Happy New Year: When is Diwali, Navratri and Karwa Chauth? Check full list of festival dates in 2025

With the New Year comes renewed energy and the joy of awaiting the cultural and religious festivals such as Diwali, Holi, and Navratri, which bring vibrancy to our lives. The sheer joy of turning the pages of a new calendar to check when our favourite festival is is unmatched. 

So, as we bid farewell to 2024 and embrace the arrival of 2025 with hope and excitement, let’s take a look at the special dates to look forward to in 2025:

When will Diwali, Navratri, and Karwa Chauth be in 2025?

Diwali, the festival of lights, symbolises hope, prosperity, and the triumph of good over evil. In 2025, Diwali will be observed on Monday, October 20.

Karwa Chauth will be observed on October 10, while Durga Ashtami will fall on September 30.

January 2025 

January 1: English New Year

January 6: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

January 12: Swami Vivekananda Jayanti

January 14: Makar Sankranti

January 21: Vivekananda Jayanti

January 23: Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

January 30: Gandhi Punyatithi

February 2025

February 2: Vasant Panchmi

February 4: World Cancer Day

February 12: Guru Ravidas Jayanti

February 14: Valentine’s Day

February 19: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

February 23: Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti

February 26: Maha Shivratri

March 2025

March 1: Ramkrishna Jayanti

March 8: International Woman’s Day

March 14: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanti

March 17: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

March 30: Jhulelal Jayanti

April 2025

April 6: Ram Navami

April 10: Mahavir Swami Jayanti

April 14: Ambedkar Jayanti

April 24: Vallabhacharya Jayanti

May 2025

May 1: International Workers’ Day

May 2: Shankaracharya Jayanti

May 7: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti

May 29: Maharana Pratap Jayanti

May 31: World No Tobacco Day

June 2025

June 5: World Environment Day

June 21: International Yoga Day

June 27: Jagannath Rathyatra

June 27: Islamic New Year

July 2025

July 6: Muharram

July 31: Tulsidas Jayanti

August 2025

August 3: Friendship Day

August 15: Independence Day

August 27: Ganesh Chaturthi

September 2025

September 5: Onam

September 5: Milad un-Nabi

September 5: Teachers’ Day

September 14: Hindi Diwas

September 15: Visvesvaraya Jayanti

September 15: Engineer’s Day

September 22: Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti

September 30: Durga Ashtami

October 2025

October 1: Maha Navami

October 2: Madhvacharya Jayanti

October 2: Gandhi Jayanti

October 7: Valmiki Jayanti

October 7: Meerabai Jayanti

October 20: Narak Chaturdashi

October 22: Govardhan Puja

November 2025

November 5: Guru Nanak Jayanti

November 14: Nehru Jayanti

November 14: Children’s Day

December 2025

December 1: World AIDS Day

December 27: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti