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  2. Diwali - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates ... Every year during Diwali, ... During the 2023 celebration, New Delhi briefly took the top spot in the ...

  3. Diwali 2023: When is the festival of lights and how is it ...

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    The festival typically lasts for four to five days and coincides with the new moon on the Hindu lunisolar calendar, called amavasya. The new moon is the first lunar phase, which is when the moon ...

  4. Happy Diwali: When is the festival of lights and how is it ...

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    This year, the festival of lights will be celebrated on 31 October. The festival typically lasts for four to five days and coincides with the new moon on the Hindu lunisolar calendar, called ...

  5. Jain festivals - Wikipedia

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    Many of the major festivals in Jainism fall in and around the chaomasa (Sanskrit: chaturmasa) period of the calendar. [2] It is the four-month monsoon period when the Jain ascetics are mandated to remain in residence at one place in the Jain tradition, rather than be traveling or going around Indian villages and towns and never staying in one ...

  6. Balipratipada - Wikipedia

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    Balipratipada or Padva is traditionally celebrated with decorating the floor with colorful images of Bali – sometimes with his wife Vindyavati, [8] of nature's abundance, a shared feast, community events and sports, drama or poetry sessions. In some regions, rice and food offerings are made to recently dead ancestors (shraddha), or the horns ...

  7. 'Shubh Deepavali!' 25 Awesome Facts About Diwali, the Hindu ...

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    Diwali is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the Hindu month of Kartika and, much like Easter, the date changes every year. In 2019, Diwali started on October 25, in 2020, it fell on November 14 ...

  8. Naraka Chaturdashi - Wikipedia

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    Naraka Chaturdashi (also known as Kali Chaudas, Narak Chaudas, Roop Chaudas, Choti Diwali, [1] Narak Nivaran Chaturdashi and Bhoot Chaturdashi) is an annual Hindu festival that falls on Chaturdashi (the 14th day) of the Krishna Paksha in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin (according to the amanta tradition) or Kartika (according to the ...

  9. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Marks the start of the solar new year in lunisolar calendars. Involves bathing in holy waters. Regional new year festivals are also observed on this day such as Vishu, Pohela Boishakh, Maha Vishubha Sankranti and Vaisakhi. Represents the vernal (Spring) equinox. Vishu: Traditional vishu kani: Vishu is a Hindu festival celebrated in Kerala. It ...