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Indian Festivals 2019

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 DateMeaning
Makar Sankranti 14.01.
(Australia: 15.01)
Return of the Light, end of the winter season
Purnima – January 21.01. Pausha Purnima
Vasant Panchami (Sarasvati Puja) 10.02. Celebration of Goddess Saraswati
Purnima – February 19.02.
(Australia: 20.02)
Magha Purnima
Maha Shivaratri 04.03. Great Night of Lord Shiva
Purnima March - Holi 21.03. Festival of Prahlad, Festival of Colours
Spring Navaratri 06-14.04. 9 days of fasting in honor of the Divine Mother
Ramnavami 14.04. Birthday of Lord Rama
Purnima April - Hanuman Jayanti 19.04. Festival of Sri Hanumanji
Purnima - May 18.05.
(Australia: 19.05.)
Vaishakta Purnima
Day of Yoga 21.06. UN International Day of Yoga
Purnima - June 17.06. Jyeshtha Purnima
Mataji's Mahasamadhi 03.07. Western Calendar 02.07. (2011)
Purnima - July / GURUPURNIMA 16.07. Celebration of Guru, Birthday of Ved Vyasa
Sri Devpuriji's Mahasamadhi 03.08. Western Calendar 14.08. (1942?)
Vishwaguruji's Birthday 04.08. Western Calendar 15.08. (1945)
Purnima August - Raksha Bandhan 15.08. Festival of Brothers & Sisters,
Janmashthami 24.08. Birthday of Lord Krishna
Holy Guruji's Birthday 31.08. Western Calendar 11.09. (1923)
Ganesh Chaturthi 02.09. Festival of Lord Ganeshji    
Purnima - September (Pitr Purnima) 14.09. The memory of the ancestors, Shraddha Purnima
UN Peace Day 21.09. Peace Prayers at YIDL Peace Trees
UN Non-Violence Day 02.10. Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
Autumn Navrati 29.09.-08.10. 9 days of fasting in honor of the Divine Mother
Dassera 08.10. The victory of Good over Evil
Purnima - October (Sharad Purnima) 13.10.
(Australia: 14.10)
Aswini Purnima
Diwali (Sri Mahaprabhuji's Incarnation) 27.10. Festival of Light
Holy Guruji's Mahasamadhi 03.11. Western Calendar 31.10. (2003)
Purnima - November 12.11. Kartik Purnima
Purnima - December 11.12. Margashirsha Purnima
Mahaprabhuji's Mahasamadhi 16.12. Western Calendar 5.12. (1963)