Festival Calendar — 2027
Śubhakāla’s festival library — classical observance details, nirṇaya, and pūjā vidhi, each computed from the Śubhakāla pañcāṅga engine (Lāhirī sidereal, Amānta, sunrise-anchored).
AP, Telangana 1
Vināyaka Chaviti (Telugu)
Sat, 4 Sep
Telugu Gaṇeśa festival
AP, Telangana, Karn 1
Ugādi (Telugu/Kannada)
Wed, 7 Apr
Telugu & Kannada New Year
Assam 1
Bohāg Bihu
Wed, 14 Apr
Assamese New Year & spring harvest
Bengal, Odisha (Gauḍīya) 1
Caitanya Jayantī
Mon, 22 Mar
Birth of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava saint
Bengal, Pan-India 1
Rāmakṛṣṇa Jayantī
Wed, 10 Mar
Birth of the Bengali mystic
Bihar, Jharkhand, E-UP, Nepal 1
Chaṭha Pūjā
Tue, 2 Nov
Rigorous fast; arghya to setting & rising Sun
E & N India 1
Viśvakarmā Pūjā
Fri, 17 Sep
Divine architect; tools & machinery worshipped
Gujarat 3
Uttarāyaṇa (Guj)
Fri, 15 Jan
International kite festival
Navarātri Garbā
Sat, 30 Oct
Nine nights of garbā & dāṇḍiyā-rāsa dance
Nūtana Varṣa (Guj)
Sat, 30 Oct
Gujarati New Year (day after Diwali)
Karn, AP, Telangana 1
Kārtīka Māsa (Karn/AP)
Thu, 30 Sep
Holy Kārttika; Monday Śiva-vrata; lamp-lighting
Karnataka 1
Dasara (Mysuru)
Sat, 30 Oct
Karnataka state festival; Mysuru palace & jamboo savari
Karnataka (Vaiṣṇava) 1
Madhva Jayantī
Sat, 9 Oct
Birth of the Dvaita ācārya
Kerala 2
Viṣu
Wed, 14 Apr
Malayali astronomical New Year
Vishu (Kerala)
Wed, 14 Apr
Malayali New Year; first-sight ritual
Kerala, S 1
Ayyappa Maṇḍala Pūjā
Wed, 17 Nov
41-day austerity culminating at Sabarimala
Mah, Goa, S 1
Gaṇeśa Jayantī
Wed, 10 Feb
Birth of Gaṇeśa (Māgha reckoning)
Mah, Karn, AP 1
Dattātreya Jayantī
Mon, 13 Dec
Birth of Dattātreya (Brahmā-Viṣṇu-Śiva)
Maharashtra 2
Makar Saṅkrānti (Mah)
Fri, 15 Jan
Til-gul exchange ('til-gul ghya, god god bola')
Vasubāras
Tue, 26 Oct
Worship of cow & calf; Marathi Diwali begins
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh 1
Pola
Tue, 31 Aug
Worship of bullocks/oxen by farmers
Maharashtra, Goa 2
Gudhī Pāḍvā
Wed, 7 Apr
Marathi New Year; gudi (victory banner) hoisted
Gaṇeśotsava
Sat, 4 Sep
Public 10-day Gaṇeśa festival
Mithila (Bihar) 1
Jur Sital
Wed, 14 Apr
Maithili New Year
North India 4
Hanumān Jayantī (Caitra)
Tue, 20 Apr
Birth of Hanumān (North reckoning)
Sūrdās Jayantī
Tue, 11 May
Birth of the Braj-bhakti poet
Kabīr Jayantī
Fri, 18 Jun
Birth of the Nirguṇa saint-poet
Tulsīdās Jayantī
Sun, 8 Aug
Birth of the Rāmcaritmānas author
North India, Punjab 1
Ravidās Jayantī
Sun, 21 Feb
Birth of the Bhakti saint
North/West 5
Maṅgala Tṛtīyā
Tue, 9 Feb
Tṛtīyā on Tuesday — Gaurī worship for marital welfare
Maṅgala Tṛtīyā
Tue, 23 Feb
Tṛtīyā on Tuesday — Gaurī worship for marital welfare
Maṅgala Tṛtīyā
Tue, 22 Jun
Tṛtīyā on Tuesday — Gaurī worship for marital welfare
Maṅgala Tṛtīyā
Tue, 6 Jul
Tṛtīyā on Tuesday — Gaurī worship for marital welfare
Maṅgala Tṛtīyā
Tue, 16 Nov
Tṛtīyā on Tuesday — Gaurī worship for marital welfare
Odisha 1
Maha Vishuva Saṅkrānti
Wed, 14 Apr
Odia New Year
Pan-India 230
Śukravāra (Friday) Vrata
Every Friday (53× in 2027)
Friday vrata for wealth & contentment
Śani (Saturday) Vrata
Every Saturday (52× in 2027)
Saturday fasting to propitiate Śani
Ravivāra (Sunday) Vrata
Every Sunday (52× in 2027)
Sunday vrata for the Sun; health & vitality
Soma Pradoṣa / Monday vrata
Every Monday (52× in 2027)
Monday fasting for Śiva
Bhauma Pradoṣa
Tue, 5 Jan
Pradoṣa on Tuesday — for health, freedom from debt & disease
