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Introduction
The Hindu festivals, fasts, rituals, holy baths and the observance of sacred days are part and parcel of the great cultural heritage. They are religious and social and a great source of spiritual and moral enrichment. They also lend zest, variety, colour and grandeur to an otherwise insipid, routine and care-worn day-to–day human existence. The Hindu festivals are more than what they appear to be. They are essentially a way of living and thinking in the course of existence, and as such bring their whole right to bear on the individual and the society.
Unlike the deities of the Hindu pantheon, the festivals are numerous and frequent, but basically religious, psychological and intimately connected with the changes of seasons, though many of them have lost the history of their origin in the mists of hoary past. With passage of time they have undergone a process of transformation and evolution and many new festivals have been grafted upon the old ones.
A Hindu festival is, in fact, something more than a ‘festival’. It is cathartic in nature, and as a means of purification strengthens the spirit within. Their goal is to find enjoyment through renunciation and self-denial. They are more of an exploration of the colourful things of life, without being bound to or obsessed by them. This month’s Festival.
Friday, 1 April 2022 Amavas until 7:24
Saturday, 2 April 2022 Gudi Padvo, V. S. 2079 begins (N. India), Cheitri Navratri begins, Cheti Chand (Sindh)
Sunday, 3 April 2022 Matsya Jayanti, (Mu. 9 Ramadan)
Friday, 8 April 2022 Aayabil Oli-Atthai begins (Jain)
Saturday, 9 April 2022 Durga Ashtami
Sunday, 10 April 2022 Shree Ram Navmi, Abhijit Muhurat 12:39 to 13:33 Leicester (Midday 13:06), Chaitri Navratri ends, Shree Swami Narayan Jayanti, Ravipushya Sunrise to 26:21
Monday, 11 April 2022 Dharmaraj Dashmi
Tuesday, 12 April 2022 Kamda Ekadashi, Shree Vallabhacharya Vadhai
Wednesday, 13 April 2022 Vaman-Madan Dwadashi, Vishnudamnostav
Thursday, 14 April 2022 Anang Trayodashi, Shree Mahavir Jayanti (Jain)
Friday, 15 April 2022 Shivdamanak Chaturdashi, Good Friday
Saturday, 16 April 2022 Vrat Purnima, Chaitri Purnima, Hanuman Jayanti Aaymbil Oli ends (Jain)
Sunday, 17 April 2022 Easter Sunday
Monday, 18 April 2022 Easter Monday
Tuesday, 26 april 2022 Varuthini Ekadashi
Saturday, 30 April 2022 Darsh Amavas (Partial Solar eclipse not viible in UK)
Sunday, 1 May 2022 Gujarat & Maharashtra Day
Monday, 2 May 2022 Ramadan Eid - UK
Tuesday, 3 May 2022 Akshar-akshay Trutiya, Parsuram Jayanti Jain Varsi tap na parna
Saturday, 7 May 2022 Shree Gangotpati, Ganga Saptami, Ganga Pooja
Tuesday, 10 May 2022 Siti Navmi
Thursday, 12 May 2022 Mohini Ekadashi
Friday, 13 May 2022 Parshuram-Rkimani Dwadashi
Saturday, 14 May 2022 Narsinha Jayanti
Sunday, 15 May 2022 Vrat Purnima, Koorma Jayanti
Monday,, 16 May 2022 Vaishakhi and Buddha Purnima, Purnima until 5:14 Total Lunar Eclipse visible in UK and need to be observed. (Please see details below)
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LIST OF IMPORTANT HINDU FESTIVALS & VRATS FOR U.K.
Important Note: The Hindu festivals are generally based on a certain Tithi (roughly translated as the lunar phase) or the Nakshatra (Position of Asterisms with respect to the moon and the earth) in a given month or the transition of other heavenly bodies. When the time and place differ a lot from the place for which the Panchang (Religious Almanac) is computed the occurrence of the festival on a given day could change. To correctly compute the time and date of a festival, one must compute the Tithi, Nakshatra etc. for that place in terms of the local time of that place. The festival celebration times and days/dates listed here are calculated according to local UK times and these may differ from other places in the world (e.g. India, USA). (Ref: Rushi Panchang - UK)
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2022 Eclipse Details - Leicester – United Kingdom
30 April 2022 – Partial Solar Eclipse (GMT) (Not visible in UK) Beginning 18:45:18, Greatest 20:41:18, End 22:37:54 (G.M.T.) (Visible in – Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Easter I., San Juan Bautista, Juan Fernandez Is., Peru, )
16 May 2022 – Total Lunar Eclipse (Moon set 05:10am BST Leic.) (Visible in UK and need to be observed) – (Visible in – Middle East to New Zealand)
Leicester – Sunrise 05:07 & Moon set 05:10 (16 May 2022) Eclipse timing for Leicester is 03:27:30 until 05:07 The Sunrise is at 05:07 and hence you will see the start of the eclipse from 03:27 until the Sunrise at 05:07. Vedh – from Sunday, 15th 21:17 (maximum) & from Monday, 16th 01:48 (minimum)
25 October 2022 – Partial Solar Eclipse (GMT) (Visible in UK and need to be observed) – Beginning 08:58:12, Greatest 11:00:06, End 13:02:12 (G.M.T.)
Partial Solar Eclipse, UK Leicester – Beginning 10:07:03.5, Greatest 10:57:48.2, End 11:50:18 (B.S.T) (Partial Solar Eclipse, UK London – Beginning 10:08:03.0, Greatest 10:59:04.5, End 11:51:17.5 (B.S.T)) Vedh – from Monday, 24th 20:07 (maximum) & from Tuesday, 25th 07:19 (minimum) (Visible in – India, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iran, France, Germany, Poland, Belgium, ….. UK, … Uzbekistan, Yemen)
8 November 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse (GMT) (Not Visible in UK and it is not observed) – (Visible in – Americas, Australia, New Zealand, Far East, India)
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