The wear calendar
99 festivals, weddings seasons and craft days of the year, with what is worn on each. Dates are worked out afresh every day; those marked "about" follow the moon or local calendars and can shift by a day.
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January 2027
13 Jan 2027LohriThe midwinter bonfire night of Punjab, with phulkari dupattas, bright suits and sometimes sarees.
14 to 17 Jan 2027PongalThe four-day harvest festival of Tamil Nadu, with a pot of new rice boiled over, a kolam at the door and new sarees.
about 14 to 15 Jan 2027Makar SankrantiThe January sun festival, when Maharashtrian women wear black sarees and swap sesame sweets, and kites fill Gujarat's sky.
14 to 15 Jan 2027Bhogali (Magh) BihuThe Assamese harvest feast of mid January, with a bonfire, a community meal and mekhela chador in the cold.April 2027
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Baisakhi: Michael Clark, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pongal: Saral Shots, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Makar Sankranti: Saloni Desai, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lohri: Karen Sandhu, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nuakhai Odisha: Mamata Padhi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bohag Bihu: Diganta Talukdar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bhogali Bihu: Diganta Talukdar, CC BY 2.0, source