Gurū (Thursday) Vrata
Every Thursday (52× in 2027)
Thursday vrata for Guru/Viṣṇu & wisdom
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Mon, 11 Jan
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Vināyakī Aṅgāraka
Tue, 12 Jan
Bright-fortnight Caturthī on Tuesday — auspicious Gaṇeśa yoga
Makara Saṅkrānti
Fri, 15 Jan
Sun's northward journey (uttarāyaṇa) begins; harvest thanksgiving
Makara Saṅkrānti
Fri, 15 Jan
Sun turns north (uttarāyaṇa); most celebrated saṅkrānti
Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)
Tue, 19 Jan
Boon of progeny; in South = Vaikuṇṭha Ekādaśī
Pradoṣa Vrata
Wed, 20 Jan
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Budha Pradoṣa
Wed, 20 Jan
Pradoṣa on Wednesday — for fulfilment of all desires
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Fri, 22 Jan
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Fri, 29 Jan
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī
Tue, 2 Feb
Use of sesame (til) in six ways; charity emphasised
Pradoṣa Vrata
Wed, 3 Feb
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Guru Pradoṣa
Thu, 4 Feb
Pradoṣa on Thursday — destroys enemies, grants merit
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Sat, 6 Feb
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Śanaiścarī Amāvāsyā
Sat, 6 Feb
New moon on Saturday — most potent for Śani-śānti & pitṛ-tarpaṇa
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Wed, 10 Feb
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sat, 13 Feb
Sun enters Aquarius; Māgha-melā/Kumbha bathing period
Ravi-Aṣṭamī
Sun, 14 Feb
Aṣṭamī on Sunday — combined Sun-Śakti potency
Jayā Ekādaśī
Wed, 17 Feb
Grants victory; frees from pretā-yoni
Pradoṣa Vrata
Thu, 18 Feb
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Bhṛgu / Śukra Pradoṣa
Fri, 19 Feb
Pradoṣa on Friday — for wealth & marital happiness
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Sun, 21 Feb
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Lalitā Jayantī
Sun, 21 Feb
Appearance of Goddess Lalitā
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Sun, 28 Feb
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Ravi-Aṣṭamī
Sun, 28 Feb
Aṣṭamī on Sunday — combined Sun-Śakti potency
Vijayā Ekādaśī
Wed, 3 Mar
Rāma observed it before crossing to Laṅkā; grants victory
Pradoṣa Vrata
Fri, 5 Mar
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Śani Pradoṣa
Sat, 6 Mar
Pradoṣa on Saturday — for progeny & removal of Śani affliction
Śani Trayodaśī
Sat, 6 Mar
Trayodaśī on Saturday — Śiva worship counters Śani-doṣa
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Mon, 8 Mar
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Somavatī Amāvāsyā
Mon, 8 Mar
New moon on Monday — rare; for marital longevity & ancestors
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Fri, 12 Mar
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī
Sun, 14 Mar
Ṣaṣṭhī on Sunday — Sūrya-Skanda worship
Mīna Saṅkrānti
Mon, 15 Mar
Sun enters Pisces; end of solar year approaching
Bhaumāṣṭamī / Maṅgalāṣṭamī
Tue, 16 Mar
Aṣṭamī on Tuesday — fierce Goddess/Bhairava worship
Āmalakī Ekādaśī
Thu, 18 Mar
Worship of the āmalakī (amla) tree; precedes Holi
Pradoṣa Vrata
Sat, 20 Mar
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Śani Pradoṣa
Sat, 20 Mar
Pradoṣa on Saturday — for progeny & removal of Śani affliction
Śani Trayodaśī
Sat, 20 Mar
