ShaadiShop’s 2021 South Asian Social Calendar Features:
- all major Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Jain holidays
- you might also like our 2020 and 2022 South Asian Social Calendars.
We published this South Asian Social Calendar to help you select a date for your wedding. This is important as it’s the first thing that venues will ask for when you start researching venues.
January 2021
Jan. 1, Friday, Happy New Year!
Jan. 13, Wednesday, Lohri
Jan. 13-16, Wednesday-Saturday, Pongal (Tamil Harvest Festival)
Jan. 20, Wednesday, Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
Jan. 26, Tuesday, India’s Republic Day
February 2021
Feb. 4, Thursday, Sri Lankan Independence Day
Feb. 15, Monday, President’s Day (3 day weekend)
March 2021
Mar. 11, Thursday, Maha Shivratri
Mar. 26, Friday, Bangladesh Independence Day
March 27, Saturday Passover starts
Mar. 28, Sunday, Holi
April 2021
Apr. 2, Friday, Good Friday
Apr. 3, Saturday, Passover ends
Apr. 4, Sunday, Easter
Apr. 12, Monday, 1st day of Ramadan
Apr. 12, Monday, Ugadi (Telugu New Year)
Apr. 13, Tuesday, Vaisakhi
Apr. 14, Wednesday, Puthandu (Tamil New Year)
Apr. 15, Thursday, Bengali New Year
Apr. 21, Wednesday, Ram Navami
Apr. 25, Sunday, Mahavir Jayanti
Apr. 27, Tuesday, Hanuman Jayanti
May 2021
May 11, Tuesday, Eid al-Fitr and Chaand Raat
May 26, Wednesday, Vesak, Buddha’s birthday
May 31, Monday, Memorial Day
July 2021
July 4, Sunday, Happy birthday America!
July 19-20, Monday-Tuesday, Eid al-Adha
July 26, Monday, Maldives Independence Day
August 2021
Aug. 14, Saturday, Pakistan Independence Day
Aug. 15, Sunday, India Independence Day
Aug. 21, Saturday, Raksha Bandhan
Aug. 21, Saturday, Onam
Aug. 30, Monday, Janmashtami
September 2021
Sept. 4-11, Saturday-Saturday, Paryushan
Sept. 6, Monday, Labor Day (USA)
Sept. 9, Thursday, Ganesh Chaturthi
October 2021
Oct. 6-14, Wednesday-Thursday, Navratri
Oct. 11, Monday, Columbus Day (USA) some people get the day off
Oct. 14, Thursday, Dussehra
Oct. 24, Sunday, Karwa Chauth
Note: Garba will be every weekend this month
November 2021
Nov. 4, Thursday, Diwali
Nov. 6, Saturday, Bhai Dhooj
Nov. 19, Friday Guru Nanak Jayanti
Nov. 25, Thursday, Thanksgiving (USA)
Nov. 28, Sunday, Hannukah starts
December 2021
Dec. 6, Monday, Hanukkah ends
Dec. 25, Saturday, Christmas
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! 🙂

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