The 2020 date of the festival was April 10 (Western) . The festival is observed by Buddhists and some Hindus in South and Southeast Asia and in East Asia (as Buddha's Birthday),Jews in Judaism,Kazakhstan . Ashvin Shukla Navami is when this festival ends  . The frequency of this festival is every year (lunar calendar) . Secular is the type(s) Vesak festival . charity, "bathing" the Buddha rituals are observed in this festival . Gani,Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day is also called Vesak . The official name of the festival Vesak is Chopa-il (초파일,Guru Poornima (Guru Worship on a Summer Full Moon day),बुद्ध जयन्ती,Buddha Purnima,Fódàn (佛誕),Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti . Vesak 2019 date was Fri 13 Sep . On (or 1 November in the S. Hemisphere),January 6: Some Anabaptists, such as the Amish and Armenian Apostolic Church,May or June (last), Vesak is celebrated . The festival involves celebrating fireworks . The 2018 date of the festival was November 22 . Vesak 2021 date was April 2 (Western) . enlightenment and death (parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha,Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus,The birth,Beginning of summer are the significance of the Vesak festival . Vesak begins on 25 Kislev . Other related festivals,Rohatsu (in Japan),Laba Festival (in China) is related to Vesak
The festival is observed because of Remembers the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia