The official name of the festival Vesak is বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা,初八日)부처님 오신 날,Buddha Purnima,Dongzhi (冬至),La Tomatina,Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti . The festival involves celebrating Parades and Nagar Kirtan . Buddhists and some Hindus in South and Southeast Asia and in East Asia (as Buddha's Birthday),Old Catholics observe Vesak festival . Vesak 2018 date was May 27 (Eastern) . raising of the Nishan Sahib flag,Meditation, observing the Eight Precepts, partaking of vegetarian food, giving rituals are observed in this festival . Vesak ends on 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet . The 2019 date of the festival was Wednesday 20 March 2019,at 21:58 UTC * . Vesak is related to Yule,Laba Festival (in China),Buddha's Birthday,Bandi Chhor Divas,Other related festivals,Rohatsu (in Japan) . The significance of Vesak festival are enlightenment and death (parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha,Punjabi new year . Historical is the type(s) Vesak festival . Vesak is also called Gani,Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day,Magha . Biannual is the frequency of this festival . Vesak begins on Ashvin Shukla Prathama . Vesak 2021 date was April 30 (Eastern) . On (or 1 November in the S. Hemisphere),usually in April (first),January 19 [O.S. January 6]: Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Vesak is celebrated
Vesak starts at Ashvin Shukla Prathama