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Basant Panchami

Prime Minister of India / Government of India holiday calendar

Date / rule23 January in 2026; the lunar-calendar date varies by year
ScopeHindu festival recognized in Government of India and state holiday calendars
VerificationGovernment Verified
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-06
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Basant Panchami?

Prime Minister of India / Government of India holiday calendar

Date and recurrence

23 January in 2026; the lunar-calendar date varies by year

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Hindu festival recognized in Government of India and state holiday calendars. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Prime Minister of India — Basant Panchami greetings, 2026National Government Current Observance
  2. Government of India — 2026 restricted holiday calendarNational Government Holiday Calendar
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Basant Panchami?

23 January in 2026; the lunar-calendar date varies by year The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve from the authoritative target-year/local calendar or organizer source; stored rule/context: 23 January in 2026; the lunar-calendar date varies by year.

Does Basant Panchami fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is Basant Panchami an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Hindu festival recognized in Government of India and state holiday calendars. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Basant Panchami?

The stored designation basis is: Prime Minister of India / Government of India holiday calendar. Supporting provenance includes Prime Minister of India — Basant Panchami greetings, 2026. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Basant Panchami international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Hindu festival recognized in Government of India and state holiday calendars. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-06.

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