📅 Hindu Calendar — May 2026

🗓 May 2026 at a glance

Hindu month in May 2026: Vaishakha and Jyeshtha and Jyeshtha (Adhik) (purnimanta reckoning). This month — Ekadashi: 3, Purnima: 2, Amavasya: 1. Dates below are for Delhi sunrise; the daily grid above has every tithi and nakshatra.

• Ekadashi: May 13 (Wednesday) — Apara Ekadashi (Krishna paksha); May 26 (Tuesday) — Padmini (Adhik Maas) Ekadashi (Shukla paksha); May 27 (Wednesday) — Padmini (Adhik Maas) Ekadashi (Shukla paksha)
• Purnima (by sunrise tithi): May 1 (Friday); May 31 (Sunday)
• Amavasya (by sunrise tithi): May 16 (Saturday)
• Festivals: Buddha Purnima / Vaishakha Purnima — 1; Kalashtami — 10; Vrishabha Sankranti — 15; Vat Savitri Vrat — 16
• Monthly vrats: Sankashti Chaturthi 5 · Pradosh Vrat 14, 28 · Masik Shivaratri 15
• Panchak days: 10–14
• Gandmool days: 5–6, 14–15, 22–23
• Planetary changes: May 11 — Mars enters Aries (own sign); May 14 — Venus enters Gemini; May 15 — Mercury enters Taurus; May 15 — Sun enters Taurus; May 29 — Mercury enters Gemini (own sign)