Festival and Holidays Calendar

2025

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We are happy to bring you Festival Holidays Calendar 2025. All Dates / Tithi / Lunar Days in this calendar 2025 are as per Auckland, New Zealand time and coordinates. Unless specified otherwise. We tried to add festivals of all the religions (predominantly followed in Indian subcontinent) in our Festival Holidays Calendar 2025 along with New Zealand national holidays.

January 2025

1	Wed	New Year’s Day, Solemnity of mother Mary, Pratipada / Ekam / 1st Lunar day
2	Thu	Day after New Year’s day
3	Fri	Chaturthi, 4th Lunar day
4	Sat	Shukla paksh / Bright lunar fortnight (Waxing moon)
5	Sun	Skand Shashi, 6th lunar day
6	Mon	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (birthday), Epiphany
7	Tue
8	Wed
9	Thu
10	Fri	Paush Putrada / Vaikunth Ekadasi, 11th Lunar day, Paush Shukla Ekadasi पौष शुक्ल पक्ष की एकादशी
11	Sat	Pradosh Vrat, Rohini Vrat
12	Sun	Swami Vivekananda Jayanti, National Youth Day
13	Mon	Anvadhan, Arudra Darshan,
14	Tue	Makara Sankranti, Pongal, Uttarayana, makaravilakku, Magha Bihu, Shakambhari Purnima, Pausha Purnima, Ishti, Hazrat Ali’s birthday
15	Wed
16	Thu
17	Fri	Sankashthi Chaturthi, 4th Lunar day
18	Sat
19	Sun
20	Mon	Wellington Anniversary day
21	Tue
22	Wed
23	Thu
24	Fri
25	Sat	Shattila Ekadasi एकादशी, 11th Lunar day
26	Sun	Indian Republic Day, Australia Day
27	Mon	NZ school Term 1 starts (between 27 Jan and 7 Feb), Auckland Anniversary Day, Pradosh Vrat
28	Tue
29	Wed	Mauni / Darsh / Magha Amavasya, Anvadhan
30	Thu	Ishti
31	Fri

February 2025

1	Sat
2	Sun	Basant / Vasant / Rang Panchmi (India)
3	Mon	Basant / Vasant / Rang Panchmi (New Zealand), 5th Lunar day, Nelson Anniversary day
4	Tue	World Cancer day
5	Wed	Ratha Saptami, Bhishma Ashtami
6	Thu	Waitangi Day (NZ Public holiday)
7	Fri
8	Sat	Jaya Ekadasi एकादशी, 11th Lunar day
9	Sun
10	Mon	Chinese New Year, Pradosh Vrat
11	Tue
12	Wed	Guru Ravidas Birthday, Magha Purnima / Full moon day
13	Thu	Krishna Paksh Pratipada / Ekam, 1st Lunar day of wanning moon / dark lunar fortnight
14	Fri	Valentines Day
15	Sat
16	Sun	Sankashthi Chaturthi, 4th lunar day
17	Mon
18	Tue
19	Wed	ShivajiJayanti
20	Thu
21	Fri
22	Sat
23	Sun	Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
24	Mon	Vijaya Ekadasi एकादशी, 11th lunar day
25	Tue	Pradosh Vrat
26	Wed	Maha Shivratri
27	Thu
28	Fri	Ramadan begins (day may vary), Phalguna Amavasya, No moon Day

March 2025

1	Sat
2	Sun
3	Mon
4	Tue	Mardi Gras
5	Wed	Ash Wednesday
6	Thu
7	Fri
8	Sat	International Women’s day
9	Sun
10	Mon	Amalki Ekadasi एकादशी, 11th lunar day, Taranaki Anniversary day
11	Tue
12	Wed
13	Thu	Holika Dahan (India)
14	Fri	Holi color festival (India), Holika Dahan (NZ), Dolyatra, Chandra Grahan, Phalgun Purnima
15	Sat	Holi color festival (NZ)
16	Sun
17	Mon	St Patrick’s Day
18	Tue
19	Wed
20	Thu	Autumn Equinox
21	Fri	Sheetla Saptami
22	Sat	Sheetla Ashtami, Basoda
23	Sun
24	Mon	Otago Anniversary day
25	Tue
26	Wed	Papmochini Ekadasi एकादशी, 11th Lunar day
27	Thu
28	Fri	Jannat Ul-Vida
29	Sat	Surya Grahan (anshik)
30	Sun	Ugadi, Gudi Padva, Cheti Chand, Chaitra Shikla, Waxing moon fortnight, Chaitra Navratri, International day of Zero Waste
31	Mon	Id Ul-Fitr / Eid ul-fitr(day may vary)

