Hindu Calendar December 2026
Margashirsha – Paush
Every day with the tithi at sunrise, the Purnimanta month (North India’s, ending on the full moon), and the festivals and vrats kept in it, for New Delhi.
The number on each day is the tithi at sunrise in New Delhi, counted within its paksha, as a wall calendar prints it. A date you can tap has its full panchang on a page of its own.
Kharmas Wednesday, 16 December to Thursday, 14 January 2027: the Sun in Dhanu until Makar Sankranti; it closes a wedding, a mundan and a janeu until Thursday, 14 January 2027; the panchang still gives dates for griha pravesh, buying property, a new vehicle or a new business, though many North Indian families wait until it ends.
December 2026 festivals and vrats
5 festivals, 8 vratsFor New Delhi, in IST. A tithi begins and ends at the same moment everywhere; the day a vrat falls on, and its hours, are New Delhi’s and can differ by a day abroad.
Day by day
the tithi at sunrise and the month| Day | Tithi at sunrise | Month | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Tue | Krishna Ashtami | Margashirsha | Kaal Bhairav Jayanti |
| 2 Wed | Krishna Navami | Margashirsha | |
| 3 Thu | Krishna Dashami | Margashirsha | |
| 4 Fri | Krishna Ekadashi | Margashirsha | Utpanna Ekadashi |
| 5 Sat | Krishna Dwadashi | Margashirsha | |
| 6 Sun | Krishna Trayodashi | Margashirsha | Ravi Pradosh vrat |
| 7 Mon | Krishna Chaturdashi | Margashirsha | Masik Shivratri |
| 8 Tue | Amavasya | Margashirsha | Margashirsha Amavasya |
| 9 Wed | Shukla Pratipada | Margashirsha | |
| 10 Thu | Shukla Pratipada | Margashirsha | |
| 11 Fri | Shukla Dwitiya | Margashirsha | |
| 12 Sat | Shukla Tritiya | Margashirsha | |
| 13 Sun | Shukla Chaturthi | Margashirsha | |
| 14 Mon | Shukla Panchami | Margashirsha | Vivah Panchami |
| 15 Tue | Shukla Shashthi | Margashirsha | |
| 16 Wed | Shukla Saptami | Margashirsha | Dhanu Sankranti |
| 17 Thu | Shukla Ashtami | Margashirsha | Masik Durgashtami |
| 18 Fri | Shukla Navami | Margashirsha | |
| 19 Sat | Shukla Dashami | Margashirsha | |
| 20 Sun | Shukla Ekadashi | Margashirsha | Gita Jayanti · Mokshada Ekadashi |
| 21 Mon | Shukla Dwadashi | Margashirsha | Som Pradosh vrat |
| 22 Tue | Shukla Trayodashi | Margashirsha | |
| 23 Wed | Shukla Chaturdashi | Margashirsha | Dattatreya Jayanti · Margashirsha Purnima |
| 24 Thu | Krishna Pratipada | Paush | |
| 25 Fri | Krishna Dwitiya | Paush | |
| 26 Sat | Krishna Tritiya | Paush | Sankashti Chaturthi |
| 27 Sun | Krishna Chaturthi | Paush | |
| 28 Mon | Krishna Panchami | Paush | |
| 29 Tue | Krishna Shashthi | Paush | |
| 30 Wed | Krishna Saptami | Paush | |
| 31 Thu | Krishna Ashtami | Paush |
The tithi column is the tithi at sunrise in New Delhi. Each vrat and festival is kept by its tithi at its own moment: Pradosh in the evening, Shivratri at midnight (nishita), Sankashti at moonrise, the Purnima fast at midday, Diwali after sunset. So a vrat can fall on a day whose sunrise tithi is still the previous one.
Margashirsha Purnima is on Wednesday, 23 December, the day its tithi, Purnima, begins: in 2026 it starts after one sunrise and ends before the next, so no sunrise shows it.
Muhurat in December
shubh days for eachWhen a court gives the date, the court hearing page has the Surya Hora of every day; for a legal notice, replying to a notice lists the days for the reply.
Words on this page
what each term means- Purnimanta: the North Indian calendar, where a month ends on Purnima, the full moon. In the Amanta calendar of the west and south a month ends on Amavasya, so in the dark half the two give the month different names.
- Shukla and Krishna paksha: the bright half of the month, as the Moon grows to Purnima, and the dark half, as it wanes to Amavasya.
- Sankranti: the day the Sun enters a new rashi; Makar Sankranti is the best known.
- Pradosh: the evening hours just after sunset.
- Nishita: the midnight hour, when Shivratri and Janmashtami puja is done.
- Aparahna and madhyahna: the afternoon (the fourth of five equal parts of daylight) and the middle of the day.
- Parana: the window for breaking a fast, such as the Ekadashi fast on the next morning.
- Snan-daan: the holy dip and the gifts given on a Purnima or Amavasya.
- Kshaya: a tithi that begins after one sunrise and ends before the next, so no sunrise shows it; it is kept on the day it begins.
Other months
the Hindu calendar a month at a timeCommon questions
5 questionsWhich Hindu month is December 2026?
In the Purnimanta calendar North India follows, December 2026 runs through Margashirsha from 1 December to 23 December; then Paush from 24 December to 31 December. Vikram Samvat 2083.
When is Purnima in December 2026?
In New Delhi, Margashirsha Purnima vrat on Wednesday, 23 December.
When is Amavasya in December 2026?
In New Delhi, Margashirsha Amavasya on Tuesday, 8 December.
When is Ekadashi in December 2026?
In New Delhi, Utpanna Ekadashi on Friday, 4 December and Mokshada Ekadashi on Sunday, 20 December.
Which Hindu festivals are in December 2026?
Kaal Bhairav Jayanti on Tuesday, 1 December; Vivah Panchami on Monday, 14 December; Gita Jayanti on Sunday, 20 December; Dattatreya Jayanti on Wednesday, 23 December; Margashirsha Purnima on Wednesday, 23 December. For New Delhi.
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