Trayodaśī on Saturday — Śiva worship counters Śani-doṣa
Holikā Dahana
Sun, 21 Mar
Bonfire marking burning of Holikā; triumph of devotion
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Mon, 22 Mar
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Soma Pūrṇimā
Mon, 22 Mar
Full moon on Monday — Candra & Śiva strongly favoured
Kāmadā / Kāmadeva
Mon, 22 Mar
Kāmadeva commemoration (Holi season)
Holī
Tue, 23 Mar
Festival of colours; spring; play of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Tue, 30 Mar
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Bhaumāṣṭamī / Maṅgalāṣṭamī
Tue, 30 Mar
Aṣṭamī on Tuesday — fierce Goddess/Bhairava worship
Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Fri, 2 Apr
Removes the gravest sins (pāpa-mocana)
Pradoṣa Vrata
Sun, 4 Apr
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Ravi Pradoṣa
Sun, 4 Apr
Pradoṣa on Sunday — for longevity & good health
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Tue, 6 Apr
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Bhaumavatī Amāvāsyā
Tue, 6 Apr
New moon on Tuesday — for relief from ṛṇa (debt) & Maṅgala-doṣa
Vaiśākha Vrata
Wed, 7 Apr
Holy month of dawn bathing & water-charity (jala-dāna)
Matsya Jayantī
Fri, 9 Apr
Fish avatāra who saved the Vedas & Manu
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Sat, 10 Apr
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Nāga / Ravi Pañcamī
Sun, 11 Apr
Pañcamī on Sunday — penitential & purificatory
Budhāṣṭamī
Wed, 14 Apr
Aṣṭamī on Wednesday — special vrata for sin-removal & wishes
Meṣa Saṅkrānti
Wed, 14 Apr
Solar New Year; start of solar calendar
Rāma Navamī
Thu, 15 Apr
Birth of Śrī Rāma at madhyāhna
Rāma Navamī
Thu, 15 Apr
Birth of Rāma (madhyāhna)
Kāmadā Ekādaśī
Sat, 17 Apr
Fulfils desires; first Ekādaśī after New Year
Pradoṣa Vrata
Sun, 18 Apr
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Soma Pradoṣa
Mon, 19 Apr
Pradoṣa on Monday — for wish-fulfilment & peace
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Tue, 20 Apr
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Thu, 29 Apr
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Varūthinī Ekādaśī
Sun, 2 May
Grants protection (varūtha) & merit
Pradoṣa Vrata
Mon, 3 May
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Bhauma Pradoṣa
Tue, 4 May
Pradoṣa on Tuesday — for health, freedom from debt & disease
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Thu, 6 May
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Akṣaya Tṛtīyā
Sun, 9 May
'Imperishable third'; auspicious for new beginnings, gold
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Sun, 9 May
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Paraśurāma Jayantī
Sun, 9 May
Warrior-sage avatāra
Gaṅgā Saptamī
Wed, 12 May
Re-birth of Gaṅgā from Brahmā's kamaṇḍalu
Sītā Navamī
Fri, 14 May
Birth (appearance) of Sītā
Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sat, 15 May
Sun enters Taurus
Mohinī Ekādaśī
Sun, 16 May
Frees from delusion (moha); Mohinī avatāra
Pradoṣa Vrata
Mon, 17 May
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Bhauma Pradoṣa
Tue, 18 May
Pradoṣa on Tuesday — for health, freedom from debt & disease
Narasiṃha Jayantī
Wed, 19 May
Man-lion avatāra who slew Hiraṇyakaśipu
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Thu, 20 May
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Guru Pūrṇimā (Thu yoga)
Thu, 20 May
