Festival calendar

Festivals

The Hindu festival calendar for the year, organised month by month and computed from the lunar Panchang.

January 2026

14 Jan

The Sun enters Capricorn — a harvest festival of sesame sweets and holy dips.

15 Feb

The great night of Shiva — a fast and vigil on the fourteenth night of the waning moon.

4 Mar

The festival of colours, celebrated on the full moon of Phalguna.

4 Sept

The birth of Krishna, observed on the eighth night of the waning moon.

14 Sept

The arrival of Ganesha, on the fourth day of the waxing moon.

8 Nov

The festival of lights, on the new moon of Kartik.