🪔 Vrat & Festivals 2026
✍️ Jyotishacharya Aditya Dhar Dwivedi · 🔎 Last reviewed: · 🧮 Calculation method
This is the home-keeper's festival page. Every vrat here has one page with everything a family needs on the day: the exact tithi-based date (computed with Swiss Ephemeris, refreshed every year automatically), the puja muhurat, a step-by-step vidhi, a samagri checklist you can tick off, the vrat katha, what to cook for the fast and bhog, and how the same festival is kept differently in Purvanchal, Awadh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Punjab, Bengal, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Share any page with family on WhatsApp — the timings are for Delhi (IST); for your own city's sunrise, moonrise and Rahu Kaal see the city panchang. The full year list of every tithi-festival is in the festival calendar and Ekadashi/Purnima lists in the Hindu calendar.
🗓 Upcoming vrat & festivals
🌺 Radha Ashtami
📅 19 September 2026
Bhadrapada Shukla Ashtami — the birthday of Radha Rani (Barsana), fifteen days after Janmashtami: midday abhishek, worship of the divine cou
🌳 Karma / Karam Parv (Karma Ekadashi)
📅 22 September 2026
Bhadrapada Shukla Ekadashi — the brother-sister and harvest festival of the tribal and rural communities of Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh-Odisha-Bi
🧵 Anant Chaturdashi
📅 25 September 2026
Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturdashi — worship of Ananta (Vishnu), the Anant thread of 14 knots (men on the right hand, women on the left), a 14-ye
👩👧👦 Jivitputrika Vrat (Jiutiya / Jitiya)
📅 3 October 2026
Ashwin Krishna Ashtami (in the middle of Pitru Paksha) — a 24-hour waterless fast by mothers for the long life of their children; Nahay-Khay
🪷 Pitru Paksha (Shraddha) and Sarva Pitru Amavasya
📅 10 October 2026
16 days from Bhadrapada Purnima to Ashwin Amavasya — shraddha, tarpan and pind-daan for the ancestors; the shraddha on the tithi of death; f
🔱 Sharad Navratri
📅 11 October 2026
Nine nights of Maa Durga from Ashwin Shukla Pratipada to Navami — Ghatasthapana, akhand jyoti, Kanya Pujan and Dussehra.
🏹 Vijayadashami (Dussehra)
📅 20 October 2026
Ashwin Shukla Dashami — Ravan Dahan, weapon puja, Shami puja, sighting the Neelkanth, and the closing of Navratri.
🌕 Sharad Purnima (Kojagari)
📅 25 October 2026
Ashwin Purnima — kheer left in the moonlight, Lakshmi puja and a night vigil; the moon of sixteen kalas is said to rain amrit.
🌙 Karwa Chauth
📅 29 October 2026
The married woman's waterless fast from sunrise to moonrise — for the husband's long life and the family's well-being.
🌟 Ahoi Ashtami
📅 1 November 2026
Kartik Krishna Ashtami — the mother's waterless fast for her children's long life and happiness; broken in the evening with arghya to the st
🪙 Dhanteras (Dhantrayodashi)
📅 6 November 2026
Kartik Krishna Trayodashi — first day of the five-day Deepotsav; Dhanvantari Jayanti, Kuber-Lakshmi puja, new purchases and the Yama lamp.
🪔 Diwali (Lakshmi Puja)
📅 8 November 2026
Kartik Amavasya — lamps in every home, Lakshmi-Ganesha puja in Pradosh and a fixed lagna; the main day of the five-day Deepotsav.
🐄 Govardhan Puja (Annakut)
📅 10 November 2026
Kartik Shukla Pratipada — the day after Diwali; a Govardhan of cow dung, worship of cows and bullocks, the 56-dish Annakut and the parikrama
🤝 Bhai Dooj (Yama Dwitiya)
📅 11 November 2026
Kartik Shukla Dwitiya — the sister marks her brother's forehead and prays for his long life; the Yamuna-Yama story, the afternoon tilak muhu
🌅 Chhath Puja (Surya Shashthi)
📅 15 November 2026
Kartik Shukla Shashthi — the four-day mahaparv: Nahay-Khay, Kharna, evening arghya to the setting sun and dawn arghya to the rising sun; 36
🌿 Dev Uthani Ekadashi (Tulsi Vivah)
📅 20 November 2026
Kartik Shukla Ekadashi — Lord Vishnu wakes after four months; the Tulsi-Shaligram wedding and the opening of the marriage season.