April 2025

1	Tue	Gauri Puja, Gangaur, April Fool’s day
2	Wed
3	Thu	Yamuna Chath, 6th Lunar day
4	Fri
5	Sat
6	Sun	Day light saving ends, Ram Navmi, Swami Narayan Jayanti, World Health Day
7	Mon
8	Tue	Kamada Ekadasi, 11th lunar day
9	Wed
10	Thu	Mahavir Swami Jayanti
11	Fri	NZ School term 1 ends
12	Sat
13	Sun	Vaisakhi, Vishu, Chaitra Purnima, full moon day, Hanuman Jayanti, Palm Sunday
14	Mon	Meshadi, Tamil New Year, Mesh Sankranti, Solar New Year
15	Tue	Vaisakhadi, Bahag Bihu
16	Wed
17	Thu	Maundy / Holy Thursday
18	Fri	Good Friday
19	Sat	Easter Saturday
20	Sun	Easter Sunday
21	Mon	Easter Monday
22	Tue	Southland anniversary day, Internati9onal Mother Earth day
23	Wed
24	Thu	Varuthini Ekadasi, 11th lunar day
25	Fri	Anzac day
26	Sat
27	Sun
28	Mon	NZ school term 2 starts, Somavati Amavasya, no moon day
29	Tue
30	Wed	Akshya Tritiya, Hindu auspicious day / muhurat for marriage, 3rd lunar day, Parshuram Jayanti,

May 2025

1	Thu	Indian Labour Day / May Day (India)
2	Fri
3	Sat
4	Sun	Ganga Saptami
5	Mon
6	Tue	Sita Navmi
7	Wed
8	Thu	Mohini Ekadasi, 11th lunar day
9	Fri	Guru Rabindranath Birthday
10	Sat
11	Sun	Mothers day
12	Mon	Budhha Purnima, Vaisakh Purnima, Full moon day, Vesak Day
13	Tue
14	Wed
15	Thu
16	Fri
17	Sat
18	Sun
19	Mon
20	Tue
21	Wed
22	Thu
23	Fri	Apara Ekadasi
24	Sat	Gaun apara ekadasi
25	Sun
26	Mon
27	Tue	Vat Savitri vrat
28	Wed
29	Thu	Ascension
30	Fri
31	Sat	World No Tobacco Day

June 2025

1	Sun
2	Mon	King’s Birthday
3	Tue
4	Wed	Hajj begins
5	Thu	World Environment Day, Day of arafah
6	Fri
7	Sat	Id Ul Zuha / Eid al Adha, Nirjala Ekadasi, 11th lunar day
8	Sun	Pentecost
9	Mon	Whit / Pentacost Monday
10	Tue
11	Wed	Vat purnima vrat, Jyeshtha purnima, full moon day
12	Thu
13	Fri
14	Sat
15	Sun
16	Mon
17	Tue
18	Wed
19	Thu
20	Fri	Matariki
21	Sat	International day of Yoga
22	Sun	Yogini ekadasi, 11th lunar day
23	Mon
24	Tue	St John the Baptist
25	Wed
26	Thu	Islamic new year
27	Fri	NZ school term 2 ends, Jagannath Rath Yatra
28	Sat
29	Sun	St Peter & Paul
30	Mon

July 2025

1	Tue	St Thomas
2	Wed
3	Thu
4	Fri
5	Sat
6	Sun	Muharram (day may vary), Devshayani ekadasi, 11th lunar day
7	Mon	Al-Hijra, Ashura (day may vary)
8	Tue
9	Wed
10	Thu
11	Fri	Guru Purnima, Ashadha full moon day
12	Sat
13	Sun
14	Mon	NZ School term 3 starts
15	Tue
16	Wed
17	Thu
18	Fri
19	Sat
20	Sun
21	Mon	Kamika Ekadasi, 11th lunar day
22	Tue
23	Wed
24	Thu
25	Fri	St James TG
26	Sat
27	Sun	Hariyali Teej
28	Mon
29	Tue	Naag Panchmi
30	Wed
31	Thu

August 2025

1	Fri
2	Sat
3	Sun
4	Mon
5	Tue	Shravan Putrada Ekadasi, 11th lunar day
6	Wed
7	Thu
8	Fri	Varalakshmi Vrat
9	Sat	Raksha Bandhan / Rakhi, Gayatri Jayanti, Shravan Purnima, full moon day
10	Sun
11	Mon
12	Tue	Kajari Teej
13	Wed
14	Thu
15	Fri	Indian Independence Day, Parsi New Year, Nauroj, Janmashtami (SMARTA), Assumption (of Mother Mary)
16	Sat	Krishna Janmashtami (NZ)
17	Sun
18	Mon
19	Tue	Aja Ekadasi / 11th lunar day
20	Wed
21	Thu
22	Fri
23	Sat
24	Sun	St Bartholomew
25	Mon
26	Tue	Hartalika Teej, 3rd lunar day
27	Wed	Ganesh / Vinayaka Chaturthi, 4th lunar day
28	Thu	Rishi Panchmi, 5th lunar day
29	Fri
30	Sat
31	Sun	Radha Ashtami, 8th lunar day