Full moon on Thursday — Guru's day; ideal for dīkṣā
Kūrma Jayantī
Thu, 20 May
Tortoise avatāra of the cosmic churning
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Sat, 29 May
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Aparā Ekādaśī
Tue, 1 Jun
Bestows limitless (aparā) merit
Pradoṣa Vrata
Wed, 2 Jun
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Guru Pradoṣa
Thu, 3 Jun
Pradoṣa on Thursday — destroys enemies, grants merit
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Fri, 4 Jun
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Śani Jayantī
Fri, 4 Jun
Birth of Śani
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Tue, 8 Jun
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Vināyakī Aṅgāraka
Tue, 8 Jun
Bright-fortnight Caturthī on Tuesday — auspicious Gaṇeśa yoga
Nirjalā Ekādaśī
Mon, 14 Jun
Waterless fast equal in merit to all 24 Ekādaśīs
Bhauma / Maṅgala Dvādaśī
Tue, 15 Jun
Dvādaśī on Tuesday — pāraṇā with Hanumān worship
Pradoṣa Vrata
Wed, 16 Jun
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Budha Pradoṣa
Wed, 16 Jun
Pradoṣa on Wednesday — for fulfilment of all desires
Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Wed, 16 Jun
Sun enters Gemini; Odisha's Raja (earth's menses) festival
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Fri, 18 Jun
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Sun, 27 Jun
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Ravi-Aṣṭamī
Sun, 27 Jun
Aṣṭamī on Sunday — combined Sun-Śakti potency
Yoginī Ekādaśī
Wed, 30 Jun
Removes sins, cures afflictions
Pradoṣa Vrata
Thu, 1 Jul
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Bhṛgu / Śukra Pradoṣa
Fri, 2 Jul
Pradoṣa on Friday — for wealth & marital happiness
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Sun, 4 Jul
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Bhānuvatī / Sūrya Amāvāsyā
Sun, 4 Jul
New moon on Sunday — Sūrya & ancestor propitiation
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Wed, 7 Jul
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Ravi-Aṣṭamī
Sun, 11 Jul
Aṣṭamī on Sunday — combined Sun-Śakti potency
Devaśayanī Ekādaśī
Wed, 14 Jul
Viṣṇu begins yoga-nidrā; Cāturmāsya begins
Pradoṣa Vrata
Thu, 15 Jul
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Bhṛgu / Śukra Pradoṣa
Fri, 16 Jul
Pradoṣa on Friday — for wealth & marital happiness
Karka Saṅkrānti
Sat, 17 Jul
Sun turns south (dakṣiṇāyana); 'night of the devas'
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Sun, 18 Jul
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Tue, 27 Jul
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Bhaumāṣṭamī / Maṅgalāṣṭamī
Tue, 27 Jul
Aṣṭamī on Tuesday — fierce Goddess/Bhairava worship
Kāmikā Ekādaśī
Fri, 30 Jul
Merit of bathing in sacred rivers; first of Cāturmāsya
Pradoṣa Vrata
Sat, 31 Jul
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Śani Pradoṣa
Sat, 31 Jul
Pradoṣa on Saturday — for progeny & removal of Śani affliction
Śani Trayodaśī
Sat, 31 Jul
Trayodaśī on Saturday — Śiva worship counters Śani-doṣa
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Mon, 2 Aug
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Somavatī Amāvāsyā
Mon, 2 Aug
New moon on Monday — rare; for marital longevity & ancestors
Maṅgala Gaurī Vrata
Tue, 3 Aug
The Tuesdays of Śrāvaṇa — Gaurī honored by the married woman.
Haryālī Tīj
Thu, 5 Aug
The green Tīj of Śrāvaṇa — Pārvatī's union with Śiva.
