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Festivals 2026

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Thu 1 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 6 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 13 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Wed 14 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset.Determinate
Wed 14 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Wed 14 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 15 Jan, 06:27–08:48Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 15 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Fri 16 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 16 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Sat 17 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Thu 22 JanGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 22 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 23 JanŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 23 JanVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 25 JanRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Thu 29 JanJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 30 Jan, 06:29–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 30 JanBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Fri 30 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 1 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 5 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 13 FebVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 14 Feb, 06:28–08:51Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 14 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 15 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 21 FebVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 27 FebĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 28 Feb, 06:24–08:48Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 1 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 47 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 3 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 69 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna.Boundary
Wed 4 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Boundary
Wed 4 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 6 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 11 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 16 Mar, 06:17–08:42Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 16 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 17 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 19 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 21 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 21 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 22 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 26 MarRāma NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Thu 26 MarBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Boundary
Sun 29 MarKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 30 Mar, 06:10–07:10Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 30 MarAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 30 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 31 MarViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 1 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 5 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 13 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 14 Apr, 06:55–08:30Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 14 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Wed 15 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 15 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 19 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 20 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 87 of 246 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Mon 20 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 21 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 AprGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 27 AprMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 28 Apr, 05:58–08:26Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 28 AprParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 28 AprRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Thu 30 AprNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 1 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 1 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 5 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 13 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 14 May, 05:54–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 14 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 15 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 20 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Wed 27 MayŚukla EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 28 May, 05:53–07:57Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 28 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 4 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 11 JunKṛṣṇa EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 12 Jun, 05:55–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 12 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 21 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 13 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 17 JunRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 18 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 JunAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 20 JunSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 25 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 26 Jun, 05:58–08:28Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 26 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 27 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 29 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 3 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 10 JulYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 11 Jul, 13:31–16:01Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Sun 12 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 12 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 15 JulRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Fri 17 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 18 JulSkanda PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 20 JulVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 25 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 26 Jul, 06:04–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 26 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 29 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 149 of 149 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Wed 29 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 149 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna.Boundary
Wed 29 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Fri 31 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 2 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 9 AugKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 10 Aug, 06:05–08:01Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 10 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 11 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 15 AugMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 16 AugVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 17 AugNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 23 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 24 Aug, 13:27–15:54Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 24 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 25 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 27 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 511 of 1440 minutes of the day.Boundary
Thu 27 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 29 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 30 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 31 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Mon 31 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 2 SepHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 3 SepŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 4 SepJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 29 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 7 SepAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 8 Sep, 06:02–08:29Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 8 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 9 SepAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 9 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 11 SepRudra VrataPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 13 SepHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 14 SepGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 15 SepṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 16 SepSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 17 SepMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 19 SepRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 22 SepParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 23 Sep, 06:00–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 23 SepVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 24 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 25 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Tue 29 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 1 OctCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 3 OctJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 3 OctMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 6 OctIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 7 Oct, 06:16–08:22Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 8 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 8 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 10 OctMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Sun 11 OctNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 14 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 18 OctDurgā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise.Boundary
Sun 18 OctMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 19 OctMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 20 OctVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 303 of 716 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Thu 22 OctPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 23 Oct, 05:57–08:20Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 23 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 29 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 29 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 1 NovAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 5 NovRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 6 Nov, 05:59–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 5 NovGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 6 NovYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 6 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 7 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 8 NovNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sun 8 NovLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 8 NovKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 9 NovBali PūjāPratipadā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 10 NovGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 10 NovDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 236 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Wed 11 NovYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 13 NovNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 13 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 15 NovSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 17 NovGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 18 NovAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 232 of 236 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Boundary
Wed 18 NovDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 21 NovPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 22 Nov, 06:03–08:25Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 22 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 23 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 38 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 24 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 27 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 4 DecUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 5 Dec, 06:09–08:30Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 6 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 7 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 13 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 14 DecNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 15 DecCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 15 DecSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 16 DecMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 20 DecMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 21 Dec, 06:17–08:38Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 21 DecAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 21 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 23 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 26 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate

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