September 2025

1	Mon
2	Tue
3	Wed
4	Thu	Parsva Ekadasi एकादशी, 11th Lunar day
5	Fri	Onam or Thiru Onam Day, Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad / Birthday of Prophet Mohammad
6	Sat
7	Sun	Ganesh Visarjan, Anand Chaturdashi, Bhadrapad Purnima, Fathers day
8	Mon	Pitru paksh / shjradhha paksh begins
9	Tue
10	Wed
11	Thu
12	Fri
13	Sat
14	Sun
15	Mon
16	Tue
17	Wed	Vishwakarma Puja, Indira Ekadasi एकादशी / 11th lunar day
18	Thu	Gaun Indira Ekadasi
19	Fri	NZ School term 3 ends
20	Sat
21	Sun	Sarv Pitru Amavasya, Pitru paksh / Sharadhha paksh ends
22	Mon	Canterbury (South) anniversary day, Dominion Day
23	Tue	Navratri Begins
24	Wed
25	Thu
26	Fri
27	Sat
28	Sun	Day light savings starts
29	Mon	Maha Saptami, Saraswati Avahan
30	Tue	Maha Ashtami, Saraswati Puja

October 2025

1	Wed	Maha Navmi
2	Thu	Dushehara / Dussera, Vijaya Dashmi, Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahudar Shashtri birthday
3	Fri	Papankuish Ekadasi एकादशी, 11th Lunar day
4	Sat
5	Sun	Daylight saving starts
6	Mon	NZ school term 4 starts, Kojagari puja, Sharad Purnima, Ashwin Purnima, full moon day
7	Tue	Maharshi Valmiki Birthday
8	Wed
9	Thu
10	Fri	Karwa Chauth / Karaka Chaturthi, 4th Lunar day
11	Sat
12	Sun
13	Mon
14	Tue
15	Wed
16	Thu
17	Fri	Govatsa Dwadasi, 12th lunar day, Baras
18	Sat	St Luke
19	Sun	Dhan Teras, 13th lunar day, Dhanvantari Trayodasi, Kali Chaudas (NZ)
20	Mon	Deepawali / Diwali, Naraka Chaturdashi (India)
21	Tue	Deepawali / Diwali / Lakshmi Puja (New Zealand)
22	Wed	Govardhan Puja (India)
23	Thu	Bhai Dooj (India)
24	Fri	Hawke’s bay anniversary day
25	Sat
26	Sun
27	Mon	NZ Labour day
28	Tue	Chhath Puja, Pratihar Sashshthi, Surya Sashthi, 6th Lunar day
29	Wed
30	Thu
31	Fri

November 2025

1	Sat	All Saints day
2	Sun	Devuttana Ekadasi, 11th lunar day
3	Mon	Tulsi Vivah, Marlborough anniversary day
4	Tue
5	Wed	Shri Guru Nanak Birthday, Kartik Purnima, full moon day
6	Thu
7	Fri
8	Sat
9	Sun
10	Mon
11	Tue
12	Wed	Kalbhairav Jayanti
13	Thu
14	Fri	Canterbury anniversary day
15	Sat
16	Sun	Utpanna Ekadasi, 11th lunar day
17	Mon
18	Tue
19	Wed
20	Thu
21	Fri
22	Sat
23	Sun
24	Mon	Guru Teg Bahadurs martyrdom day
25	Tue	Vivah Panchmi
26	Wed
27	Thu
28	Fri
29	Sat
30	Sun	Advent, St Andrew

December 2025

1	Mon	Westland and Chatham Islands anniversary day, Gita Jayanti, Mokshada Ekadasi, 11th lunar day, World AIDS day
2	Tue
3	Wed
4	Thu	Dattatreya Jayanti
5	Fri	Margashirsha Purnima, full moon day
6	Sat
7	Sun
8	Mon
9	Tue
10	Wed
11	Thu
12	Fri
13	Sat
14	Sun
15	Mon	Saphala Ekadasi
16	Tue
17	Wed
18	Thu
19	Fri	NZ school term 4 ends (no later than this day)
20	Sat
21	Sun
22	Mon
23	Tue
24	Wed	Christmas Eve
25	Thu	Christmas Day
26	Fri	Boxing Day
27	Sat
28	Sun
29	Mon
30	Tue
31	Wed	New Year Eve, Pausha Putrada Ekadasi

indiansinnz.com Festival Holidays Calendar 2025

Disclaimer: Though all the precautions are taken to calculate exact Festival Holidays Calendar (Christian, Jews, Parsi, Chinese) / Tithi or Lunar day (Hindu, Sikh, Buddisht, Jain, Muslim, Parsi) as per Auckland and/or New Zealand Standard Time, there may be some differences across multiple sites / publications. This may be because of variation in calculating Sun Rise/Set and Moon Rise/Set timings.

Indian calendar (Panchang) explanation: First day after no Moon day (अमावस्या) is considered here as first day of Hindu Month. This is called Amant Calendar (अमान्त पंचांग). In few parts of India first day of Hindu Month is considered on one day after Full Moon (पूर्णिमा) and the calendar is known as Purnimant Calendar (पूर्णिमान्त पंचांग). Only month name changes in these two methods. Tithi still remains the same. For example, if the tithi is Shukla paksh Chaturthi (शुक्ल पक्ष चतुर्थी), it remains same in both the methods. We are committed to provide accurate information on our portal, however, we do not take any responsibility on accuracy of the calendar, events or panchang published here in Festival Holidays Calendar.

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