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Hindu Festival Calendar 2026
Every date is computed from its classical rule — lunar month, tithi and the part of the day the tithi must touch (sunrise, madhyahna, pradosh, nishita). Times for New Delhi.
This year has an adhik (extra) month: Adhik Jyeshtha (17 May – 15 Jun). Festivals are not held in an adhik month — they fall in the regular (nija) month after it — but vrats such as Ekadashi continue.
January 2026
- 14 WedMakar Sankranti
- 23 FriVasant PanchamiShukla Panchami
Vrat days
- 1 ThuGuru Pradosh
- 3 SatPausha Purnima
- 6 TueLambodara (Sakat) Sankashti
- 14 WedShattila Ekadashi
- 16 FriShukra Pradosh
- 16 FriMagha Masik Shivratri
- 18 SunMagha Amavasya
- 29 ThuJaya Ekadashi
- 30 FriShukra Pradosh
February 2026
- 15 SunMaha ShivratriKrishna Chaturdashi
Vrat days
- 1 SunMagha Purnima
- 5 ThuDwijapriya Sankashti
- 13 FriVijaya Ekadashi
- 14 SatShani Pradosh
- 17 TuePhalguna Amavasya
- 27 FriAmalaki Ekadashi
March 2026
- 3 TueHolika DahanPurnima
- 4 WedHoli
- 19 ThuChaitra NavratriShukla Pratipada · until 26 Mar
- 26 ThuRam NavamiShukla Navami
Vrat days
- 1 SunRavi Pradosh
- 3 TuePhalguna Purnima
- 6 FriBhalachandra Sankashti
- 15 SunPapmochani Ekadashi
- 16 MonSoma Pradosh
- 17 TueChaitra Masik Shivratri
- 19 ThuChaitra Amavasya
- 29 SunKamada Ekadashi
- 30 MonSoma Pradosh
April 2026
- 2 ThuHanuman JayantiPurnima
- 19 SunAkshaya TritiyaShukla Tritiya
Vrat days
- 2 ThuChaitra Purnima
- 5 SunVikata Sankashti
- 13 MonVaruthini Ekadashi
- 15 WedBudha Pradosh
- 15 WedVaishakha Masik Shivratri
- 17 FriVaishakha Amavasya
- 27 MonMohini Ekadashi
- 28 TueBhauma Pradosh
May 2026
Vrat days
- 1 FriVaishakha Purnima
- 5 TueEkadanta Sankashti
- 13 WedApara Ekadashi
- 14 ThuGuru Pradosh
- 15 FriJyeshtha Masik Shivratri
- 16 SatJyeshtha Amavasya
- 27 WedPadmini Ekadashi
- 28 ThuGuru Pradosh
- 31 SunAdhik Jyeshtha Purnima
June 2026
Vrat days
- 3 WedVibhuvana Palaka Sankashti
- 11 ThuParama Ekadashi
- 12 FriShukra Pradosh
- 13 SatAdhik Jyeshtha Masik Shivratri
- 15 MonAdhik Jyeshtha Amavasya
- 25 ThuNirjala Ekadashi
- 27 SatShani Pradosh
- 29 MonJyeshtha Purnima
July 2026
- 29 WedGuru PurnimaPurnima
Vrat days
- 3 FriKrishnapingala Sankashti
- 10 FriYogini Ekadashi
- 12 SunRavi Pradosh
- 12 SunAshadha Masik Shivratri
- 14 TueAshadha Amavasya
- 25 SatDevshayani Ekadashi
- 26 SunRavi Pradosh
- 29 WedAshadha Purnima
August 2026
- 28 FriRaksha BandhanPurnima
Vrat days
- 2 SunGajanana Sankashti
- 9 SunKamika Ekadashi
- 10 MonSoma Pradosh
- 11 TueShravana Masik Shivratri
- 12 WedShravana Amavasya
- 23 SunShravana Putrada Ekadashi
- 25 TueBhauma Pradosh
- 28 FriShravana Purnima
- 31 MonHeramba Sankashti
September 2026
- 4 FriKrishna JanmashtamiKrishna Ashtami
- 14 MonGanesh ChaturthiShukla Chaturthi
- 27 SunPitru PakshaKrishna Pratipada · until 10 Oct
Vrat days
- 7 MonAja Ekadashi
- 8 TueBhauma Pradosh
- 9 WedBhadrapada Masik Shivratri
- 11 FriBhadrapada Amavasya
- 22 TueParsva (Parivartini) Ekadashi
