Vasant Panchami, also called Saraswati Puja in honor of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways depending on the region. Vasant Panchami also marks the start of preparation for Holika and Holi, which take place forty days later.[4] The Vasant Utsava (festival) on Panchami is celebrated forty days before spring, because any season's transition period is 40 days, and after that, the season comes into full bloom.
Official name Vasant Panchami[1]
Also called Saraswati Puja
Observed by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Java and Bali (Indonesia and many other countries)[2]
Type Cultural
Significance Spring, harvest, goddess Saraswati[2]
Celebrations Worship of goddess Saraswati[2][3]
Date māsa (amānta) / māsa (purnimānta), pakṣa, tithi
2022 date 5 February (Saturday)
2023 date 26 January (Thursday)
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