4 festivals · Spring → Summer
चैत्र / वैशाख
Ram Navami birth of Rama; Hanuman Jayanti devotion of the chiranjeevi.
Sunday · Lord Hanuman
Birth celebration of Hanuman ji. Observed on full moon of Chaitra. Devotees recite Hanuman Chalisa 108 times, offer sindoor and chola.
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Tuesday · Sun / Guru Gobind Singh
Solar New Year and Punjabi harvest festival on Mesha Sankranti — when the Sun enters Aries. Also commemorates 1699 CE, when Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa Panth at Anandpur Sahib, baptising the Panj Pyare with Amrit. Farmers thank the divine for the rabi harvest; Sikhs celebrate the birth of the Khalsa identity.
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Tuesday · Vishnu / Krishna
Malayali New Year on Medam 1 (Sun's entry into Mesha rashi), centred on the Vishukkani — the first auspicious sight at dawn. Elders arrange a uruli (bronze vessel) the previous night with raw rice, golden Konna (cassia fistula) flowers, fresh fruits, a mirror, gold coins, a yellow cucumber, and an image of Krishna; family members are led to it blindfolded at sunrise to ensure their first vision of the year is prosperous.
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Sunday · Vishnu / Lakshmi
Day of inexhaustible (akshaya) prosperity. Any new venture, purchase (especially gold), donation made today is believed to multiply. Treta Yuga began on this day.
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