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Thu, 5 Aug
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Kalki Jayantī
Sat, 7 Aug
Anticipated future avatāra
Bhānu / Ratha Saptamī
Sun, 8 Aug
Saptamī on Sunday — supremely meritorious Sun worship
Maṅgala Gaurī Vrata
Tue, 10 Aug
The Tuesdays of Śrāvaṇa — Gaurī honored by the married woman.
Mahānavamī (Tue/Sun)
Tue, 10 Aug
Navamī on a fierce-planet day — heightened Devī worship
Putradā Ekādaśī (Śrāvaṇa)
Thu, 12 Aug
Boon of progeny; pavitra-āropaṇa to deity
Fri, 13 Aug
The vrata of the boon-granting Mother, on the Friday before Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā.
Pradoṣa Vrata
Sat, 14 Aug
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Śani Pradoṣa
Sat, 14 Aug
Pradoṣa on Saturday — for progeny & removal of Śani affliction
Śani Trayodaśī
Sat, 14 Aug
Trayodaśī on Saturday — Śiva worship counters Śani-doṣa
Ravi Pradoṣa
Sun, 15 Aug
Pradoṣa on Sunday — for longevity & good health
Maṅgala Gaurī Vrata
Tue, 17 Aug
The Tuesdays of Śrāvaṇa — Gaurī honored by the married woman.
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Tue, 17 Aug
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Siṃha Saṅkrānti
Tue, 17 Aug
Sun enters Leo; Kerala's Chingam/Onam month
Kajarī Tīj
Fri, 20 Aug
The dark-fortnight Tīj — sung in for the monsoon and the household.
Balarāma Jayantī
Mon, 23 Aug
Birth of Balarāma (plough-bearer)
Maṅgala Gaurī Vrata
Tue, 24 Aug
The Tuesdays of Śrāvaṇa — Gaurī honored by the married woman.
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Wed, 25 Aug
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Budhāṣṭamī
Wed, 25 Aug
Aṣṭamī on Wednesday — special vrata for sin-removal & wishes
Ajā Ekādaśī
Sat, 28 Aug
Absolves sins (King Hariścandra legend)
Pradoṣa Vrata
Sun, 29 Aug
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Soma Pradoṣa
Mon, 30 Aug
Pradoṣa on Monday — for wish-fulfilment & peace
Maṅgala Gaurī Vrata
Tue, 31 Aug
The Tuesdays of Śrāvaṇa — Gaurī honored by the married woman.
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Tue, 31 Aug
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Bhaumavatī Amāvāsyā
Tue, 31 Aug
New moon on Tuesday — for relief from ṛṇa (debt) & Maṅgala-doṣa
Mahālayā / Pitṛ Pakṣa
Wed, 1 Sep
Fortnight of ancestral offerings (śrāddha, tarpaṇa)
Varāha Jayantī
Fri, 3 Sep
Boar avatāra who raised the earth
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Sat, 4 Sep
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Nāga / Ravi Pañcamī
Sun, 5 Sep
Pañcamī on Sunday — penitential & purificatory
Budhāṣṭamī
Wed, 8 Sep
Aṣṭamī on Wednesday — special vrata for sin-removal & wishes
Pārśva Ekādaśī
Sat, 11 Sep
Viṣṇu turns side in cosmic sleep (parivartana)
Vāmana Jayantī
Sun, 12 Sep
Dwarf avatāra who subdued Bali
Pradoṣa Vrata
Mon, 13 Sep
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Soma Pradoṣa
Mon, 13 Sep
Pradoṣa on Monday — for wish-fulfilment & peace
Ananta Caturdaśī
Tue, 14 Sep
Worship of Ananta-Viṣṇu; immersion of Gaṇeśa
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Wed, 15 Sep
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Kanyā Saṅkrānti
Fri, 17 Sep
Sun enters Virgo; Viśvakarmā Pūjā (artisans)
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Thu, 23 Sep
