Festivals Today
· New Delhi
No major festival falls today in New Delhi. The tithi at sunrise is Shukla Saptami. See the festivals for your own place.
Next: Dev Uthani Ekadashi, Fri 20 Nov
Also called Prabodhini Ekadashi
Vishnu is said to wake from the four months of chaturmas, and with that the wedding season reopens — no marriages are held in the months between. Tulasi Vivah follows within a day or two.
In New Delhi
- Kept
- Shukla Ekadashi
- Shukla Ekadashi begins
- Fri, Nov 20, 7:16 AM
- Shukla Ekadashi ends
- Sat, Nov 21, 6:31 AM
- Sunrise · Sunset
- 6:48 AM · 5:24 PM
Date by city
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The date is not the same everywhere: each city keeps the day its own sunrise and sunset put the tithi on. Times are each city’s local time. See it for your own place.
Festivals today in New Delhi
No major festival today.
Tomorrow, Tue 17 Nov
No major festival tomorrow.
Vrat days coming up
- Ekadashi
- Fri 20 Nov · Shukla Ekadashi
- Purnima
- Tue 24 Nov · Shukla Purnima
- Amavasya
- Tue 8 Dec · Krishna Amavasya
The coming month
- Fri 20 Nov · Dev Uthani Ekadashi
- Shukla EkadashiWeddings resume after this — the four months of Chaturmas end here.
- Sat 21 Nov · Tulasi Vivah
- Shukla DwadashiThe tulsi plant is married to Vishnu — and the human wedding season opens with it.
- Tue 24 Nov · Kartika Purnima
- Shukla Purnima, at duskLamps on the river.
Dates for New Delhi. Every festival this year, with the reason for each date.
Questions people ask
How is a Hindu festival's date decided?
By a tithi in a lunar month, held at the hour the festival is kept: most at sunrise, some at midday, dusk or midnight. The Gregorian date therefore moves from year to year, and every date here is worked out from the Sun and Moon rather than copied from a list.
Why do calendars sometimes list a festival on different days?
Three usual reasons: the place (a tithi can hold at sunrise in one city and not another), the hour the festival is judged at, and regional practice — Tamil and Malayalam calendars keep some festivals by the solar month, and North and South name the lunar months differently. None of these is an error.
Which day is Ekadashi kept?
This page lists Ekadashi on the day the tithi holds at sunrise. Some Vaishnava communities avoid an Ekadashi touched by Dashami before dawn and fast the next day instead. Follow the rule of your own tradition.
Are regional festivals included?
The general festivals are listed here. Choose your calendar tradition in the app — or open the Tamil or Telugu calendar page — for festivals kept in your region, named the way your calendar names them.