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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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Kind of dayAll Festivals Harvest Wedding season Handloom and craft days Religious days Seasonal wear National days Regional days

November 2026

about 15 Nov to 28 Feb 2027Winter, the silk and wedding seasonFrom mid November to the end of February, cool weather suits silk, brocade, wool shawls and the main run of weddings.

February 2027

13 Feb 2027Pohela FalgunThe first day of spring in Bangladesh, kept in yellow and orange sarees with garlands of marigold.

March 2027

about 15 Mar to 31 May 2027Summer, the cotton seasonFrom mid March to the end of May, light cotton, mulmul, linen and Chanderi are what women reach for.

June 2027

about 15 Jun to 30 Sept 2027The monsoon, light and quick-dryingFrom mid June to the end of September, women choose cloths that dry fast and lighter drapes that do not drag.

July 2027

about 19 Jul to 17 Aug 2027Sawan, the green monthIn north India the rainy month of Sawan (Shravana) is the season of green sarees, bangles and henna.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Sawan Green Sarees: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
Pohela Falgun Bangladesh: Ashraf Siddiqui, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

The weekly drape

Every Monday: seven sarees you may not know, what is being worn this week, and one drape explained step by step.