På gång i Kolkata (Calcutta), India under året

Mest folk — International Kolkata Book Fair, Park Street at Christmas

• Festival

  International Kolkata Book Fair

  20 jan – 8 feb · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångt

  A fortnight on the Salt Lake ground that draws crowds a book fair has no business drawing, plus food stalls and evening music. The metro out to it is standing room after six. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Park Street at Christmas (18 dec – 1 jan)

Mest folk — International Kolkata Book Fair, Holi

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  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: International Kolkata Book Fair (20 jan – 8 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Holi, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Kalbaisakhi storm season

  20 mar – 20 maj · vanligtvis

  Late-afternoon squall lines come out of the northwest through the hot months, drop the temperature in minutes and take trees and hoardings down with them. Flights hold; the city rather enjoys them. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Holi (25 feb – 25 mar (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Kalbaisakhi storm season (20 mar – 20 maj (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Kalbaisakhi storm season (20 mar – 20 maj (vanligtvis))

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

• Säsong

  Monsoon and waterlogging

  10 jun – 25 sep · vanligtvisRisk

  The rain arrives in the second week of June and the low-lying parts of the city stand in water for hours after a heavy morning, because the drains empty into a river that is itself in flood.

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon and waterlogging (10 jun – 25 sep (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon and waterlogging (10 jun – 25 sep (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Festival

  Durga Puja

  16–21 oktReligiös högtidTrångtStängningar

  The one week of the year the city stops working and walks all night between commissioned pandals, some of them serious art. Hotels and trains are booked out months ahead and the traffic plan changes daily. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon and waterlogging (10 jun – 25 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Durga Puja, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India

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  Kali Puja and Diwali

  8–9 novTrångtRisk

  Bengal's own version comes three weeks after Durga Puja: night-long pujas, lit courtyards, and firecrackers that put the air into its worst readings of the year for two days. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Durga Puja (16–21 okt)

Mest folk — Kali Puja and Diwali, Kolkata International Film Festival

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  Kolkata International Film Festival

  25 nov – 20 dec · vanligtvisTrångt

  A week of screenings around Nandan and the Rabindra Sadan complex, mostly free or nearly so, with queues that form before the box office opens. Dates are announced late each year. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Kali Puja and Diwali (8–9 nov)

Mest folk — Kolkata International Film Festival, Park Street at Christmas

• Helg

  Park Street at Christmas

  18 dec – 1 janJul & nyårTrångt

  Park Street is strung with lights and closed to cars on the big nights, and the crowd is the point rather than the shopping. It lands in the coolest, cleanest fortnight of the Kolkata year. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Kolkata International Film Festival (25 nov – 20 dec (vanligtvis))