Det sker i Agra, India året igennem

Travlt — Winter break i India, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Regel

  Taj night viewing

  1. jan. – 31. dec.Book tidligt

  The Taj opens after dark on the full moon and the two nights either side, never on a Friday and never during Ramadan. Tickets are sold only at the ASI office in Agra, a day ahead, in batches of fifty. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Winter smog season (1. nov. – 31. jan. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Taj Mahotsav, Holi

• Festival

  Taj Mahotsav

  18.–27. feb.Stor festivalTætpakket

  Ten days of crafts, food stalls and evening concerts at Shilpgram, a few hundred metres from the east gate. It fills the hotels on Fatehabad Road, so the monument queues run longer all week. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  25. feb. – 25. mar. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakketLukninger

  Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India. On the main morning people fill the streets throwing coloured powder and water, visitors included, and many shops and restaurants stay shut until the afternoon. Wear old clothes, protect eyes and cameras, and expect some rowdy crowds. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Travlt — Holi, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Holi (25. feb. – 25. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Risiko

  Pre-monsoon heat

  20. apr. – 20. jun. · normaltEkstrem varme

  The plains bake through May and the marble is too hot to walk on barefoot by mid-morning. Everyone who can goes in at sunrise and then disappears indoors until the evening. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Travlt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Pre-monsoon heat (20. apr. – 20. jun. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Monsoon on the Yamuna plain

  28. jun. – 20. sep. · normalt

  The rains usually reach Agra at the end of June and the river behind the Taj actually fills. Fewest visitors of the year, and the light is either flat grey or the best you will get.

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Pre-monsoon heat (20. apr. – 20. jun. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Monsoon on the Yamuna plain (28. jun. – 20. sep. (normalt))

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Monsoon on the Yamuna plain (28. jun. – 20. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Monsoon on the Yamuna plain (28. jun. – 20. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Diwali

  8. nov.LukningerTætpakketRisiko

  Offices shut for most of a week and Indian families travel, so the Taj is at its fullest on the days either side. Firecrackers land on air that is already heading the wrong way. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Travlt — Diwali

• Risiko

  Winter smog season

  1. nov. – 31. jan. · normalt

  Cold still air over the Doab holds in field smoke, brick kilns and traffic, and the monument can vanish from the far end of its own garden before ten. It is also what stains the marble. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Diwali (8. nov.)

Travlt — Winter break i India, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Taj night viewing (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Winter smog season (1. nov. – 31. jan. (normalt))