Panchang · Festivals and vrats
Festivals and vrats in 2026
Each date is worked out from the lunar day, the Moon’s nakshatra or the Sun’s entry into a sign, by the sunrise of the chosen city. Open a festival to read how its date was fixed.
Dates for Ranchi · change city
Month names: the rules use the amanta month, which ends at the new moon (as in South and West India). In the dark half of the month North India’s purnimanta calendar has already moved to the next month, so dark-half entries show both names, for example Kamika Ekadashi: Shravana Krishna (purnimanta) = Ashadha Krishna (amanta). Shravan Somvar follows the purnimanta month, as Delhi almanacs print it.
January 2026
3 JanSat
Pausha Purnima (Shakambhari)Full-moon day · Pausha
February 2026
1 FebSun
Magha PurnimaFull-moon day · Magha
March 2026
3 MarTue
Holika Dahan (Phalguna Purnima)Full-moon day · Phalguna
April 2026
2 AprThu
Hanuman JayantiFull-moon day · Chaitra
May 2026
1 MayFri
Buddha PurnimaFull-moon day · Vaishakha
31 MaySun
Adhika Jyeshtha PurnimaFull-moon day · Jyeshtha
June 2026
29 JunMon
Vat PurnimaFull-moon day · Jyeshtha
July 2026
29 JulWed
Guru PurnimaFull-moon day · Ashadha
August 2026
28 AugFri
Raksha Bandhan (Shravana Purnima)Full-moon day · Shravana
September 2026
26 SepSat
Bhadrapada Purnima (Uma-Maheshwara vrat)Full-moon day · Bhadrapada
October 2026
26 OctMon
November 2026
24 NovTue
Kartika Purnima (Dev Deepawali)Full-moon day · Kartika
December 2026
24 DecThu
Margashirsha Purnima (Dattatreya Jayanti)Full-moon day · Margashirsha
Plain-language notes are the School’s summaries of common almanac usage, for study. They are not advice.
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