When is Vasant Panchami 2025?
Vasant Panchami 2025 was on Sunday, February 2, 2025.
Dates follow the Hindu calendar for New Delhi, India. In North America some festivals are kept one day earlier because of the time difference; check with your temple.
Welcomes spring and honors Saraswati, goddess of learning and music. Many people wear yellow.
How the date is set: The fifth day of the bright half of the month of Magha.
The date in other years
A short history
Vasant Panchami, also rendered Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a Hindu festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. It is celebrated during the fifth day (Panchami) in the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) of the month of Magha between January and February every year of the Hindu lunar year. Vasant Panchami also marks the start of preparation for Holika and Holi, which take place forty days later. The Vasant Utsava (festival) on Panchami is celebrated forty days before spring, because any season's transition period is 40 days, and after that, the season comes into full bloom.
From Wikipedia’s article Vasant Panchami, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sources
- Drik Panchang festival calendar (New Delhi) Dates
- Wikipedia: Vasant Panchami Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)