OM, symbol of God the Absolute  
 
My Guruji  
 
Lord Ganesh,
remover of obstacles
 
 
Sarasvati Devi,
Godess of arts and learning
 
 
Townhall in North-West England  
 
Sign of the sun  
 

Ashutosh Vardhana

Yamuna's Year

Stories for the Hindu Calendar
as told in a Hindu family in a northern English town

 

Stories which have been completed

Festival

Story title

   

Diwali
Friday, 5 Nov 2010
Hindu New Year: 6 Sat, Nov 2010
(Diwali is always on "New Year's Eve"

Future Diwali dates:
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 ?
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
Sun, 3 Nov 2013
Thu, 23 Oct 2014
Wed, 11 Nov 2015

Lord Rama and the demons

Maha-Shivaratri
Friday, 12 Feb 2010
Thu, 3 Mar 2011
Mon, 20 Feb 2012
Sun, 10 Mar 2013
Fri, 28 Feb 2014
Tue, 17 Feb 2015

Parvati wins her husband

Holi
Sun, 28 Feb, to Mon, 1 Mar 2010
Sat, 19 Mar, to Sun, 20 Mar 2011
Thu, 8 Mar, to Fri, 9 Mar 2012
Wed, 27 Mar, to Thu, 28 Mar 2013
Mon, 17 Mar, to Tue, 18 Mar 2014
Fri, 6 Mar, to Sat, 7 Mar 2015

Prahlada, the invincible boy

Navaratri
Fri, 8 Oct 2010, to 17 Oct 2010

Durgashtami (always on the eighth day)
16 Oct 2010

Future years (starting date for Navaratri):
Fri, 8 Oct 2010
Wed, 28 Sep 2011
Tue, 16 Oct 2012
Sat, 5 Oct 2013
Thu, 25 Sep 2014
Tue, 13 Oct 2015

The Battle of the Devi

 

Stories in the making

Festival

Story title

   

Ram Naumi
Wed, 24 Mar 2010
Tue, 12 Apr 2011
Sun, 1 Apr 2012
Sat, 20 Apr 2013
Tue, 8 Apr 2014
Sat, 28 Mar 2015

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Guru Purnima

Sun, 25 July 2010
Fri, 15 July 2011
Tue, 03 July 2012
Mon, 22 July 2013
Sat, 12 July 2014
Fri, 31 July 2015
Tue, 19 July 2016
Sun, 09 July 2017
Fri, 27 July 2018
Tue, 16 July 2019

 

Raksha Bandhan
Tue, 24 Aug 2010
Sat, 13 Aug 2011
Thu, 02 Aug 2012
Wed, 21 Aug 2013, or Tue, 20 Aug 2013
Sun, 10 Aug 2014
Sun, 29 Aug 2015
Thu, 18 Aug 2016
Mon, 07 Aug 2017
Sun, 26 Aug 2018
Thu, 15 Aug 2019

 

Krishna Janmashtami
Thu, 2 Sep 2010
Mon, 22 Aug 2011
Fri, 10 Aug 2012
Wed, 28 Aug 2013
Sun, 17 Aug 2014
Sat, 5 Sep 2015

 

Ganesh Chaturthi
Sat, 11 Sep 2010
Thu, 01 Sep 2011
Wed, 19 Sep 2012
Mon, 9 Sep 2013
Fri, 29 Aug 2014
Thu, 17 Sep 2015

 

Satyanarayan Puja
(any day)

Hindu Festivals 2009

 

Festival

Dates

Celebrated where

N = North India (and perhaps South India as well)

S = South India, and specifically in the state mentioned, if any.

     
Pongal

15 Jan 2009 (4 days)

  • Lord Krishna lifts the Govardhan mountain
  • Nandi is punished and has to serve farmers
S (Tamil Nadu)
     
     
Thaipusam

8 Feb 2009

The birth of Karttikeya (Lord Muruga, son of Lord Shiva)

S
Mahashivaratri

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 -
the marriage of Lord Shiva to Parvati

N
Ugadi

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 ?

New Year in South India

S
Natyanjali (following on from Mahashivaratri) ?

2009 ?

In honour of Lord Shiva, Lord of Cosmic Dance (Nataraja)

S
Holi

Wed, 11 Mar 2009

Spring festival (Prahlada, the invincible boy)

N
     

Ram Naumi


Fri, 03 Apr 2009 - Ram Naumi the birth of Lord Rama N
Buddha Purnima Fri, 08-05-2009  

Kavadi

April or May ???

In honour of Lord Muruga S

Guru Purnima
Thu -
In honour of the Guru and all teachers

Tue, 07-07-2009 ?

 

N

Raksha Bandan

Wed 05-08-2009 -
Raksha Bandan:
brothers and sisters

Wed, 05-08-2009

N

Krishna Janmashthami:

Fri 14-08-2009 -

The birth of Lord Krishna

N
Navaratri (incl Durgashtami) :

19-09-2009 to 27-09-2009

Nine-day festival in honour of THE Goddess

N

Ganesh Chaturthi


Sun, 23-08-2009

In honour of Lord Ganesh

N

Satyanarayan Puja
(any day)

 

http://www.hindumoon.com/calendar.html

If you want to learn Hindi, or Sanskrit, or any other Indian language, Dynamic Language Learning will help you.

A good source for many but not all Festival Dates is:
http://www.whenis.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

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© 1998, 2001 and 2010 Ashutosh Vardhana

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Length of stories:

1 Lord Rama and the Demons: (Diwali)
Length: 5,800 words = 30,900 characters

2 Prahlada, the invincible boy: (Holi)
Length: 16,600 words = 91,500 characters

3 Parvati wins her husband: (Maha-Shivaratri))
Length: 10,400 words = 56,200 characters

4 The Battle of the Devi: (Navaratri)
Length: 9,900 words = 55,600 characters

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Total: 42,700 words = 234,200 characters