På gång i Amritsar (Golden Temple), India under året

Mycket folk — Winter break i India, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Dense winter fog (15 dec – 31 jan (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib

  25 feb – 30 mar · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  The Nihang Sikh gathering the day after Holi: gatka sword displays, horseback stunts and processions at Takht Kesgarh Sahib. Anandpur Sahib is about four hours east by road, so it is an overnight trip rather than a day out. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib (25 feb – 30 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Baisakhi, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

• Festival

  Baisakhi

  13–14 aprReligiös högtidTrångt

  The wheat harvest and the founding of the Khalsa land on the same day, and Punjab converges on the Golden Temple for it. Kirtan runs through the night, the langar hall never stops, and the marble parikrama is packed well before dawn. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Risk

  Pre-monsoon heat

  1 maj – 25 jun · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  The plains bake and the temple marble is unwalkable barefoot by mid-morning, which is the only way you are permitted to walk it. Visitors go at first light or after dark and give up on the middle of the day. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Pre-monsoon heat (1 maj – 25 jun (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Festival

  Teeyan

  10 jul – 25 aug · vanligtvisStor festival

  Punjab's monsoon festival for women, over roughly the first thirteen days of Sawan: swings in the trees, giddha dancing and bangle stalls, now mostly staged by colleges and women's groups in the city. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Independence Day at Attari-Wagah, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Independence Day at Attari-Wagah

  15 augNationell helgdagTrångt

  The border's daily flag-lowering becomes a much bigger show on 15 August, with bhangra, gidda and BSF drill for a packed stand; arrive very early or expect to watch from the back. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Teeyan (10 jul – 25 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Langur Mela, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Langur Mela

  20 sep – 25 okt · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  For the ten days of autumn Navratri, children dressed as langurs in red and silver, with painted faces and tails, are brought to the Bada Hanuman temple beside Durgiana to fulfil their parents' vows. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Langur Mela, Bandi Chhor Divas

• Risk

  Stubble-burning smoke

  5 okt – 25 nov · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  Paddy stubble is burned off across the Majha districts in the fortnight between the rice harvest and the wheat sowing, and the smoke sits low over the city for weeks. It arrives with the best temperatures of the year, which is the trap. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Bandi Chhor Divas

  20 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvisDiwaliTrångtBoka tidigt

  Sikhs mark Guru Hargobind's release from Gwalior on the same night as Diwali, and the Golden Temple is lit end to end with fireworks over the sarovar. Trains and hotels go days ahead and the queue for the sanctum runs for hours. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Langur Mela (20 sep – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Bandi Chhor Divas, Guru Nanak Gurpurab

• Festival

  Guru Nanak Gurpurab

  5–30 nov · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  Guru Nanak's birth anniversary brings a nagar kirtan through the walled city and an unbroken recitation at the temple. The crowd is larger than at Baisakhi and the four-in-the-morning cold catches people out. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Stubble-burning smoke (5 okt – 25 nov (vanligtvis)), Bandi Chhor Divas (20 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter break i India, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Dense winter fog

  15 dec – 31 jan · vanligtvisDimsäsong

  Fog settles over the plains overnight and often holds past mid-morning. Trains from Delhi run hours late, flights divert, and the road out to Wagah slows to walking pace on the worst days. Källa ↗