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Indian Calendar 2020 - Festivals

Indian Calendar 2020
* Hindu Festivals
* Gov Holidays
* Sikh Festivals
* Christian Holidays
* Islamic Holidays
January 2020 Festivals
1 Wednesday New Year
14 Tuesday Lohri
15 Wednesday Pongal, Uttarayan, Makar Sankranti
23 Thursday Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
26 Sunday Republic Day
29 Wednesday Basant Panchmi, Saraswati Puja
February 2020 Festivals
21 Friday Mahashivratri
March 2020 Festivals
9 Monday Holika Dahan
10 Tuesday Holi
25 Wednesday Chaitra Navratri, Ugadi, Gudi Padwa
26 Thursday Cheti Chand
April 2020 Festivals
1 Wednesday Bank's Holiday
2 Thursday Ram Navami
3 Friday Chaitra Navratri Parana
8 Wednesday Hanuman jayanti
13 Monday Baisakhi
14 Tuesday Ambedkar Jayanti
26 Sunday Akshaya Tritiya
June 2020 Festivals
23 Tuesday Jagannath Rath Yatra
July 2020 Festivals
1 Wednesday Ashadhi Ekadashi
5 Sunday Guru Purnima
23 Thursday Hariyali Teej
25 Saturday Nag Panchami
August 2020 Festivals
3 Monday Raksha Bandhan
6 Thursday Kajari Teej
12 Wednesday Janmashtami
15 Saturday Independence Day
21 Friday Hartalika Teej
22 Saturday Ganesh Chaturthi
31 Monday Onam/Thiruvonam
September 2020 Festivals
1 Tuesday Anant Chaturdashi
October 2020 Festivals
2 Friday Gandhi Jayanti
17 Saturday Sharad Navratri
24 Saturday Durga Maha Navami Puja, Durga Puja Ashtami
25 Sunday Dussehra, Sharad Navratri Parana
November 2020 Festivals
4 Wednesday Karva Chauth
13 Friday Dhanteras
14 Saturday Diwali, Narak Chaturdashi, Children's Day
15 Sunday Govardhan Puja
16 Monday Bhai Dooj
20 Friday Chhath Puja
December 2020 Festivals
25 Friday Merry Christmas

Indian Calendar 2020: India, known for its rich diversity and variety of religions, has a colorful variety of festivals celebrated with extraordinary enthusiasm. Whether one practices Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism, or Christianity, the spirit of celebration links us all. However, figuring out the particular dates of these festivals might be difficult. In response, we provide the Indian Calendar as a solution for simplifying your scheduling.

Indian Calendar 2020 has been curated by the expert astrologers of AstroSage. Here,you will find all the dates of Indian festivals and fasts falling in 2020. Do you want to make 2020 more special? Check out this calendar and ensure you dont miss any important events in the new year!

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Origin of Indian Calendar

The Indian National Calendar, also known as the Shalivahana Shaka Calendar, is commonly used for delivering information or news alongside the Gregorian Calendar. In the 1950s, the Calendar Reform Committee performed a survey that revealed the use of approximately 30 distinct calendars to identify Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain festivals. While all calendars shared basic ideas rooted in ancient rituals and astronomical practices, their diversity created issues.

Muslims in India, on the other hand, followed the Islamic calendar, while the Indian government followed the Gregorian calendar for administrative purposes. The Calendar Reform of 1957 C.E. tried to resolve this variability by formalizing a structured lunisolar calendar as Indias National Calendar. To ensure synchronization, leap years were synchronized with the Gregorian calendar.

Despite these attempts, regional variations persist, and the government continues to use the Gregorian calendar for administrative purposes. Holidays represent regional, ethnic, and religious variety by adhering to specific beliefs and traditions. In terms of ethics, astrologers use the Panchang or Panchangam (Hindu Lunar Calendar) to find auspicious marriage dates following horoscope compatibility.

