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Home > Yearly Horoscopes > 2008 > Important Festivals during the year of 2008
January 1, 2008: New Year's Day
January 10, 2008: Moharram
January 11, 2008: Uttarashada Kaarte
January 12, 2008: Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
January 14, 2008: Bheemastami
January 14, 2008: Bhogi
January 15, 2008: Makar Sankranti / Pongal, Uttarayana Aarambham
January 16, 2008: Kanuma
January 17, 2008: Savitri Gowri Vratham
January 24, 2008: Sravana Kaarte
January 26, 2008: Republic Day
January 30, 2008: Mahatma Gandhi Vardanti
Festivals in February 2008
February 2, 2008: Sattila Ekadasi
February 5, 2008: Maasa Sivarathri
February 6, 2008: Dhanista Kaarte
February 11, 2008: Madhana Panchami
February 13, 2008: Ratha Saptami (Sun God's Festival)
February 13, 2008: Kumbhasankramanam
February 17, 2008: Bheeesham Asthami
February 17, 2008: Bheeesham Ekadasi
February 19, 2008: Satabisha Kaarte
February 19, 2008: Sri Rama Krishna Paramahamsa Jayanti
Festivals in March 2008
March 4, 2008: Poorvabadra Kaarte
March 6, 2008: Maha Shivaratri
March 17, 2008: Uttarabhadra Kaarte/Revati Kaarte
March 21, 2008: Holi/Paarsi New Year
March 22, 2008: Vasantosavam
Festivals in April 2008
April 7, 2008: Telugu New Year's Day, Ugadi & Gudi Padwa
April 13, 2008: Sri Rama Navami
April 15, 2008: Dharmaraja Dasami
April 18, 2008: Good Friday / Mahaveer Jayanti
Festivals in May 2008
May 1, 2008: May Day celebrations
May 2, 2008: Sukra Moodami starts
May 7, 2008: Parasurama Jayanti
May 8, 2008: Akshaya Tritiya
May 9, 2008: Sankra Jayanti
May 14, 2008: Vasavi Kanyaka Jayanti
May 18, 2008: Narasimha Jayanti
May 19, 2008: Vyasa Poornima
May 30, 2008: Lord Hanuman Jayanti
Festivals in June 2008
June 2, 2008: Masa Sivaratri
June 4, 2008: Kara Veera Vratam
June 5, 2008: Kalki Jayanti / World Environment Day
June 6, 2008: Maharajah Pratap Jayanti (Rajastan)
June 7, 2008: Uma Devi Puja / Mrugasira Kaarte / Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom Day (Sikh)
June 9, 2008: Vana Gowri Vratam / Jamatri Shashti (West Bengal)
June 11, 2008: Sri Suklaka Devi Puja
June 12, 2008: Brahmini Puja
June 13, 2008: Ganga Dussehra (West Bengal)
June 14, 2008: Sri Adi Sankarula Kailasa Gamanam/Rajas Samkranti (Orissa)
June 15, 2008: Rama Lakshmana / Savitri vratam
June 18, 2008: Poornima / Deva Snana Poornima
June 19, 2008: Guru Hargovind Birthday
June 21, 2008: Arudra Kaarte
June 23, 2008: International Day against Drug abuse and illicit trafficking
June 26, 2008: Trilochana Puja / UN Charter Day (1945)
June 28, 2008: Tiruvalluru Veera Raghavaswami Mudupotsavam
June 30, 2008: Kurma Jayanti
Festivals in July 2008
July 1, 2008: Lord Jagannadha Swamy Rath Yatha
July 11, 2008: Sukra Moodami ends
July 13, 2008: Toli Ekadasi
July 14, 2008: Vasudeva Dwadasi
July 16, 2008: Dakshinayanam Starts
July 18, 2008: Vyasa Poornima
July 18, 2008: Guru Poornima
Festivals in August 2008
August 1, 2008: Solar Eclipse
August 4, 2008: Teej
August 5, 2008: Naga Chaturdhi
August 6, 2008: Naga Panchami
August 7, 2008: Surya Shashti Vratam
August 15, 2008: Varalakshmi Vratam
August 15, 2008: Upasa Karma
August 15, 2008: Indian Independence Day
August 16, 2008: Rakhi / Raksha Bandhan
August 16, 2008: Lunar Eclipse
August 16, 2008: Hayagriva Jayanti
August 18, 2008: Sri Raghavendra Aradana
August 19, 2008: Jamshed-e Navroz / Nowruz / Parsi New Year
August 23, 2008: Sri Krishna Asthami / Sri Krishna Janmashtami
August 24, 2008: Venkayya Swami Aaradana
August 24, 2008: Aja Ekadasi / Ananda Ekadasi
August 24, 2008: Maasa Shivaratri
August 24, 2008: Polala Amavasya
Festivals in September 2008
September 3, 2008: Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaviti, Chitta Chaturdasi
September 4, 2008: Rushi Panchami, Varaaha Avatara Jayanthi
September 5, 2008: Indian Teachers' Day / Birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishna
September 9, 2008: Srimad Bhagavatha Jayanathi
September 10, 2008: Start of Ksheeravratha, Gajalakshmi Vratam
September 11, 2008: Parivartana Ekadasi
September 12, 2008: Vamana Jayanti
September 13, 2008: Onam, Sani Trayodasi, Uttara Karthe
September 14, 2008: Ananta Padmanabha Vratam
September 15, 2008: Uma Maheswara Vratam
September 16, 2008: Mahalaya Paksha Aarambham
September 17, 2008: Asunya Sayana Vratam
September 18, 2008: Undrallla Tadde
September 19, 2008: Sankasthahara Chaturdasi
September 22, 2008: Rudrashtami Vratam
September 26, 2008: Hastha Karthe
September 27, 2008: Shridi Sai Jayanti, Sani Trayodasi
September 28, 2008: Maasa Sivaratri, Mahalaya Amavasya
September 29, 2008: Asweejam / Aasveeyuja / Ashwina / Ashshin / Aippasi month begins
Festivals in October 2008
October 1, 2008: Ramzan / Ramadan
October 2, 2008: Gandhi Jayanti
October 6, 2008: Saraswati Puja
October 7, 2008: Durgastami
October 8, 2008: Maharanvami
Festivals in November 2008
November 1, 2008: Andhra Pradesh State Formation Day / Trilochana Gowri Vratam
November 2, 2008: Nagula Chavithi / Valmiki Puja
November 3, 2008: Gyana Panchami
November 4, 2008: Bheemara Vratam
November 5, 2008: Yagnavalka Jayanti
November 6, 2008: Visakha Kaarte
November 7, 2008: Akshya Navamivratam
November 9, 2008: Chilukula Ekadasi
November 10, 2008: Chilukula Dwadasi / Tulasi Vivah
November 12, 2008: Kaartika Poornima
November 13, 2008: Gurunanak Jayanti
November 14, 2008: Indian Childrens Day (Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru)
November 19, 2008: Anuradha Kaarte/Bhanu Saptami
November 21, 2008: Sri Eswaramma aradhana
November 23, 2008: Sri Satya Sai Baba birthday
November 25, 2008: Dhanwantri Jayanti/Masa Sivaratri
Festivals in December 2008
December 3, 2008: Subramanya Shashti
December 6, 2008: Dr.Ambedkar Vardanti
December 8, 2008: Geeta Jayanti