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September – October. Dussehra (Vijayadashami) Floating. Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated on the tenth day of Ashvin, the seventh month in the Hindu Calendar [ 8] October – November. Diwali. Floating. Hindu festival of lights.
Gandhi Jayanti is an event celebrated in India to mark the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It is celebrated annually on 2 October, and is one of the three national holidays in India. The United Nations celebrates the day as International Day of Non-Violence. Called the "Father of The Nation" by Subhas Chandra Bose, Gandhi espoused one of the most ...
09: Third Friday in September. World Cleanup Day [ 135] 09: September 16, 2023, Third Saturday in September. National Cleanup Day [ 136] 09: September 18, 2021, Third Saturday in September. International Red Panda Day [ 137] 09: Third Saturday of September. Zero Emissions Day [ 138] 09-21: September 21.
Vijayādaśamī ( विजयादशमी) is a compound of the two words vijaya ( विजय, 'victory') [ 16] and daśamī ( दशमी, 'tenth day'), [ 17] connoting the festival on the tenth day celebrating the victory of good over evil. [ 1][ 9][ 18] The same Hindu festival-related term, however, takes different forms in different ...
2014 (Thursday) October 2 is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 90 days remain until the end of the year.
The Mauritius festival dates back to 1896, [79] and the Mauritian government has made it a public holiday. [80] In Malaysia and Singapore, the festival is more commonly known as Vinayagar Chaturthi because of the large Tamil-speaking Hindu minority. [81] In Ghana, ethnic African Hindus celebrate Ganesh Chaturti. [82]
The Indian national calendar, called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. [ 1] Śaka Samvat is generally 78 years behind the Gregorian ...
Ayudha Puja ( Sanskrit: आयुध पूजा, romanized : Āyudha Pūjā, lit. 'worship of tools') is a Hindu observance that falls on the ninth day of the bright half of the moon's cycle of 15 days (as per the Hindu calendar) in the month of September/October, popularly a part of the Navaratri festival. [ 2]