🌿 Tulsi Vivah
📅 21 November 2026
Kartika Shukla Dwadashi (the day after Dev Uthani Ekadashi) — the wedding of Tulsi Mata and Shaligram (Lord Vishnu): a sugarcane mandap at d
🕯️ Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali)
📅 24 November 2026
The full moon of Kartik — Ganga bath, floating lamps on the river, Tripurari Purnima, Dev Deepawali and Guru Nanak Jayanti on one day.
💍 Vivah Panchami (Ram-Sita wedding)
📅 14 December 2026
Margashirsha Shukla Panchami — the wedding day of Shri Rama and Mata Sita; the festival of Janakpur and Ayodhya, a Ram-Sita wedding tableau
📖 Mokshada Ekadashi (Gita Jayanti)
📅 20 December 2026
Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi — the fast that grants liberation to the ancestors; on this day Shri Krishna spoke the Gita to Arjuna at Kuruks
🐕 Dattatreya Jayanti (Margashirsha Purnima)
📅 23 December 2026
The full moon of Agahan — birthday of Lord Dattatreya, the combined avatar of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh; worship of the Guru principle, the
🪁 Makar Sankranti (Khichdi / Pongal / Lohri)
📅 14 January 2027
The Sun enters Capricorn — the start of Uttarayan; sesame-jaggery, khichdi, Ganga bath, kites, charity and a different name in every part of
🍚 Pongal (Thai Pongal)
📅 14 January 2027
The four-day Tamil harvest and new-year festival — Bhogi (burning the old), Thai Pongal (new rice, jaggery and milk boiled over for the Sun
👶 Paush Putrada Ekadashi
📅 19 January 2027
Pausha Shukla Ekadashi — the Ekadashi of the blessing of children; the Vishnu fast of childless couples and of mothers praying for their chi
❄️ Paush Purnima (Shakambhari Jayanti)
📅 22 January 2027
The full moon of Pausha — the start of the Magh bath and of Kalpavas at Prayag, the Jayanti of Shakambhari Devi, and charity of sesame, jagg
🌙 Sakat Chauth (Tilkut Chaturthi)
📅 25 January 2027
Magha Krishna Chaturthi — the mothers' vrat for the protection of children; worship of Ganesha and Sakat Mata, tilkut bhog and arghya to the
🤫 Mauni Amavasya
📅 6 February 2027
Magha Amavasya — a silent Ganga bath, tarpan for the ancestors, sesame charity; the biggest bathing day of the Magh Mela/Kumbh at Prayag.
💛 Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja)
📅 11 February 2027
Magha Shukla Panchami — the festival of yellow; Saraswati puja, children's first letters (Vidyarambh), yellow rice, and an 'abujh' wedding m
☀️ Ratha Saptami (Achala / Surya Saptami)
📅 13 February 2027
Magha Shukla Saptami — the birthday of Surya Dev and the turning of his seven-horse chariot to the north; the dawn bath, arghya to the Sun,
🌕 Magha Purnima (Maghi Purnima)
📅 20 February 2027
The full moon of Magha — the end of the Magh bath and Kalpavas, Sant Ravidas Jayanti, the Ganga bath and charity of sesame, blankets and gra
🔱 Maha Shivratri
📅 6 March 2027
Phalguna Krishna Chaturdashi — the night of Shiva and Parvati's wedding; a waterless/fruit fast, puja in four prahars, bel-leaf and water ab
🎨 Holi (Holika Dahan & Dhulandi)
📅 21 March 2027
Holika Dahan on the night of Phalguna Purnima, the Holi of colours the next day — the Bhadra-free Pradosh muhurat for the bonfire, the new c
🥣 Sheetla Ashtami (Basoda)
📅 30 March 2027
Chaitra Krishna Ashtami — eight days after Holi; cool food cooked a day earlier is offered to Sheetla Mata and the hearth stays unlit; the m
🌸 Chaitra Navratri (Gudi Padwa / New Samvat)
📅 7 April 2027
From Chaitra Shukla Pratipada to Ram Navami — the Hindu new year, Ghatasthapana, nine goddesses, Kanya Pujan; on the same day Gudi Padwa, Ug
👑 Gangaur (Gauri Tritiya)
📅 9 April 2027
Chaitra Shukla Tritiya — the 16-18 day Gauri vrat of the married women and girls of Rajasthan and Malwa; Isar-Gaur from the Holi ash, durva-
