Vasant Panchami in 2022 is on the Wednesday, 29th of Jan (29/01/2022).
Vasant Panchami is a hindu festival which is celebrated on the fifth day of Shukla Paksh of Magh month of hindu calendar. It also marks the advent of spring season. It is also called as Basant Panchami, Saraswati Panchami, Shri Panchami, etc.
This festival is solely dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. It is a belief that goddess Saraswati was born on this day. Students pray to GodessSaraswati on this auspicious day and seek her blessings. They keep their notebooks, pens and pencils near Goddess Saraswati's feet to ask for success in their studies as she is the deity of knowledge, music, arts, science and technology.
People usually wear yellow garments on this day and worship goddess Saraswati. Statues of Saraswati are usually dressed in white flowers. In Pubjab and Haryana region, people also do a tradition of kite-flying this day. The day is also considered very auspicious to start any good thing such as wedding or house warming ceremony.
Some of the people celebrate this day to honour the legendary poet Kalidasa. Some also believe that Lord Brahma had created the universe on this day. It is also a popular belief that Shiva brought Kamdeva back to life on this day after Rati (Kamdeva's wife) performed 40 days of penance to bring her husband back to life.
Day | Date | Holiday |
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Wednesday | January 26 2022 | Republic Day |
Tuesday | March 01 2022 | Maha Shivaratri |
Friday | March 18 2022 | Holi |
Thursday | April 14 2022 | Mahavir Jayanti |
Friday | April 15 2022 | Good Friday |
Tuesday | May 03 2022 | Eid-ul-fitar |
Monday | May 16 2022 | Buddha Purnima |
Sunday | July 10 2022 | Eid-ul-adha |
Monday | August 08 2022 | Muharram |
Monday | August 15 2022 | Independence Day |
Friday | August 19 2022 | Janmashtami |
Sunday | October 02 2022 | Gandhi Jayanti |
Wednesday | October 05 2022 | Dussehra |
Sunday | October 09 2022 | Id-e-milad |
Monday | October 24 2022 | Diwali |
Tuesday | November 08 2022 | Guru Nanak Jayanti |
Sunday | December 25 2022 | Christmas |