På gång i Mumbai (Bombay), India under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Mumbai Marathon

• Festival

  Mumbai Marathon

  15–21 jan · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Wedding season (15 nov – 15 feb)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

• Festival

  Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

  1–15 feb · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  3–4 marReligiös högtidStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Wedding season (15 nov – 15 feb)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

• Festival

  Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

  19 marReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Holi (3–4 mar)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) (19 mar)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

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

• Säsong

  Monsoon onset

  5–20 jun · vanligtvisRisk

  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. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Flooding on the suburban lines

  15 jun – 15 sep · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsongStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

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

• Festival

  Narali Purnima (Coconut Day)

  28 augReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

  12 aug – 8 sep · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Ganesh Chaturthi

  14–25 sepReligiös högtidTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

• Festival

  Bandra Fair

  13–20 sepReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Navratri and Dussehra

  25 sep – 25 okt · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Navratri and Dussehra

• Festival

  Diwali

  8 novTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Navratri and Dussehra (25 sep – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Diwali

• Säsong

  Wedding season

  15 nov – 15 febTorrsäsongTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Diwali (8 nov)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Wedding season

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Wedding season (15 nov – 15 feb)