🌅 Chaiti Chhath (Chaitra Shukla Shashthi — Surya Shashthi)
📅 12 April 2027
On the sixth day of Chaitra Navratri — the year's first Chhath; Nahay-Khay, Kharna, Sandhya Arghya, Usha Arghya — the same vidhi as the Kart
🌾 Baisakhi / Vishu / Bihu / Puthandu (Mesha Sankranti — the solar new year)
📅 14 April 2027
13-14 April — the Sun's entry into Aries; the Baisakhi of Punjab (harvest and Khalsa), the Vishu of Kerala (Vishukkani), the Bohag Bihu of A
🏹 Ram Navami
📅 15 April 2027
Chaitra Shukla Navami — the birth celebration of Shri Rama at noon (Abhijit); the end of Chaitra Navratri, Ramcharitmanas reading, panjiri-p
🚩 Hanuman Jayanti (Chaitra Purnima)
📅 20 April 2027
Chaitra Purnima — the birthday of Bajrangbali (at sunrise); sindoor chola, jasmine oil, boondi laddoo, Sundarkand and Hanuman Chalisa; a day
💰 Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej)
📅 9 May 2027
Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya — an abujh muhurat: buying gold, weddings, griha pravesh; Parashurama Jayanti, the start of the Treta Yuga, the des
🪷 Vaishakha Purnima (Buddha Purnima / Narasimha Jayanti)
📅 20 May 2027
The full moon of Vaishakha — the birth, enlightenment and nirvana of Lord Buddha, Vishnu's Kurma avatar, the end of the Vaishakha bath, the
🌳 Vat Savitri Vrat
📅 4 June 2027
Jyeshtha Amavasya (Purnima in some regions) — the married woman's vrat: circling the banyan, raw thread, the story of Savitri and Satyavan,
🌊 Ganga Dussehra (& Nirjala Ekadashi)
📅 13 June 2027
Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami — the day the Ganga descended to earth; the Ganga bath that destroys ten sins, ten lamps, ten charities; the next da
🛕 Jagannath Rath Yatra
📅 5 July 2027
Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya — Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra on three chariots in Puri towards the Gundicha temple (the aunt's house); pullin
🛌 Devshayani Ekadashi (Harishayani / Ashadhi Ekadashi)
📅 14 July 2027
Ashadha Shukla Ekadashi — Lord Vishnu goes to sleep in the ocean of milk, Chaturmas begins (no weddings, mundan etc. until Devuthani); the A
📿 Guru Purnima (Vyasa Purnima)
📅 18 July 2027
Ashadha Purnima — the birthday of Maharshi Veda Vyasa; guru worship, guru dakshina, initiation; the beginning of Chaturmas (for ascetics); h
💚 Hariyali Teej (Shravani / Chhoti Teej)
📅 4 August 2027
Shravana Shukla Tritiya — the green Teej of Sawan: green bangles and leheriya, mehndi, swings, sinjara, Shiva-Parvati puja and ghewar; the s
🐍 Nag Panchami
📅 6 August 2027
Shravana Shukla Panchami — milk and puffed rice for the Nag deities, a serpent drawn on the wall in cow dung/geru, no iron griddle on the st
🪢 Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi)
📅 17 August 2027
Shravana Purnima — the sister ties a rakhi on her brother's wrist; no rakhi during Bhadra (Bhadra time above), afternoon/Pradosh auspicious;
🌾 Kajari Teej (Badi Teej / Satudi Teej)
📅 20 August 2027
Bhadrapada Krishna Tritiya (3 days after Raksha Bandhan) — the vrat of married women, worship of Neemdi Mata and the Moon, sattu (satu) ball
🌾 Hal Shashthi (Lalahi Chhath / Halchhath)
📅 23 August 2027
Bhadrapada Krishna Shashthi — two days before Janmashtami, the birthday of Balarama: a vrat of mothers — no grain grown with the plough, wil
🥣 Sheetla Satam and Randhan Chhath (Gujarat)
📅 24 August 2027
Shravana Krishna Shashthi-Saptami (Amanta — a day before Janmashtami) — all the dishes cooked on Randhan Chhath, the hearth cold on Satam, t
🦚 Krishna Janmashtami
📅 25 August 2027
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami — the birth of Shri Krishna at midnight (Nishita), Rohini nakshatra; a day-long fast, the birth aarti at 12, the
🐄 Bachh Baras (Govatsa Dwadashi / Vasu Baras)
