Jayanti
Monday
29-Oct
Milad un-Nabi / Eid-e-Milad
Thursday
31-Oct
Valmiki Jayanti
Saturday
November
Date
Festival
Day
14-Nov
Narak Chaturdashi
Saturday
15-Nov
Govardhan Puja
Sunday
16-Nov
Bhaiya Dooj
Monday
20-Nov
Chhath Puja
Friday
30-Nov
Guru Nanak Jayanti
Monday
December
Date
Festival
Day
01-Dec
World AIDS Day
Tuesday
21-Dec
Shortest Day of Year
Monday
25-Dec
Merry Christmas
Friday
We wish these festivals bring a lot of joy and happiness in your lives.
