Festivals Today
· New Delhi
No major festival falls today in New Delhi. The tithi at sunrise is Krishna Chaturthi. Open it for your own place.
Festivals today in New Delhi
No major festival today.
Tomorrow, Thu 1 Oct
No major festival tomorrow.
Vrat days coming up
- Ekadashi
- Tue 6 Oct · Krishna Ekadashi
- Purnima
- Mon 26 Oct · Shukla Purnima
- Amavasya
- Sat 10 Oct · Krishna Amavasya
The coming month
- Sat 10 Oct · Mahalaya Amavasya
- Krishna Amavasya, in the afternoonThe new moon that closes Pitru Paksha: the day for every ancestor whose date is not known. Navaratri opens the next morning.
- Sun 11 Oct · Navaratri begins
- Shukla PratipadaNine nights for the Goddess; Dussehra closes them.
- Mon 19 Oct · Durga Ashtami
- Shukla AshtamiThe eighth night of Navaratri.
- Tue 20 Oct · Dussehra
- Shukla Dashami, in the afternoonThe tenth day. Another of the few dates treated as broadly auspicious on its own.
- Mon 26 Oct · Sharad Purnima
- Shukla PurnimaThe brightest full moon of the year, by tradition.
- Thu 29 Oct · Karva Chauth
- Krishna Chaturthi, at moonriseA fast broken only after the moon is sighted, so the moonrise time is the point.
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.