A Jewish observance on the 14th day of the month of Adar in the Jewish calendar, which is in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. It commemorates a time […]

A Hindu festival that usually takes place in February or March on the Gregorian calendar. It starts on the evening of the full moon night (Purnima) in the 12th Hindu […]

Shushan Purim falls on Adar 15 and is the day on which Jews in Jerusalem celebrate Purim.

Celebrated as the first day of the year by Maharashtrians and Konkanis. On this day new Samvatsara, which is a cycle of sixty years, starts. All sixty Samvatsara are identified […]