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Indirā Ekādaśī
Sun, 26 Sep
Observed for liberation of ancestors (falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa)
Pradoṣa Vrata
Mon, 27 Sep
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Bhauma Pradoṣa
Tue, 28 Sep
Pradoṣa on Tuesday — for health, freedom from debt & disease
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Thu, 30 Sep
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Sun, 3 Oct
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Mahānavamī
Sat, 9 Oct
Ninth night; Āyudha Pūjā (tools/weapons worship) in South
Pāpāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
Mon, 11 Oct
'Goad against sin'; grants heaven & health
Pradoṣa Vrata
Tue, 12 Oct
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Bhauma / Maṅgala Dvādaśī
Tue, 12 Oct
Dvādaśī on Tuesday — pāraṇā with Hanumān worship
Budha Pradoṣa
Wed, 13 Oct
Pradoṣa on Wednesday — for fulfilment of all desires
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Fri, 15 Oct
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Vālmīki Jayantī
Fri, 15 Oct
Birth of Ādikavi Vālmīki (Rāmāyaṇa author)
Tulā Saṅkrānti
Mon, 18 Oct
Sun enters Libra; Odisha Garbhana Sankranti, Kati Bihu
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Sat, 23 Oct
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Ramā Ekādaśī
Mon, 25 Oct — Vaiṣṇava 26 Oct
Named for Ramā (Lakṣmī); precedes Diwali
Dhanteras
Wed, 27 Oct
Beginning of Diwali; buying metal/gold; Dhanvantari Jayanti
Pradoṣa Vrata
Wed, 27 Oct
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Budha Pradoṣa
Wed, 27 Oct
Pradoṣa on Wednesday — for fulfilment of all desires
Naraka Caturdaśī
Thu, 28 Oct
Kṛṣṇa slays Narakāsura; abhyaṅga-snāna
Dīpāvalī Lakṣmī Pūjā
Fri, 29 Oct
Festival of lights; Lakṣmī-Gaṇeśa pūjā; Rāma's return
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Fri, 29 Oct
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Śāradīya Navarātri
Sat, 30 Oct
Nine nights of the Goddess; ghaṭa-sthāpana
Govardhana Pūjā
Sat, 30 Oct
Kṛṣṇa lifts Govardhana; annakūṭa offering; Bali Pūjā
Bhāī Dūja
Sun, 31 Oct
Sisters honour brothers; Yama-Yamunā legend
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Tue, 2 Nov
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Vināyakī Aṅgāraka
Tue, 2 Nov
Bright-fortnight Caturthī on Tuesday — auspicious Gaṇeśa yoga
Prabodhinī Ekādaśī
Wed, 10 Nov
Viṣṇu awakens; Cāturmāsya ends; wedding season opens
Bhīṣma Pañcaka
Wed, 10 Nov
Five-day fast concluding Kārttika (Bhīṣma's homage)
Tulasī Vivāha
Thu, 11 Nov
Ceremonial marriage of Tulasī to Śālagrāma-Viṣṇu
Pradoṣa Vrata
Thu, 11 Nov
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Bhṛgu / Śukra Pradoṣa
Fri, 12 Nov
Pradoṣa on Friday — for wealth & marital happiness
Kārttika Pūrṇimā
Sun, 14 Nov
Śiva slays Tripurāsura; Dev Diwali at Kashi; Kārttika-snāna ends
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Sun, 14 Nov
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Sun, 21 Nov
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Ravi-Aṣṭamī
Sun, 21 Nov
Aṣṭamī on Sunday — combined Sun-Śakti potency
Utpannā Ekādaśī
Wed, 24 Nov
Birth of Goddess Ekādaśī from Viṣṇu (slays Mura)
Pradoṣa Vrata
Thu, 25 Nov
