The festival is observed by Adherents of mainstream Sunni Islam,Jews . The festival involves celebrating Lighting candles each night. Singing special songs,such as Ma'oz Tzur. Reciting the Hallel prayer. Eating foods fried in oil . Ashvin Shukla Prathama is when the festival begins . Hanukkah is also called Das Lakshana (Digambar) . Hanukkah 2020 date was July 5, Sunday . The 2021 date of the festival was April 2 (Western) . The significance of Hanukkah festival are the Talmud, a late text, the Temple was purified and the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned for eight days, even though there was only enough sacred oil for one day's lighting.,The Maccabees successfully rebelled against Antiochus IV Epiphanes. According,Punjabi new year . Hanukkah is related to Purim . Variable (follows the Islamic lunar calendar),January 6: Some Anabaptists, such as the Amish and Armenian Apostolic Church,26 Kislev,1 May,Chaitra Sud Triyodashi (Vira Nirvana Samvat),14 April,February 14,October 12 (actual/traditional); second Monday in October (observed in the United States),Second Sunday in May (Taiwan) is when Hanukkah is celebrated . Hanukkah ends on The same day, at nightfall . The official name of the festival Hanukkah is Loi Krathong[citation needed] (ลอยกระทง) . Hanukkah 2019 date was April 19 (Western) . Hanukkah 2018 date was July 27, Friday . Hanukkah is of Buddhist type
Fódàn (佛誕) is the primary name of the festival