Festival dates

Diwali, Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi and the rest, calculated for where you are rather than copied from a list.

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Hindu festival dates in 2026 and 2027 — New Delhi

Next: Dev Uthani Ekadashi (Prabodhini Ekadashi), Fri, 20 Nov 2026.

Hindu festival dates in 2026

Wed, 14 Jan 2026: Makar Sankranti (Pongal, Uttarayan, Maghi, Magh Bihu, Poush Sankranti — Lohri and Bhogi the evening before)The Sun turns north into Capricorn: the harvest festival nearly every region keeps under its own name — kites, sesame and jaggery, new rice, bonfires.
Fri, 23 Jan 2026: Vasant PanchamiFor Saraswati, and the first day of spring.
Sun, 25 Jan 2026: Ratha SaptamiThe Sun turns his chariot north.
Sun, 15 Feb 2026: Maha ShivaratriKept through the night; the nishita window around midnight is the one that counts.
Mon, 2 Mar 2026: Holika DahanThe bonfire, the night before the colors. If Bhadra covers the evening the fire is lit later that night, so check the local muhurat.
Tue, 3 Mar 2026: Holi (Dhuli Vandana, Rangwali Holi)The colors, the morning after the bonfire.
Thu, 19 Mar 2026: Hindu new year (Ugadi, Gudi Padwa)The first day of the lunar year, and one of the few dates traditionally treated as auspicious everywhere without further checking.
Thu, 26 Mar 2026: Rama NavamiRama's birth, kept at midday.
Thu, 2 Apr 2026: Hanuman JayantiHanuman's birth.
Sun, 19 Apr 2026: Akshaya TritiyaHeld to be lucky for anything begun on it — the classic day for buying gold.
Fri, 1 May 2026: Buddha PurnimaThe Buddha's birth, awakening and passing, all on one full moon.
Sat, 16 May 2026: Vat Savitri Vrat (Vat Amavasya — the northern day)Married women fast and tie thread round a banyan tree, for Savitri who won her husband back from Death. Kept on this new moon in the North; in the West and South on the full moon a fortnight later.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026: Vat Purnima (Vat Savitri — the western and southern day)The same banyan-tree vow as Vat Savitri, kept on the full moon in Maharashtra, Gujarat and the South.
Thu, 16 Jul 2026: Rath YatraJagannath's chariot procession at Puri.
Wed, 29 Jul 2026: Guru PurnimaA day for teachers.
Sat, 15 Aug 2026: Hariyali Teej (Shravana Teej, Teeyan)The monsoon Teej: swings, green bangles and henna, for Parvati's reunion with Shiva.
Mon, 17 Aug 2026: Nag PanchamiA day for the serpents.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026: Raksha BandhanSisters tie a thread on their brothers' wrists.
