Vasant Panchami 2012

About

Held on Magha Shukla Panchami.

Significance

Honours Goddess Saraswati and marks the start of spring.

How it is celebrated

• Saraswati puja in homes and schools
• Wearing yellow
• Vidyarambh, starting a child's education
• Kite flying in Punjab

Panchang on this day (New Delhi)

Vasant Panchami in other years