Cosa c'è in programma a Mumbai (Bombay) (India) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Mumbai Marathon

• Festival

  Mumbai Marathon

  15–21 gen · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoChiusure

  The third Sunday of January, and the one morning the seafront road and the causeways belong to people rather than traffic. Everything south of Worli is shut to cars until noon. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Wedding season (15 nov – 15 feb)

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

• Festival

  Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

  1–15 feb · di solitoAffollato

  Nine free days in the old fort district, starting the first Saturday of February: installations in the street, readings and a lot of very good food stalls. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  3–4 marFesta religiosaChiusure

  The last big street festival before the hot season. Most of the city takes the day off and colour gets thrown in housing-society compounds rather than on the main roads. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Wedding season (15 nov – 15 feb)

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

• Festival

  Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

  19 marFesta religiosaAffollato

  Marathi Hindu new year marked with gudhi flags outside homes, rangoli, and citywide Shobha Yatra processions with dhol-tasha drumming and women in nauvari sarees. Falls in Chaitra, usually mid-to-late March. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Holi (3–4 mar)

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) (19 mar)

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Summer vacation (north & east) in India

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Affollato — Summer vacation (north & east) in India, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  Monsoon onset

  5–20 giu · di solitoRischio

  The normal arrival date over Mumbai is 11 June, and the whole city reorganises around it within a day. Watching the first burst come in off the Arabian Sea is a genuine event here. Fonte ↗

• Rischio

  Flooding on the suburban lines

  15 giu – 15 set · di solitoStagione delle alluvioniChiusure

  When the tide is high and the rain is heavy the tracks go under and the local trains stop, which strands the city rather than merely slowing it. Keep plans within walking distance on the worst days. Fonte ↗

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 giu – 15 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Narali Purnima (Coconut Day), Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

• Festival

  Narali Purnima (Coconut Day)

  28 agoFesta religiosaAffollato

  Koli fishing communities in Worli, Versova and other coastal koliwadas offer coconuts to the sea to mark the end of the monsoon fishing ban, with decorated boats and processions on the Shravan full moon. Fonte ↗

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  Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

  12 ago – 8 set · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollato

  The morning after Krishna's birthday, govinda troupes go junction to junction building human pyramids to reach a clay pot of curd strung above the street. Traffic in the older suburbs works around them all day. Fonte ↗

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  Ganesh Chaturthi

  14–25 setFesta religiosaAffollatoChiusure

  Ten days that belong to the neighbourhoods, ending with idols carried down to Girgaon Chowpatty and into the sea. The immersion days close roads across the city. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 giu – 15 set (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

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  Bandra Fair

  13–20 setFesta religiosaAffollato

  The week after 8 September the hill road up to the Mount Mary basilica in Bandra becomes a fair — stalls, wax offerings, hundreds of thousands of people, Catholic or otherwise. Bandra's traffic gives up for the duration. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Navratri and Dussehra

  25 set – 25 ott · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollato

  Nine nights of garba in the grounds and society compounds of the northern suburbs, which is where the Gujarati half of the city keeps its calendar. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 giu – 15 set (di solito)), Narali Purnima (Coconut Day) (28 ago), Janmashtami and Dahi Handi (12 ago – 8 set (di solito)), Ganesh Chaturthi (14–25 set)

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Navratri and Dussehra

• Festival

  Diwali

  8 novAffollato

  Lamps on every balcony and a week of visiting either side of the day itself. Flights and trains out of the city are booked solid, and the air after the fireworks is the price of it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Navratri and Dussehra (25 set – 25 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Diwali

• Stagione

  Wedding season

  15 nov – 15 febStagione seccaAffollato

  The dry months are when Mumbai marries, and hotel ballrooms, flower markets and traffic all move around it. Rooms are harder to get on auspicious dates than on public holidays.

Ancora in corso: Diwali (8 nov)

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Wedding season

In dicembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Wedding season (15 nov – 15 feb)