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{{ExpandShort description|date=February 2007}}Panchami is the fifthFifth day ([[tithi]]) of the lunar fortnight ([[paksha]]) in [[Hinduthe calendar|Hindu lunar calendar]].}}

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'''Panchami''' ({{Langx|sa|पञ्चमी|translit=Pañcamī}}) is the fifth day ([[tithi]]) of the fortnight ([[paksha]]) in the [[Hindu calendar|Hindu lunar calendar]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Verma |first=Manish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4gzFFLdBoYC&dq=panchami+fifth+lunar&pg=PA10 |title=Fasts and Festivals of India |date=2013 |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. |isbn=978-81-7182-076-4 |pages=10 |language=en}}</ref>

==Festivals==

* [[Nag Panchami|Naga Panchami]] is a Hindu festival celebrated by Hindus in most parts of [[India]]. It is celebrated in the [[Shravana (month)|Shravana]] month. On this day, adherents venerate snakes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Rinehart |first=Robin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMPYnfS_R90C |title=Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice |date=2004 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-905-8 |pages=135–143 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Shinde |first1=Medha |last2=Singh |first2=R. K. |date=2021-11-30 |title=The Secrets of Nimadi of Madhya Pradesh: The Nimar Culture |url=https://www.ijrah.com/index.php/ijrah |journal=Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities |language=en |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=21–24 |doi=10.55544/ijrah.1.1.4 |s2cid=248384177 |issn=2583-1712|doi-access=free }}</ref> Many offer milk and silver jewellery to cobras to protect them from all evils. They also engage in a fast. This festival is also celebrated to mark the legend of the deity [[Krishna]] defeating the serpent [[Kaliya]]. On this day, swings are put up in the village and people enjoy themselves. Married girls visit their parents during this occasion.

* [[Vasant Panchami|Vasanta Panchami]] or [[Shree Panchami|Shri Panchami]] is a Hindu festival celebrating [[Saraswati]], the goddess of knowledge, music, and art.<ref name=":0" /> It is celebrated every year on the fifth day of the Indian month [[Magha (month)|Magha]] (January–February), the first day of spring. Traditionally during this festival children are taught to write their first words; Brahmins are fed; ancestor veneration ([[Pitrs|Pitr]]-[[tarpana]]) is performed; the god of love [[Kamadeva]] is worshipped; and most educational institutions organise special prayer for Saraswati. The colour yellow also plays an important role in this festival, in that people usually wear yellow garments, Saraswati is worshipped dressed in yellow, and yellow sweets are consumed within the families.

* [[Vivaha Panchami]] is a Hindu festival celebrating the occasion of the wedding of [[Rama]] and [[Sita]]. It is observed on the fifth day of the Shukla paksha or waxing phase of moon in the Margashirsha month (November – December) as per the Hindu calendar.

* [[Teej]] is a festival celebrated in India and Nepal that begins on Rishi Panchami.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dahal |first=Kamala |date=2020-12-25 |title=Celebrating Teej as a Festival of (Re) union and Enjoyment |url=https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/mef/article/view/34027 |journal=Molung Educational Frontier |language=en |pages=29–41 |doi=10.3126/mef.v10i1.34027 |s2cid=234410894 |issn=2542-2596|doi-access=free }}</ref>

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