Mon, 31 Aug 2026: Kajari Teej (Badi Teej, Satudi Teej)The second Teej, a fortnight after Hariyali Teej; the fast is broken after the moon is seen.
Fri, 4 Sept 2026: Krishna JanmashtamiKrishna's birth. The puja is at midnight, though the date is set by the day itself.
Mon, 14 Sept 2026: Ganesh ChaturthiGanesha's festival, kept at midday.
Mon, 14 Sept 2026: Hartalika Teej (Gowri Habba in Karnataka)The strictest of the three Teej fasts, kept without water, the day before Ganesh Chaturthi.
Fri, 25 Sept 2026: Anant ChaturdashiCloses the ten days of Ganesh Chaturthi; the idols go to the water.
Sun, 27 Sept 2026: Pitru Paksha begins (Shraddha fortnight, Mahalaya Paksha)Sixteen days of offerings to ancestors; each ancestor is remembered on the lunar day of their passing. The full-moon shraddha falls the day before this.
Sat, 10 Oct 2026: Mahalaya Amavasya (Sarva Pitru Amavasya — Pitru Paksha ends)The new moon that closes Pitru Paksha: the day for every ancestor whose date is not known. Navaratri opens the next morning.
Sun, 11 Oct 2026: Navaratri beginsNine nights for the Goddess; Dussehra closes them.
Mon, 19 Oct 2026: Durga AshtamiThe eighth night of Navaratri.
Tue, 20 Oct 2026: Dussehra (Vijayadashami)The tenth day. Another of the few dates treated as broadly auspicious on its own.
Sun, 25 Oct 2026: Sharad PurnimaThe brightest full moon of the year, by tradition.
Thu, 29 Oct 2026: Karva ChauthA fast broken only after the moon is sighted, so the moonrise time is the point.
Sun, 1 Nov 2026: Ahoi AshtamiMothers fast for their children until the stars come out, four days after Karva Chauth.
Fri, 6 Nov 2026: DhanterasOpens Diwali; the day for buying metal, and Dhanvantari's day.
Sun, 8 Nov 2026: Diwali (Lakshmi Puja)New-moon night. The puja is held in pradosh, the stretch just after sunset.
Sun, 8 Nov 2026: Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali)The day before Lakshmi puja.
Tue, 10 Nov 2026: Govardhan Puja (Bali Pratipada)The morning after Diwali.
Wed, 11 Nov 2026: Bhai DoojBrothers visit their sisters.
Sun, 15 Nov 2026: Chhath PujaOfferings to the setting and rising sun.
Fri, 20 Nov 2026: Dev Uthani Ekadashi (Prabodhini Ekadashi)Weddings resume after this — the four months of Chaturmas end here.
Sat, 21 Nov 2026: Tulasi VivahThe tulsi plant is married to Vishnu — and the human wedding season opens with it.
Tue, 24 Nov 2026: Kartika Purnima (Dev Diwali)Lamps on the river.
Sun, 20 Dec 2026: Gita Jayanti (Mokshada Ekadashi)The day the Gita was spoken, kept on the bright ekadashi of Margashirsha.
Sun, 20 Dec 2026: Vaikunta Ekadashi (Mukkoti Ekadashi)The gate day, kept especially in the south.

