Bali's most important festival, streets lined with towering penjor bamboo poles. Recurs on the 210-day Balinese calendar.

🌙 Recurs every 210 days on the Balinese Pawukon calendar: Galungan always falls on a Wednesday and Kuningan ten days later.

Lively in Jakarta's Glodok and especially Singkawang (Borneo). Lunar dates, late Jan–Feb.

🌙 First day of the Chinese lunar year: the second new moon after the winter solstice, always between 21 January and 20 February.

Bali shuts down completely for 24h — no flights, no going out, even the airport closes. Lunar date, usually March.

🌙 New year of the Saka calendar: the day after the new moon of the 9th Balinese month (Tilem Kesanga), in March.

End of Ramadan and the huge 'mudik' homecoming: transport booked out and closures nationwide. Moves ~11 days earlier yearly.

🌙 First day of Shawwal, when the crescent moon is sighted at the end of Ramadan. The Islamic calendar is purely lunar: it moves about 11 days earlier each year.

Buddhist Vesak: monks and lantern releases at Borobudur temple. Lunar date, usually May.

🌙 Full moon of the month of Vesak, usually in May; in years with an extra lunar month it can move to late April or June.