📅 29 August 2027
The mothers' vrat of worshipping the cow and her calf — on Bhadrapada Krishna Dwadashi (Bachh Baras: Rajasthan, UP, MP) and on Kartika Krish
🙏 Hartalika Teej (Badi Teej)
📅 3 September 2027
Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya — the strictest suhag vrat of the year: 24 hours without water, Shiva-Parvati of sand/clay, puja and vigil in four
🐘 Ganesh Chaturthi (& Rishi Panchami)
📅 4 September 2027
Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi — the birth of Ganapati and his installation at home (midday), modak, 21 durva, no moon-sighting that night; Ris
🌼 Lalita Saptami
📅 7 September 2027
Bhadrapada Shukla Saptami — the day before Radha Ashtami: the birth festival of Lalita, Radha's chief sakhi (first of the Ashta Sakhis; Unch
🌸 Onam (Thiruvonam)
📅 12 September 2027
Kerala's greatest festival — the day of the Shravana (Thiruvonam) nakshatra in the month of Chingam (Simha); the annual visit of King Mahaba
🔁 Weekly & monthly vrats — next date
🖤 Saturday Vrat (Shani Dev)
📅 Saturday (Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha) — 19 September 2026
Next Saturday — the day of Shani Dev and Hanuman: a mustard-oil lamp under the peepal at dusk, oil, black sesame and ura
🕉 Somvar Vrat (Sawan Mondays and Solah Somvar)
📅 Somvar vrat (Bhadrapada) — 21 September 2026
The next Monday vrat — Shiva's day; the Mondays of Sawan (Shravana) are the greatest, the Solah Somvar vrat for the groo
🌗 Ekadashi Vrat
📅 Parivartini Ekadashi — 22 September 2026
When is the next Ekadashi — Two Ekadashis every month — the eleventh tithi of the Krishna and Shukla Paksha; Vishnu's vr
🚩 Tuesday Vrat (Hanuman) and Mangalagaur
📅 Tuesday vrat — Hanuman (Bhadrapada) — 22 September 2026
The next Tuesday — Hanuman's day, pacifying the planet Mars, the vrat of 21 Tuesdays (courage, illness, debt, Mangal dos
🔱 Pradosh Vrat
📅 Guru Pradosh (Bhadrapada Shukla) — 24 September 2026
When is the next Pradosh — worship of Shiva and Parvati in the Pradosh Kaal after sunset on the Trayodashi of every paks
💛 Thursday (Brihaspativar) Vrat
📅 Thursday (Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha) — 24 September 2026
Next Thursday — the day of Brihaspati (Jupiter) and Lord Vishnu: the 16-Thursday vrat, yellow clothes and yellow food, w
🌸 Friday Vrat (Santoshi Mata)
📅 Friday (Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha) — 25 September 2026
Next Friday — the 16-Friday vrat of Santoshi Mata: jaggery-and-gram prasad, the katha, and no sour food in the house; ke
💰 Vaibhav Lakshmi Vrat (Friday)
📅 Friday (Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha) — 25 September 2026
Next Friday — the 11- or 21-Friday Vaibhav Lakshmi vrat: worship of the Shri Yantra and a gold or silver object, kheer a
🌕 Purnima Vrat (Satyanarayan Katha)
📅 Bhadrapada Purnima — 26 September 2026
When is the next Purnima — the vrat on the full-moon day of every month, the Satyanarayan katha, the Moon arghya, charit
🐘 Sankashti Chaturthi (and Vinayaka Chaturthi)
📅 Vighnaraja Sankashti Chaturthi (Angarki) — 29 September 2026
When is the next Sankashti — the Ganesha vrat on the Chaturthi of every Krishna Paksha, paran after the arghya to the ri
🌙 Masik Shivratri
📅 Ashwin Masik Shivratri — 8 October 2026
When is the next Masik Shivratri — Shiva puja on the night (Nishita Kaal) of the Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi every month,
🌑 Amavasya (ancestor tarpan, bath and charity)
📅 Ashwin Amavasya (Shanishchari) — 10 October 2026
When is the next Amavasya — the ancestors' tarpan, a holy bath, charity and peepal worship on the new-moon day of every
📆 Whole-year vrat date list (printable)
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