Hindu festival dates in 2027

Fri, 15 Jan 2027: Makar Sankranti (Pongal, Uttarayan, Maghi, Magh Bihu, Poush Sankranti — Lohri and Bhogi the evening before)The Sun turns north into Capricorn: the harvest festival nearly every region keeps under its own name — kites, sesame and jaggery, new rice, bonfires.
Thu, 11 Feb 2027: Vasant PanchamiFor Saraswati, and the first day of spring.
Sat, 13 Feb 2027: Ratha SaptamiThe Sun turns his chariot north.
Sat, 6 Mar 2027: Maha ShivaratriKept through the night; the nishita window around midnight is the one that counts.
Sun, 21 Mar 2027: Holika DahanThe bonfire, the night before the colors. If Bhadra covers the evening the fire is lit later that night, so check the local muhurat.
Mon, 22 Mar 2027: Holi (Dhuli Vandana, Rangwali Holi)The colors, the morning after the bonfire.
Wed, 7 Apr 2027: Hindu new year (Ugadi, Gudi Padwa)The first day of the lunar year, and one of the few dates traditionally treated as auspicious everywhere without further checking.
Thu, 15 Apr 2027: Rama NavamiRama's birth, kept at midday.
Tue, 20 Apr 2027: Hanuman JayantiHanuman's birth.
Sat, 8 May 2027: Akshaya TritiyaHeld to be lucky for anything begun on it — the classic day for buying gold.
Thu, 20 May 2027: Buddha PurnimaThe Buddha's birth, awakening and passing, all on one full moon.
Fri, 4 Jun 2027: Vat Savitri Vrat (Vat Amavasya — the northern day)Married women fast and tie thread round a banyan tree, for Savitri who won her husband back from Death. Kept on this new moon in the North; in the West and South on the full moon a fortnight later.
Fri, 18 Jun 2027: Vat Purnima (Vat Savitri — the western and southern day)The same banyan-tree vow as Vat Savitri, kept on the full moon in Maharashtra, Gujarat and the South.
Mon, 5 Jul 2027: Rath YatraJagannath's chariot procession at Puri.
Sun, 18 Jul 2027: Guru PurnimaA day for teachers.
Wed, 4 Aug 2027: Hariyali Teej (Shravana Teej, Teeyan)The monsoon Teej: swings, green bangles and henna, for Parvati's reunion with Shiva.
Fri, 6 Aug 2027: Nag PanchamiA day for the serpents.
Tue, 17 Aug 2027: Raksha BandhanSisters tie a thread on their brothers' wrists.
Fri, 20 Aug 2027: Kajari Teej (Badi Teej, Satudi Teej)The second Teej, a fortnight after Hariyali Teej; the fast is broken after the moon is seen.
Tue, 24 Aug 2027: Krishna JanmashtamiKrishna's birth. The puja is at midnight, though the date is set by the day itself.
Fri, 3 Sept 2027: Hartalika Teej (Gowri Habba in Karnataka)The strictest of the three Teej fasts, kept without water, the day before Ganesh Chaturthi.
Sat, 4 Sept 2027: Ganesh ChaturthiGanesha's festival, kept at midday.
Tue, 14 Sept 2027: Anant ChaturdashiCloses the ten days of Ganesh Chaturthi; the idols go to the water.
Thu, 16 Sept 2027: Pitru Paksha begins (Shraddha fortnight, Mahalaya Paksha)Sixteen days of offerings to ancestors; each ancestor is remembered on the lunar day of their passing. The full-moon shraddha falls the day before this.
Wed, 29 Sept 2027: Mahalaya Amavasya (Sarva Pitru Amavasya — Pitru Paksha ends)The new moon that closes Pitru Paksha: the day for every ancestor whose date is not known. Navaratri opens the next morning.
Thu, 30 Sept 2027: Navaratri beginsNine nights for the Goddess; Dussehra closes them.
Thu, 7 Oct 2027: Durga AshtamiThe eighth night of Navaratri.
Sat, 9 Oct 2027: Dussehra (Vijayadashami)The tenth day. Another of the few dates treated as broadly auspicious on its own.
Thu, 14 Oct 2027: Sharad PurnimaThe brightest full moon of the year, by tradition.
Mon, 18 Oct 2027: Karva ChauthA fast broken only after the moon is sighted, so the moonrise time is the point.
Fri, 22 Oct 2027: Ahoi AshtamiMothers fast for their children until the stars come out, four days after Karva Chauth.
Wed, 27 Oct 2027: DhanterasOpens Diwali; the day for buying metal, and Dhanvantari's day.
Thu, 28 Oct 2027: Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali)The day before Lakshmi puja.
Fri, 29 Oct 2027: Diwali (Lakshmi Puja)New-moon night. The puja is held in pradosh, the stretch just after sunset.
Sat, 30 Oct 2027: Govardhan Puja (Bali Pratipada)The morning after Diwali.
Sun, 31 Oct 2027: Bhai DoojBrothers visit their sisters.
Thu, 4 Nov 2027: Chhath PujaOfferings to the setting and rising sun.
Wed, 10 Nov 2027: Dev Uthani Ekadashi (Prabodhini Ekadashi)Weddings resume after this — the four months of Chaturmas end here.
Thu, 11 Nov 2027: Tulasi VivahThe tulsi plant is married to Vishnu — and the human wedding season opens with it.
Sat, 13 Nov 2027: Kartika Purnima (Dev Diwali)Lamps on the river.
Thu, 9 Dec 2027: Gita Jayanti (Mokshada Ekadashi)The day the Gita was spoken, kept on the bright ekadashi of Margashirsha.

Worked out for New Delhi (28.61°N, 77.21°E) from a planetary ephemeris with the Lahiri ayanamsa. A date can fall a day apart in another city, because the day is counted from local sunrise — the list above is for the place you set.