- 24 ThuGuru Pradosh
- 26 SatBhadrapada Purnima
- 29 TueVighnaraja Sankashti
October 2026
- 11 SunSharad NavratriShukla Pratipada · until 19 Oct
- 19 MonDurga AshtamiShukla Ashtami
- 19 MonMaha NavamiShukla Navami
- 20 TueDussehra (Vijayadashami)Shukla Dashami
- 29 ThuKarwa ChauthKrishna Chaturthi
Vrat days
- 6 TueIndira Ekadashi
- 8 ThuGuru Pradosh
- 8 ThuAshvin Masik Shivratri
- 10 SatAshvin Amavasya
- 22 ThuPapankusha Ekadashi
- 23 FriShukra Pradosh
- 26 MonAshvin Purnima
- 29 ThuVakratunda Sankashti
November 2026
- 6 FriDhanterasKrishna Trayodashi
- 8 SunDiwali (Lakshmi Puja)Amavasya
- 10 TueGovardhan PujaShukla Pratipada
- 11 WedBhai DoojShukla Dwitiya
- 15 SunChhath PujaShukla Shashthi
- 20 FriDev Uthani EkadashiShukla Ekadashi
Vrat days
- 5 ThuRama Ekadashi
- 6 FriShukra Pradosh
- 7 SatKartika Masik Shivratri
- 9 MonKartika Amavasya
- 20 FriDevutthana (Prabodhini) Ekadashi
- 22 SunRavi Pradosh
- 24 TueKartika Purnima
- 27 FriGanadhipa Sankashti
December 2026
Vrat days
- 4 FriUtpanna Ekadashi
- 6 SunRavi Pradosh
- 7 MonMargashirsha Masik Shivratri
- 8 TueMargashirsha Amavasya
- 20 SunMokshada Ekadashi
- 21 MonSoma Pradosh
- 23 WedMargashirsha Purnima
- 26 SatAkhuratha Sankashti
The vrats of 2026, one list each
- EkadashiEkadashi, the eleventh lunar day of each fortnight, is the most widely kept fast in the Hindu calendar, dedicated to Vishnu and observed twice a month.
- PurnimaPurnima, the full-moon day that closes the bright fortnight, is kept with a fast, the Satyanarayan katha and worship of the moon.
- AmavasyaAmavasya, the new-moon day that ends the dark fortnight, is a quiet day for remembering ancestors, bathing, charity and prayer.
- Pradosh VratPradosh Vrat is kept for Shiva on Trayodashi, the thirteenth lunar day, twice a month, with worship in the twilight after sunset.
- Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti Chaturthi is Ganesha’s monthly fast on the fourth day of the waning moon, broken only after the moon rises.
How these dates are worked out
Hindu festivals follow the lunar tithi, not the solar date. A tithi is each 12° the Moon gains on the Sun, so it lasts 19 to 27 hours and can change in the middle of a day. That is why each festival has a rule for the part of the day its tithi must touch — nishita (midnight) for Janmashtami, pradosh (early night) for Diwali, madhyahna (midday) for Ram Navami.
For each year our engine finds the lunar months (amanta, adhik months included), the start and end of every tithi, and these parts of the day from New Delhi’s sunrise and sunset, then applies each festival’s rule. Holika Dahan and Raksha Bandhan also avoid Bhadra; Ekadashi keeps Dwadashi for the parana. Makar Sankranti follows the Sun’s entry into sidereal Capricorn.
We checked our 2025 and 2026 dates against a published New Delhi almanac. Where traditions differ — Vaishnava Ekadashi, South Indian Hanuman Jayanti, amanta and purnimanta month names — each page says so.