List of Hindu festivals
across globe hindu celebrate diverse number festival celebration typically marking event ancient india often coinciding seasonal change celebration take place either fixed annual date solar calendar specific day lunisolar calendar regional variation observance festival numerous festival primarily celebrated specific sect certain region indian subcontinent utsava sanskrit word festival sanskrit word utsava come word ut meaning start sava mean change decline dolu mean seasonal colouring solar lunisolar calendar operates basis dolu utsava hindu calendar date usually prescribed according lunisolar calendar vedic timekeeping māsa lunar month pakṣa lunar fortnight tithi lunar day two definition lunar month prevail amānta pūrṇimānta lunar month ending new moon full moon respectively result day may refer belonging different adjoining month festival occurs śukla paksha two tradition assign month festival occurs kṛṣṇa paksha two tradition assign different adjoining month list hindu festival punjab list festival observed jagannatha temple puri list sindhi festival tithi shown following list per amānta tradition hindu festival related concept others buddhist prayer bead gurushishya tradition jain festival list festival puja buddhism list hindu empire dynasty festival ministry culture festival date timing history