Festival calendar 2026
Every festival of the year, with the days left to each. Filter to the state you keep them in — a date that matters in Kerala often does not in Punjab, and the calendar should say so.
13 of 36 festivals
September 2026
- In 2 days
Krishna Janmashtami
Krishna's birth, kept through a day of fasting and a puja at midnight. The cradle is rocked, and the fast is broken after.
All IndiaThe shape of the day - In 12 days
Ganesh Chaturthi
The murti installed, then ten days of puja before visarjan.
MaharashtraKarnatakaGoa - In 22 days
Anant Chaturdashi
Visarjan day. The Ganesh murti carried to water and given back to it.
MaharashtraKarnataka
October 2026
- In 39 days
Navaratri begins
Nine nights. Ghatasthapana on the first, with the kalash set and barley sown.
All India - In 45 days
Durga Puja begins
Saptami through Dashami. The pandals open and the city stops.
West BengalOdisha - In 48 days
Vijayadashami
The close of Navaratri. Ayudha puja on the tools of one's trade, and Saraswati puja.
KarnatakaWest BengalAll India - In 57 days
Karva Chauth
A day without food or water, broken on sight of the moon through a sieve.
Uttar PradeshPunjabDelhiHaryana
November 2026
- In 67 days
Diwali
Lakshmi puja at pradosh kala, and lamps at every threshold.
KarnatakaMaharashtraAll India - In 68 days
Govardhan Puja
Annakut — a mountain of food offered, for the hill Krishna lifted.
Uttar PradeshRajasthanDelhi - In 69 days
Bhai Dooj
Tilak from sister to brother, two days after Diwali.
Uttar PradeshDelhiMaharashtra - In 74 days
Chhath Puja
Arghya to the setting sun, then to the rising sun. The most demanding fast of the year.
BiharJharkhandUttar Pradesh - In 84 days
Tulsi Vivaha
Tulsi married to Vishnu, and the wedding season opens.
MaharashtraKarnatakaGujarat
December 2026
- In 119 days
Vaikunta Ekadashi
The Paramapada Vasal opened before dawn, and the fast kept through the day.
Tamil NaduAndhra PradeshKarnataka
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Dates are maintained by hand for 2026. Where a festival is kept on different days in different states, the earlier observance is listed and the regional note says so. Computed panchang — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, vara — lands in a later release.