Hindu Festivals 2026
dates and tithi times

Hindu festivals follow the lunar calendar: each is a tithi in a lunar month, and twelve lunar months are about eleven days shorter than a solar year. So the dates move back about eleven days a year, until an adhik maas every two to three years pushes them about a month later again.

A festival’s tithi begins and ends at the same instant all over the world, but the day that holds it at sunrise, at sunset or at midnight depends on where you are. So Diwali or Janmashtami can fall a day earlier in America than in India. Pick your city in the box at the top and every date and time is worked out for it.

The North Indian Purnimanta calendar, where a month runs from Purnima to Purnima, computed from exact planetary positions with the Lahiri ayanamsa. The tithi and the festival date are the same in the Amanta calendar; only the month’s name differs in the Krishna paksha.

Occasionally, when a tithi touches the deciding moment on two days, or on none. We follow the rule each festival is traditionally kept by, and show the tithi’s exact times so you can check.