Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Mumbai (Bombay), India

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Mumbai Marathon

• Festival

  Mumbai Marathon

  15–21 jan · meestalSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Wedding season (15 nov – 15 feb)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

• Festival

  Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

  1–15 feb · meestalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  3–4 mrtReligieus feestSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Wedding season (15 nov – 15 feb)

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

• Festival

  Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

  19 mrtReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Holi (3–4 mrt)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) (19 mrt)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Summer vacation (north & east) in India

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Summer vacation (north & east) in India, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Monsoon onset

  5–20 jun · meestalRisico

  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. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Flooding on the suburban lines

  15 jun – 15 sep · meestalOverstromingsseizoenSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Narali Purnima (Coconut Day), Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

• Festival

  Narali Purnima (Coconut Day)

  28 augReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

  12 aug – 8 sep · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Ganesh Chaturthi

  14–25 sepReligieus feestDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

• Festival

  Bandra Fair

  13–20 sepReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Navratri and Dussehra

  25 sep – 25 okt · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)), Narali Purnima (Coconut Day) (28 aug), Janmashtami and Dahi Handi (12 aug – 8 sep (meestal)), Ganesh Chaturthi (14–25 sep)

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Navratri and Dussehra

• Festival

  Diwali

  8 novDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Navratri and Dussehra (25 sep – 25 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Diwali

• Seizoen

  Wedding season

  15 nov – 15 febDroog seizoenDruk

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Diwali (8 nov)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Wedding season

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Wedding season (15 nov – 15 feb)