Home›Hindu Festivals›Date Type›Fixed date in its own calendarBrowse ByFixed date in its own calendarThis page groups holidays by how their day was legally or ritually classed. Wikipedia notes that on Roman calendars "the religious status days were marked by letters such as F (for fastus), and N (for nefastus, when political activities and the administration of justice were prohibited)." Browsing by date type lets a visitor separate a holiday that suspended ordinary business from one that did not.FactsLearn MoreFixed date in its own calendarSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRecurring days of public celebration in a tradition's calendar, usually communal and usually marked by gathering, food, procession or lights. It is the widest of the holiday groupings and the least precise: what it collects is defined against the narrower labels - not a fast, not a feast of appointed liturgical rank, not a day of highest rank - rather than by a property of its own. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHolidays & Festivals 1Learn MoreThe Festivals This group gathers festivals, the joyous celebrations of the religious calendar, marking sacred events, seasons and divine figures with feasting, gathering, ritual and rejoicing. Festivals are among the most visible and communal expressions of religious life, and this is the largest holiday grouping in the atlas. The browser will find festivals from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each festival's occasion, customs and meaning, noting the tradition and the calendar on which it falls.Fixed date in its own calendarFilter Results22 entriesTraditionAllShaktism (2)Vaishnavism (3)Calendar SystemAllHindu lunisolar (panchanga) (19)Hindu solar (sidereal, sankranti-based) (4)Observance TypeAllCommemoration of a person or event (1)Deliverance or victory remembered (1)Fast / abstinence (2)Feast / celebration (6)Harvest / agricultural (2)Kinship or family bond (1)Memorial of the dead (1)Nativity / birth remembered (3)New year (2)Pilgrimage (2)Procession (4)Seasonal turning point (3)Veneration of a deity or holy figure (12)Vigil / night observance (1)Origin EraAll1893 (1)Place of OriginAllIndia (20)Nepal (2)UNESCO StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (21)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 22Ambubachi MelaFixed date in its own calendarBhai DoojFixed date in its own calendarChhath PujaFixed date in its own calendarDhanterasFixed date in its own calendarDiwaliFixed date in its own calendarDurga PujaFixed date in its own calendarDussehraFixed date in its own calendarGai JatraFixed date in its own calendarGanesh ChaturthiFixed date in its own calendarGovardhan PujaFixed date in its own calendarGudi PadwaFixed date in its own calendarHanuman JayantiFixed date in its own calendarHoliFixed date in its own calendarKrishna JanmashtamiFixed date in its own calendarNavaratriFixed date in its own calendarOnamFixed date in its own calendarPongalFixed date in its own calendarRam NavamiFixed date in its own calendarRatha YatraFixed date in its own calendarThaipusamFixed date in its own calendarUgadiFixed date in its own calendarVasant PanchamiFixed date in its own calendarSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.