Vasant Panchami

Also known as Saraswati Puja, Shree Panchami, Festival of Kites, Basant Panchami, Panchmi

festival

Key facts

Observed by: Hindus in India , Nepal , Bangladesh , Java and Bali (Indonesia and many other countries)
Type: Cultural, religious
Significance: Spring, harvest, Goddess Saraswati
Celebrations: Worship of Goddess Saraswati
Date: Magha Shukla Panchami
2025 date: 2 February (Sunday)
2026 date: 23 January (Friday)
2027 date: 11 February (Thursday)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Image: Mustard Fields.jpg

Sources (3)

wikidata.org

~13 min read

Article

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.