Structure of Indian Calendar

The Shaka Calendar is based on the luni-solar system as per time, and consists of 12 months and 365 days. The first month in Indian Calendar is Chaitra and the last is Phalguna. The names of the months as per Shaka Calendar are as follows:

1.  Chaitra
2.  Vaishakha
3.  Jyeshtha
4.  Ashadha
5.  Shravana
6.  Bhadra
7.  Ashwin
8.  Kartika
9.  Agrahayana
10.  Pausha
11.  Magha
12.  Phalguna

The National Calendar is an advanced modification of Indian Solar Calendars still existing in the regions. The principle unit remains the civil day and era is Saka era. It is structured so as to correspond with the Tropical or Sayana year and not traditional Sidereal or Nirayana year.

Religious holidays are based on lunisolar calendar which acknowledges specific positions of Moon and Sun. Majority of festivals and holidays occur on a mentioned lunar tithi (date) while others on solar tithis.

Lunar Calendar is witnessed as the main element when providing predictions in Vedic Astrology or calculating muhurat, festivals and so on, planet Sun has its own significance. A Solar Calendar narrates the apparent position of planet Sun in the universe. One such example is Gregorian Calendar, which is used internationally and counted as the standard tool. In astrology, a solar month describes the position of Sun’s longitude to increase during the interval by 30 degree corresponding to its passage through a zodiac sign.

Indian Solar Calendar

Indian Calendar as per Solar Month is given below which describes the Hindu months and their Gregorian dates. Below dates approximately corresponds with the Gregorian calendar based on the position of Sun. the table is provided for you for reference purposes.

S.No. Indian Religious Calendar (Solar Month) Approx. Greg. Date
1 Caitra Mar. 14
2 Vaisakha Apr. 13
3 Jyestha May 14
4 Asadha June 14
5 Sravana July 16
6 Bhadrapada Aug. 16
7 Asvina Sept. 16
8 Kartika Oct. 17
9 Margashirsha Nov. 16
10 Pausa Dec. 15
11 Magha Jan. 14
12 Phalgura Feb. 12

Types of Calendars

There are three types of Calendar affiliated in India:

●  The Solar Calendars: The calendar is based on motion of the sun on a yearly basis, sidereal or tropical. Some famous examples are French, Gregorian, Roman calendars and Indian Solar Calendars used in the areas of Assam, Bengal, Haryana, Kerala, Punjab, Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Tripura. An actual solar calendar doesn’t consists of number of days, hence in order to synchronize, days are summed up and leap years are formed. Indian National Calendar comes under this category.
●  The Lunar Calendars: It is based on the monthly phases of Moon and its cycle and isn’t related to the motion of Sun whatsoever. Islamic Hejira Calendar is one such example and a pure lunar calendar. It consists of 12 months, with 2 months covering the time period between two new moons. Each Lunar month is about 29.5 days long.
●  The Lunisolar Calendar: It accumulates yearly motion of Sun and monthly phases of Moon. some examples are Jews and Babylonian calendars along with Indian Calendars used in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh.

Adoption & Official Usage

Indian Calendar was officially adopted in 1957 by Calendar Reform Committee as a significant part of Nautical Almanac and Indian Ephemeris. The need for a unified calendar was voiced by none other than the first prime minister of India, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. He said as quoted,
They (different calendars) represent past political divisions in the country…. Now that we have attained Independence, it is obviously desirable that there should be certain uniformity in the calendar for our civic, social, and other purposes, and this should be done on a scientific approach to this problem.

One main criteria was to make the calendar free of any religious or regional conflict, easy to navigate, relatable and precise. Hence, the committee came up with Saka Calendar, which was made official on March 22, 1957 or Chaitra 1, 1879.

Significance

The Saka Calendar represents the Indian beliefs and culture and traditions. Adopting it as the national calendar is a tribute to ancient innovation and ideas. This calendar is observed beyond Indian borders by Hindus in Java, Bali Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries. Its most noted uses are:

●  In the Gazette of India along with Gregorian calendar
●  At All India Radio Broadcasts
●  By Govt. of India to provide documents, timetables, communication via Saka Calendar dates

You can get detailed list of Government, Hindu, Islamic, SIkh and Christian holidays and festivals from this page.

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