Agenda di Benares, India sepanjang tahun

Puncak keramaian — Makar Sankranti, Winter break di India

• Festival

  Makar Sankranti

  13–16 JanPerayaan keagamaanRamai

  Kites over the old city all day and a dawn dip at the ghats on 14 January, the day the sun turns north. Sesame sweets from every stall, and the one bright morning inside the fog weeks. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Post-Diwali smog (25 Okt – 10 Feb (biasanya)), Winter fog (15 Des – 31 Jan (biasanya))

Ramai — Mahashivratri, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Festival

  Mahashivratri

  10 Feb – 15 Mar · biasanyaPerayaan keagamaanRamai

  The night of the city's own god. Queues at the Kashi Vishwanath temple run for hours and continue all night, and the lanes of the old town are impassable from the afternoon before. Sumber ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  25 Feb – 20 Mar · biasanyaPerayaan keagamaanPenutupanRisiko

  Taken harder here than almost anywhere, and largely impossible to sit out. The ghats and the old town are unusable for most of the day, boats stop running, and shops stay shut into the afternoon. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Post-Diwali smog (25 Okt – 10 Feb (biasanya))

Ramai — Mahashivratri, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Maret.

Masih berlangsung: Mahashivratri (10 Feb – 15 Mar (biasanya)), Holi (25 Feb – 20 Mar (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Buddha Purnima at Sarnath, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) di India

• Musim

  Plains summer

  15 Apr – 20 Jun · biasanyaPanas ekstrem

  The Gangetic plain at its worst: the ghats are empty between ten and five and the stone is too hot to sit on. Sunrise boats and evening aarti still work, and nothing in between does.

• Festival

  Buddha Purnima at Sarnath

  25 Apr – 25 Mei · biasanyaPerayaan keagamaanRamai

  Sarnath, where the first sermon was given, takes a procession and pilgrims from across Asia on the May full moon. It is ten kilometres out of town and the one reason to leave the river in that heat. Sumber ↗

Puncak keramaian — Buddha Purnima at Sarnath, Summer vacation (north & east) di India

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Mei.

Masih berlangsung: Plains summer (15 Apr – 20 Jun (biasanya)), Buddha Purnima at Sarnath (25 Apr – 25 Mei (biasanya))

Ramai — Summer vacation (north & east) di India, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Juni.

Masih berlangsung: Plains summer (15 Apr – 20 Jun (biasanya))

Sepi — libur sekolah di 5 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, salah satu bulan cuaca terburuknya

• Bahaya

  Ghats under water

  25 Jul – 15 Sep · biasanyaMusim banjirPenutupan

  In most monsoons the Ganga rises over the lower ghats, the boats are grounded by order, and the evening aarti moves to higher ground. Cremations at Manikarnika shift up the steps into the lanes. Sumber ↗

Sepi — libur sekolah di 4 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, salah satu bulan cuaca terburuknya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Agustus.

Masih berlangsung: Ghats under water (25 Jul – 15 Sep (biasanya))

Musim peralihan — libur sekolah di 3 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, bulan biasa

• Festival

  Ramnagar Ramlila

  5 Sep – 15 Okt · biasanyaPerayaan keagamaan

  A month of nightly open-air Ramlila staged across Ramnagar on the far bank, unamplified and lit by lanterns, with the audience walking between locations. It has run under the maharaja's patronage for two centuries. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Ghats under water (25 Jul – 15 Sep (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Chhath Puja, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) di India

• Festival

  Chhath Puja

  24 Okt – 22 Nov · biasanyaPerayaan keagamaanRamai

  Four days of fasting for the sun god in Kartik, and the one festival that fills the ghats twice in a day: at sunset, then again before dawn, families standing waist-deep in the river with their offerings. Assi and Dashashwamedh take the biggest crowds. Sumber ↗

• Bahaya

  Post-Diwali smog

  25 Okt – 10 Feb · biasanyaKabut asap musim dingin

  Stubble burning upwind, firecrackers and a cold air trap put the plains under a brown haze from Diwali onward. The fog weeks that follow hold it down rather than clear it. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Ramnagar Ramlila (5 Sep – 15 Okt (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Chhath Puja, Dev Deepawali

• Festival

  Dev Deepawali

  24 NovDiwaliRamaiPesan lebih awal

  On Kartik Purnima, a fortnight after Diwali, every step of every ghat is set with oil lamps and the whole river front is lit at once. The single busiest night of the Varanasi year; boats are booked months ahead. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Chhath Puja (24 Okt – 22 Nov (biasanya)), Post-Diwali smog (25 Okt – 10 Feb (biasanya))

Ramai — Winter break di India, libur sekolah di 4 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Bahaya

  Winter fog

  15 Des – 31 Jan · biasanyaMusim kabutPenutupan

  Dense plains fog settles over the river for weeks and takes the flights and the trains with it, with delays measured in hours rather than minutes. The sunrise boat is a matter of luck. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Post-Diwali smog (25 Okt – 10 Feb (biasanya))