På gång i Jodhpur, India under året

Mest folk — Desert touring season, Christmas to New Year rush

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Desert touring season (15 okt – 15 mar), Destination wedding season (1 nov – 28 feb), Christmas to New Year rush (22 dec – 2 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Holi

• Festival

  World Sacred Spirit Festival

  10–20 feb · vanligtvisMusikfestivalBoka tidigt

  Three nights of Sufi and devotional music in the courtyards of Mehrangarh, ending well after midnight. Small, ticketed, and the fort at that hour is the whole point of going. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  25 feb – 25 mar · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Desert touring season (15 okt – 15 mar), Destination wedding season (1 nov – 28 feb)

Mest folk — Holi, Desert touring season

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Holi (25 feb – 25 mar (vanligtvis)), Desert touring season (15 okt – 15 mar)

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Pre-monsoon heat

  20 apr – 25 jun · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  The edge of the Thar in May: no shade anywhere on the fort ramparts and a dry wind that makes the afternoon worse, not better. The blue city is a dawn and dusk proposition for two months. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Pre-monsoon heat (20 apr – 25 jun (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Pre-monsoon heat (20 apr – 25 jun (vanligtvis))

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

• Säsong

  Monsoon on the desert edge

  1 jul – 10 sep · vanligtvis

  The rains reach the Thar late and thin, in short violent storms rather than weeks of grey. The stepwell fills, the rock goes dark, and the tour buses are three hundred kilometres east.

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon on the desert edge (1 jul – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon on the desert edge (1 jul – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Jodhpur RIFF, Desert touring season

• Festival

  Jodhpur RIFF

  22–26 oktMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Rajasthani folk musicians and roots acts from a dozen countries, staged inside Mehrangarh and timed to the brightest full moon of the year. Rooms below the fort go months ahead. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Desert touring season

  15 okt – 15 marTorrsäsongTrångt

  The five months the coaches run the Jaisalmer–Jodhpur–Udaipur line. Mornings are cold enough for a jacket on the ramparts and the light on the blue houses is at its best.

• Helg

  Diwali

  15 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  Diwali is a public holiday and the biggest festival of the Hindu year: homes and markets are lit, fireworks go on for several nights, many shops close on the day itself, and Indians travel to family or on holiday, so trains, flights and hotels book up early. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Desert touring season, Diwali

• Säsong

  Destination wedding season

  1 nov – 28 febStängningarBoka tidigt

  The palace hotels take whole-property bookings through the winter, and Umaid Bhawan and parts of Mehrangarh close to everyone else at short notice. Check before you build a trip around one of them.

Pågår fortfarande: Jodhpur RIFF (22–26 okt), Desert touring season (15 okt – 15 mar), Diwali (15 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Desert touring season, Christmas to New Year rush

• Helg

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 dec – 2 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge. Book early. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Desert touring season (15 okt – 15 mar), Destination wedding season (1 nov – 28 feb)