Hindu Calendar (Monthly Panchang Calendar with Tithis)
Every day’s tithi, nakshatra and Hindu month, with the festivals — for your town.
Hindu calendar
festival Ekadashi Purnima Amavasya Sankranti — tap a day for its details.
S = Shukla, K = Krishna paksha (tithi at sunrise); K30 = Amavasya; “+” after it: a kshaya tithi follows before the next sunrise; ² the second day of the same tithi.
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Festivals and observances
About the Hindu Calendar (Monthly Panchang Calendar with Tithis)
A month grid of the Hindu calendar for your own town: each day shows the tithi current at sunrise (with kshaya tithis and the second day of a vriddhi tithi marked), the nakshatra, and the lunar month in amanta or purnimanta reckoning — adhika months named — with Vikram and Shaka Samvat. Purnima, Amavasya, every Ekadashi (Smarta and Vaishnava dates when they differ), the twelve Sankrantis and more than forty major festivals are marked, each computed from its own tithi rule — Diwali on the evening Ashwin Amavasya covers, Rama Navami on the midday of Chaitra Shukla Navami, Maha Shivaratri on the midnight of Magha Krishna Chaturdashi.
Everything is calculated on your device with the conventions of the Rashtriya Panchang, and the tests compare the festival dates with its list of principal festivals and the month beginnings with its tables of regional calendars. Print a month as an A4 or Letter wall page, save it as CSV, or download a year of festivals as an .ics calendar file. Where regions or sampradayas keep another day, the calendar says so.
How to use it
- Search for your town (or enter coordinates) — the calendar follows its sunrise and time zone.
- Choose the month and year, Amanta or Purnimanta month names, and whether weeks start on Sunday or Monday.
- Read each day: the tithi at sunrise (S = Shukla, K = Krishna), the nakshatra, and the day’s festival or observance. The list below the grid gives every date of the month with its regional note.
- Use Print (choose A4 or Letter) for a wall page, CSV for the month in a spreadsheet, or Year .ics to add the year’s festivals to your phone calendar.
Examples
Amanta months
6 Nov: Dhanteras · 7 Nov: Choti Diwali (Kali Chaudas) · 8 Nov: Naraka Chaturdashi, Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) · 9 Nov: Govardhan Puja, Ashwin Amavasya · 10 Nov: Kartika begins, Gujarati New Year (Bestu Varas) · 11 Nov: Bhai Dooj · 15 Nov: Chhath · 16 Nov: Vrishchika Sankranti · 20/21 Nov: Prabodhini Ekadashi (Smarta/Vaishnava) · 24 Nov: Kartik Purnima, Guru Nanak Jayanti
May and June 2026, amanta
Adhika Jyeshtha begins on 17 May; Nija Jyeshtha on 15 June, a day that starts with Amavasya and holds the whole (kshaya) Shukla Pratipada
How festival dates are worked out
A festival names a month, a tithi and the part of the day in which the tithi must be current. The calendar puts it on the day whose part of the day the tithi fills; when it fills it on two days or on neither, it takes the festival’s preferred day or the day it covers more. The parts of the day are: sunrise; arunodaya, 96 minutes before sunrise; pratah, the first fifth of the daytime (three muhurtas); the forenoon, the first half of the daytime; midday, the third fifth of the daytime; the afternoon, the fourth fifth; sunset; pradosha, the first fifth of the night; nishita, the eighth of the night’s fifteen muhurtas, around midnight; and the evening moonrise.
The rules (months amanta):
- At sunrise: Ugadi and Gudi Padwa (Chaitra Shukla Pratipada), Mahavir Jayanti, Hanuman Jayanti, Buddha, Guru and Kartik Purnima, Rath Yatra (Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya), Hariyali and Hartalika Teej, Nag Panchami, Janmashtami (Shravana Krishna Ashtami), Anant Chaturdashi, Navratri, Durga Ashtami, the Gujarati New Year, Chhath (Kartika Shukla Shashthi), Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti and Mauni Amavasya.
- Forenoon: Akshaya Tritiya (Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya) and Vasant Panchami with Saraswati Puja (Magha Shukla Panchami).
- Midday: Rama Navami (Chaitra Shukla Navami), Ganesh Chaturthi (Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi), Rishi Panchami, Radha Ashtami, Maha Navami (Ashwin Shukla Navami) and Vat Savitri (Vaishakha Amavasya).
- Afternoon: Dussehra (Ashwin Shukla Dashami; the next day when Dashami is still current at that sunrise and Shravana nakshatra reaches that afternoon but not the first), Bhai Dooj (Kartika Shukla Dwitiya), Mahalaya Amavasya and the first tarpana of Pitru Paksha (Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada), the time of shraddha. Ayudha Puja is the day before Dussehra.
- Sunset: Govardhan Puja (Kartika Shukla Pratipada).
- Pradosha: Diwali (Ashwin Amavasya; when Amavasya fills the evening on two days, the second), Dhanteras (Ashwin Krishna Trayodashi; when Trayodashi reaches the evening on two days, the second), Choti Diwali (Kali Chaudas), Ahoi Ashtami, Sharad Purnima and Datta Jayanti.