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Bhṛgu / Śukra Pradoṣa
Fri, 26 Nov
Pradoṣa on Friday — for wealth & marital happiness
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Sun, 28 Nov
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Bhānuvatī / Sūrya Amāvāsyā
Sun, 28 Nov
New moon on Sunday — Sūrya & ancestor propitiation
Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Wed, 1 Dec
Monthly bright-fortnight Gaṇeśa worship
Bhānu / Ratha Saptamī
Sun, 5 Dec
Saptamī on Sunday — supremely meritorious Sun worship
Mahānavamī (Tue/Sun)
Tue, 7 Dec
Navamī on a fierce-planet day — heightened Devī worship
Gītā Jayantī
Thu, 9 Dec
Day Kṛṣṇa spoke the Bhagavad Gītā to Arjuna
Mokṣadā Ekādaśī
Thu, 9 Dec
Bestows mokṣa; Gītā was spoken this day
Pradoṣa Vrata
Sat, 11 Dec
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Śani Pradoṣa
Sat, 11 Dec
Pradoṣa on Saturday — for progeny & removal of Śani affliction
Śani Trayodaśī
Sat, 11 Dec
Trayodaśī on Saturday — Śiva worship counters Śani-doṣa
Pūrṇimā Vrata
Mon, 13 Dec
Full-moon fast; Satyanārāyaṇa kathā commonly performed
Soma Pūrṇimā
Mon, 13 Dec
Full moon on Monday — Candra & Śiva strongly favoured
Annapūrṇā Jayantī
Mon, 13 Dec
Goddess of nourishment; kitchen/food worship
Aṣṭamī (Kālāṣṭamī)
Mon, 20 Dec
Monthly worship of Kāla Bhairava
Saphalā Ekādaśī
Thu, 23 Dec
'Fruitful' Ekādaśī; success in undertakings
Pradoṣa Vrata
Sat, 25 Dec
Twilight Śiva worship on both Trayodaśīs each month
Śani Pradoṣa
Sat, 25 Dec
Pradoṣa on Saturday — for progeny & removal of Śani affliction
Śani Trayodaśī
Sat, 25 Dec
Trayodaśī on Saturday — Śiva worship counters Śani-doṣa
Amāvāsyā / Darśa
Mon, 27 Dec
New-moon ancestral tarpaṇa & vrata
Somavatī Amāvāsyā
Mon, 27 Dec
New moon on Monday — rare; for marital longevity & ancestors
Pan-India (Braj) 1
Rādhāṣṭamī
Wed, 8 Sep
Birth of Rādhā
Pan-India (Jain) 1
Mahāvīra Jayantī
Mon, 19 Apr
Birth of the 24th Tīrthaṅkara
Pan-India (N) 1
Gaṅgā Daśaharā
Sun, 13 Jun
Descent (avataraṇa) of Gaṅgā to earth
Pan-India (Puri origin) 1
Jagannātha Ratha Yātrā
Mon, 5 Jul
Chariot procession of Jagannātha, Balabhadra, Subhadrā
Pan-India (Puṣṭimārga) 1
Vallabha Jayantī
Sun, 2 May
Birth of the Śuddhādvaita / Puṣṭimārga ācārya
Pan-India (Vaiṣṇava) 1
Nimbārka Jayantī
Sun, 14 Nov
Birth of the Dvaitādvaita ācārya
Pan-India (esp. East) 2
Durgāṣṭamī
Thu, 7 Oct
Great eighth night; sandhi pūjā at Aṣṭamī-Navamī junction
Kojāgarī Lakṣmī Pūjā
Fri, 15 Oct
Night Lakṣmī roams asking 'ko jāgarti' (who is awake)
Pan-India (esp. East, North) 1
Vasanta Pañcamī
Thu, 11 Feb
Worship of Sarasvatī; onset of spring; learning & arts
Pan-India (esp. Mah, Karn, AP) 1
Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Sat, 4 Sep
Birth of Gaṇeśa; 10-day Ganeshotsav
Pan-India (esp. N) 1
Māgha Vrata
Fri, 8 Jan
Holy month of cold-dawn sacred bathing
Pan-India (esp. N, E) 1
Kārttika Vrata
Thu, 30 Sep
Holiest lunar month; dawn river-bath, lamp-offering
Pan-India (esp. S) 17
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Thu, 14 Jan
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Fri, 12 Feb
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Sun, 14 Mar
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Mon, 12 Apr
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Tue, 11 May
