På gång i Srinagar, India under året

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

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Chillai Kalan (21 dec – 31 jan)

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Mest folk — Eid al-Fitr, Tulip garden opens

• Natur

  Almond blossom at Badamwari

  5–31 mar · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The old almond orchard under Hari Parbat comes out first, a fortnight before anything else in the valley, and the city walks through it on Sunday afternoons with a flask.

• Helg

  Eid al-Fitr

  5–31 mar · vanligtvisRamadan & eidTrångtStängningar

  The end of Ramadan is one of Kashmir's biggest holidays: markets and government offices close for a day or two, mosques fill for morning prayers, and hill resorts like Gulmarg see a surge of domestic visitors. Källa ↗

• Öppning

  Tulip garden opens

  18 mar – 30 apr · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomningTrångt

  The terraced garden below the Zabarwan opens for about a month once the beds are ready, usually from the third week of March, and peaks in the first week of April. Opening day is announced days ahead. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Tulip garden opens, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Tulip garden opens (18 mar – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Summer hill-station rush

• Säsong

  Summer hill-station rush

  15 maj – 15 julSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Kashmir's peak domestic season. Houseboats on the Dal charge their top rate, the boulevard is solid from four onwards, and the shikara men do not need to negotiate.

• Helg

  Eid al-Adha

  15 maj – 5 jun · vanligtvisRamadan & eidStängningar

  The Feast of Sacrifice closes markets and offices across the valley for a day; family visits and the smell of grilled meat replace the usual bazaar trade in Srinagar's old city. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Kheer Bhawani Mela

  20 maj – 25 jun · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  Kashmiri Pandits gather at the Kheer Bhawani spring shrine in Tulmulla, about 27 km from Srinagar, on Jyeshtha Ashtami (usually late May or June), to offer milk pudding to the goddess; the spring's changing colour is read as an omen, and Muslim neighbours often host the visiting pilgrims. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Summer hill-station rush, Eid al-Adha

• Helg

  Amarnath Yatra

  25 jun – 20 aug · vanligtvisPilgrimssäsongTrångtStängningar

  Several hundred thousand pilgrims move through the valley over about six weeks. Convoys get road priority on the Pahalgam and Sonamarg routes, security is heavy, and rooms are hard to find in town. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Summer hill-station rush (15 maj – 15 jul), Eid al-Adha (15 maj – 5 jun (vanligtvis)), Kheer Bhawani Mela (20 maj – 25 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Summer hill-station rush, Amarnath Yatra

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Summer hill-station rush (15 maj – 15 jul), Amarnath Yatra (25 jun – 20 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Amarnath Yatra, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Amarnath Yatra (25 jun – 20 aug (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Mycket folk — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Saffron harvest at Pampore

  20 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvis

  The fields fifteen kilometres out flower purple for two or three weeks and whole families pick them before the sun is up. Buy at a farm rather than on the boulevard if you are buying at all.

• Natur

  Chinars turning

  20 okt – 20 nov · vanligtvisHöstfärger

  The Mughal gardens and the chinar avenue at Naseem Bagh go red and copper for about a month, and the crowds have gone home by then. The quietest good weeks of the Srinagar year.

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Saffron harvest at Pampore (20 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Chinars turning (20 okt – 20 nov (vanligtvis))

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

• Risk

  Chillai Kalan

  21 dec – 31 janExtrem kylaStängningar

  The forty days the valley counts as the real winter: pipes freeze, parts of the Dal ice over, and heavy snow shuts the Jawahar tunnel and grounds flights for a day at a time. Houseboats run on kangris and hope. Källa ↗