Hindu Festivals 2026
Hindu festivals and vrat dates for 2026: Diwali, Holi, Navratri, Janmashtami and more, calculated from the Vedic panchang, with significance and timings.
Festival dates 2026
- Pausha Purnima — Saturday, 3 January 2026
- Sakat Chauth — Tuesday, 6 January 2026
- Makar Sankranti / Pongal — Wednesday, 14 January 2026
- Vasant Panchami — Friday, 23 January 2026
- Ratha Saptami — Sunday, 25 January 2026
- Republic Day — Monday, 26 January 2026
- Maha Shivratri — Sunday, 15 February 2026
- Holika Dahan — Tuesday, 3 March 2026
- Holi — Wednesday, 4 March 2026
- Ugadi / Gudi Padwa / Chaitra Navratri Begins — Thursday, 19 March 2026
- Ram Navami — Thursday, 26 March 2026
- Hanuman Jayanti — Thursday, 2 April 2026
- Vishu / Baisakhi / Bihu / Mesha Sankranti — Tuesday, 14 April 2026
- Akshaya Tritiya — Sunday, 19 April 2026
- Narasimha Jayanti — Thursday, 30 April 2026
- Buddha Purnima — Friday, 1 May 2026
- Vat Savitri Vrat — Saturday, 16 May 2026
- Ganga Dussehra — Monday, 25 May 2026
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Guru Purnima — Wednesday, 29 July 2026
- Hariyali Teej — Saturday, 15 August 2026
- Nag Panchami — Monday, 17 August 2026
- Onam (Thiruvonam) — Wednesday, 26 August 2026
- Raksha Bandhan — Friday, 28 August 2026
- Kajari Teej — Monday, 31 August 2026
- Krishna Janmashtami — Friday, 4 September 2026
- Ganesh Chaturthi / Hartalika Teej — Monday, 14 September 2026
- Rishi Panchami — Tuesday, 15 September 2026
- Vishwakarma Puja — Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Radha Ashtami — Saturday, 19 September 2026
- Anant Chaturdashi — Friday, 25 September 2026
- Gandhi Jayanti — Friday, 2 October 2026
- Mahalaya Amavasya — Saturday, 10 October 2026
- Sharad Navratri Begins — Sunday, 11 October 2026
- Durga Puja (Shashthi/Saptami phase) — Friday, 16 October 2026
- Durga Ashtami / Maha Navami — Monday, 19 October 2026
- Dussehra (Vijayadashami) — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
- Sharad Purnima — Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Karva Chauth — Thursday, 29 October 2026
- Ahoi Ashtami — Sunday, 1 November 2026
- Dhanteras — Friday, 6 November 2026
- Narak Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) / Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — Sunday, 8 November 2026
- Govardhan Puja — Tuesday, 10 November 2026
- Bhai Dooj — Wednesday, 11 November 2026
- Chhath Puja — Sunday, 15 November 2026
- Tulsi Vivah — Saturday, 21 November 2026
- Kartik Purnima / Dev Diwali — Tuesday, 24 November 2026
- Kalabhairav Jayanti — Monday, 30 November 2026
- Vivah Panchami — Monday, 14 December 2026
- Gita Jayanti — Sunday, 20 December 2026
- Margashirsha Purnima / Dattatreya Jayanti — Wednesday, 23 December 2026