- Midnight: Maha Shivaratri (Magha Krishna Chaturdashi).
- Arunodaya: Naraka Chaturdashi (Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi) and Ratha Saptami.
- Moonrise: Karwa Chauth (Ashwin Krishna Chaturthi).
- Avoiding Bhadra, the first half of Purnima: Raksha Bandhan on the day Purnima lasts at least three muhurtas after sunrise, otherwise the day on which Bhadra ends; Holika Dahan on the evening the Bhadra-free half of Phalguna Purnima reaches, Holi the next day.
Festivals are never placed in an adhika month. Sankranti is shown on the local date the Sun enters the sidereal sign. The tests compare nearly four hundred festival dates over ten years with the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris and the Rashtriya Panchang for their central station; they agree on all but a handful, where those publications follow another convention in some years.
Amanta, purnimanta and the samvat years
An amanta month runs from the day after one new moon to the next new moon and is named after the sidereal solar month in which its new moon falls; a purnimanta month runs from the day after a full moon and comes half a month earlier. The tithi and the festival day are the same in both: only the name of the Krishna paksha changes (Janmashtami is Shravana Krishna Ashtami in an amanta calendar and Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami in a purnimanta one). When two new moons fall in one solar month, the first month is adhika and the second nija, and festivals are kept in the nija month. Vikram Samvat and Shaka Samvat begin on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada; in Gujarat the Vikram year begins on Kartika Shukla Pratipada, the day after Diwali (Rashtriya Panchang: Chronological eras).
Sources
- India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomy Centre: Rashtriya Panchang — Principal festivals and anniversaries, Regional calendars and Chronological eras — and the festival criteria of the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris; the tests compare dates with both.
- D. Cross, astronomy-engine (MIT licence): the positions of the Sun and the Moon and the searches for sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset.
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): town names, coordinates and time zones of the place search; the IANA time zone database in your browser for daylight saving time.
Limitations
- Regional and sampradaya practice differs for some festivals (Bengal keeps Vijaya Dashami by the forenoon rule and Maha Navami by the sunrise rule, Smarta and Vaishnava traditions can keep Janmashtami on different days, some calendars keep Vasant Panchami on the day after Saraswati Puja, Hanuman Jayanti has regional dates). The calendar notes the main differences; follow your temple or community where it differs.
- Solar-calendar festivals of particular states (Pongal, Vishu, Onam, Bihu) follow rules about the time of the Sankranti within the day and are not computed here; the Sankranti itself is shown.
- Festival days depend on the town’s sunrise and sunset: abroad they can fall a day earlier or later than in India.
- Years from 1900 to 2100 are supported.
Privacy
Everything is calculated in your browser, and the CSV and calendar files are made there too. The page never asks for your device’s position. A town or coordinates you choose are remembered in this browser for the panchang tools; Reset forgets them.
Frequently asked questions
What do “S11” and “K4” mean in the grid?
The tithi current at sunrise: S for Shukla (waxing) and K for Krishna (waning) paksha, numbered 1 to 15, with K30 for Amavasya — the same short form the Rashtriya Panchang uses. A “+” line in a cell means another tithi began and ended before the next sunrise (kshaya).
Why does a festival fall on a different day in my town than in India?
Festival rules depend on the local sunrise, sunset or midnight, while the tithi ends at the same moment everywhere. In America a tithi that ends in the Indian afternoon may be current at the local sunrise of the day before, so the festival can move by a day. Choose your own town.
Why are there two dates for some Ekadashis?
Smarta and Vaishnava traditions follow different rules when Ekadashi begins just before sunrise or is very short. The calendar marks both; the Ekadashi list explains each case.
Can I print a wall calendar?
Yes. Choose A4 or Letter and press Print: the month prints on one page with the festivals listed below the grid. In the print dialog you can also save it as a PDF.
Which festivals are included?
More than forty: Gudi Padwa / Ugadi, Rama Navami, Mahavir Jayanti, Hanuman Jayanti, Akshaya Tritiya, Buddha Purnima, Vat Savitri, Rath Yatra, Guru Purnima, Hariyali Teej, Nag Panchami, Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami, Hartalika Teej, Ganesh Chaturthi, Rishi Panchami, Radha Ashtami, Anant Chaturdashi, Pitru Paksha, Mahalaya, Navratri, Durga Ashtami, Maha Navami, Ayudha Puja, Dussehra, Sharad Purnima, Karwa Chauth, Ahoi Ashtami, Dhanteras, Choti Diwali (Kali Chaudas), Naraka Chaturdashi, Diwali, Govardhan Puja, the Gujarati New Year, Bhai Dooj, Chhath, Kartik Purnima, Datta Jayanti, Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti, Mauni Amavasya, Vasant Panchami, Ratha Saptami, Maha Shivaratri, Holika Dahan and Holi — plus every Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya and Sankranti.