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Gujarat Festivals
Gujarat is famous for the world's longest dance festival — 9 nights of Navratri Garba, when entire cities dance around the pillar of Ma Amba. Uttarayan (Sankranti) turns the skies into a colourful battlefield of kites. Diwali here begins the Vikram Samvat new year (Bestu Varas) — Gujarati calendar new year.
Uttarayan / Makar Sankranti
📅 Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Kite-flying — Ahmedabad, Vadodara sky festivals
Rath Yatra (Ahmedabad)
📅 Thursday, 16 July 2026
Jagannath temple's annual chariot procession
Janmashtami
📅 Friday, 4 September 2026
Krishna's birthday
Ganesh Chaturthi
📅 Monday, 14 September 2026
Home installations
Navratri (9 nights)
📅 Sunday, 11 October 2026 – Tuesday, 20 October 2026
World's longest dance festival — Garba, Dandiya Raas
Dussehra
📅 Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Ram vs Ravana; last day of Navratri
Sharad Purnima
📅 Sunday, 25 October 2026
Full moon — Ras Purnima at Krishna temples
Diwali & Bestu Varas
📅 Sunday, 8 November 2026
Diwali night + Gujarati New Year (Kartik Shukla Pratipada)
Bhai Bij
📅 Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Sister-brother bond, day after Bestu Varas
Dates for 2026 are worked out from the panchang — for New Delhi, or for the reference city of the state's own calendar where it has one. Where only a season is shown, the date is fixed locally each year.
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