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Ādi Śaṅkara Jayantī
Tue, 11 May
Birth of the Advaita ācārya
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Thu, 10 Jun
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Fri, 9 Jul
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Sat, 7 Aug
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Hayagrīva Jayantī
Tue, 17 Aug
Horse-headed deity of knowledge
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Mon, 6 Sep
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Tue, 5 Oct
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Thu, 4 Nov
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Wed, 17 Nov
Sun enters Scorpio; Ayyappa Maṇḍala-vrata begins
Ṣaṣṭhī Vrata
Sat, 4 Dec
Monthly Murugan/Skanda vrata
Vaikuṇṭha Ekādaśī
Thu, 9 Dec
Vaikuṇṭha's gate (Vaikuṇṭha-dvāra) opens; supreme Ekādaśī
Dhanu Saṅkrānti
Thu, 16 Dec
Sun enters Sagittarius; holy Dhanurmāsa (Margazhi) begins
Pan-India (Ārya Samāj) 1
Dayānanda Jayantī
Tue, 2 Mar
Birth of the Ārya Samāj founder
Pan-India + Nepal 1
Vijayadaśamī
Sat, 9 Oct
Victory of Rāma over Rāvaṇa & Durgā over Mahiṣa
Pan-India, Punjab 1
Guru Nānak Jayantī
Sun, 14 Nov
Birth of the first Sikh Guru
Punjab, North 2
Lohṛī
Thu, 14 Jan
Bonfire harvest festival of Punjab
Vaiśākhī
Wed, 14 Apr
Punjabi harvest & Sikh Khalsa founding day (1699)
Rajasthan, N 1
Mīrābāī Jayantī
Fri, 15 Oct
Birth of the Kṛṣṇa-bhakti saint-poetess
Sindhi community 1
Cheti Chand
Wed, 7 Apr
Sindhi New Year; birth of Jhulelal
South & West India 1
Ugādi / Gudi Padwa
Wed, 7 Apr
Lunar New Year (Amānta); start of new saṃvatsara
South India 5
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Tue)
Tue, 11 May
Ṣaṣṭhī on Tuesday — Murugan (warrior) worship intensified
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Tue)
Tue, 5 Oct
Ṣaṣṭhī on Tuesday — Murugan (warrior) worship intensified
Skanda / Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Sat, 4 Dec
Birth/victory of Skanda
Mārgaśīrṣa / Dhanurmāsa start
Thu, 16 Dec
Holy month of Dhanurmāsa; pre-dawn Tiruppāvai/Tiruvempāvai
Dhanurmāsa Vrata
Thu, 16 Dec
Pre-dawn Tiruppāvai / Tiruvempāvai recitation
TN, AP, Telangana 1
Makara Saṅkrānti eve — Bhogī
Thu, 14 Jan
Discarding the old; bonfire of old items
Tamil Nadu 4
Thai Pongal
Fri, 15 Jan
Tamil harvest thanksgiving to the Sun
Māṭṭu Pongal
Sat, 16 Jan
Worship of cattle
Kāṇum Pongal
Sun, 17 Jan
Family outings; community bonding
Puthāṇḍu
Wed, 14 Apr
Tamil New Year
Telangana 1
Bathukamma
Wed, 1 Sep
Floral-stack festival of women
W Odisha, Chhattisgarh 1
Nuākhāī
Sun, 5 Sep
New-rice harvest thanksgiving
WB (Chandannagar, Krishnanagar) 1
Jagaddhātrī Pūjā
Sun, 7 Nov
Worship of Goddess Jagaddhātrī
WB, Assam, Manipur (Braj) 1
Rāsa Pūrṇimā
Sun, 14 Nov
Kṛṣṇa's rāsa-līlā with the gopīs
WB, Odisha, Assam 1
Lakṣmī Pūjā (Bengali)
Fri, 15 Oct
Bengali Lakṣmī worship on Sharad Purnima
WB, Odisha, Assam, Tripura 1
Kālī Pūjā
Thu, 28 Oct
Night worship of Goddess Kālī (coincides with Diwali)
WB, Tripura, Assam, Odisha 1
Durgā Pūjā (Bengali)
Tue, 5 Oct
Grand 5-day Goddess festival; pandals & idols
West Bengal 1
Poush Parbon
Fri, 15 Jan
Bengali harvest; pithe-puli sweets
West Bengal, Bangladesh 1
Poḥela Boiśākh
Wed, 14 Apr
Bengali New Year (Noboborsho)