We publish this wedding date guide annually. It’s purpose is to show you month-by-month South Asian religious and cultural dates as well as national holidays that could impact the preferred dates that you select for your wedding.
The reason the dates are important is because that’s the first thing venues look at when or your wedding. Venues look to see whether their space is available on your preferred dates. If it is, then the conversation can move forward. If not, then they will ask if you are considering alternative dates.
ShaadiShop’s 2022 South Asian Social Calendar Features:
January 2022
January 1, Saturday, Happy New Year!
January 8, Saturday, Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
January 13, Thursday, Lohri
January 13-16, Thursday-Saturday, Pongal (Tamil Harvest Festival)
February 2022
February 21, Monday, President’s Day (3 day weekend for some)
March 2022
March 1, Tuesday, Maha Shivratri
March 8, Tuesday, Holi
April 2022
April 2, Sunday, Ugadi (Telugu New Year)
April 2, Saturday, 1st day of Ramadan
April 10, Sunday, Ram Navami
April 14, Thursday, Vaisakhi
April 14, Thursday, Mahavir Jayanti
April 14, Thursday, Puthandu (Tamil New Year)
April 15, Friday, Passover starts
April 16, Saturday, Hanuman Jayanti
April 17, Sunday, Easter
April 23, Saturday, Passover ends
April 15, Friday Passover starts
May 2022
May 1, Sunday, Eid al-Fitr and Chaand Raat
May 16, Monday, Vesak, Buddha’s birthday
May 30, Monday, Memorial Day
July 2022
July 4, Monday, Happy birthday America!
July 9-10, Sunday-Monday, Eid al-Adha
August 2022
August 11, Thursday, Raksha Bandhan
August 18, Thursday, Janmashtami
August 24-September 1, Wednesday to the following Thursday, Paryushan
Aug. 30, Tuesday, Ganesh Chaturthi
September 2022
September 5, Monday, Labor Day (USA)
September 8, Thursday, Onam
September 26, Monday, Navratri starts
October 2022
October 4, Tuesday, Navratri ends
October 4, Tuesday, Dussehra
October 10, Monday, Columbus Day (USA) some people get the day off
October 13, Thursday, Karwa Chauth
October 24, Monday, Diwali
October 27, Wednesday, Bhai Dhooj
Note: Garba will be every weekend this month
November 2022
November 8, Monday Guru Nanak Jayanti
November 24, Thursday, Thanksgiving (USA)
December 2022
Dec. 18-26, Hannukah
Dec. 25, Sunday, Christmas
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! 🙂
Cover image: Wedding Documentary Photo + Video; Venue: Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort
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