Hindu Calendar

Today's tithi, nakshatra and Hindu month, the month at a glance, and every festival and vrat coming up. Dates are for New Delhi, with both month names: purnimanta for North India and amanta for the South and West.

Today in the Hindu calendar

Thursday, 12 November 2026

Tithi:
Shukla Tritiya, until 6:10 PM
Nakshatra:
Jyeshtha, until 2:19 PM
Month (North India):
Kartik, Shukla Paksha
Month (South & West):
Kartik, Shukla Paksha
Samvat:
Vikram 2083 · Shaka 1948
Sunrise / sunset:
6:42 AM / 5:28 PM

Rahu Kaal, choghadiya and timings for your own city are on today's panchang.

Hindu Calendar 2027 →The whole year: every day's tithi, all festivals, the Ekadashi list with names, Purnima, Amavasya, Pradosh, Sankashti and Sankranti dates.

Coming up

  • Fri 13 NovVinayaka ChaturthiTomorrow
  • Sun 15 NovChhath PujaIn 3 days
  • Fri 20 NovDevutthana EkadashiIn 8 days
  • Sat 21 NovTulsi VivahIn 9 days
  • Sun 22 NovPradosh VratIn 10 days
  • Tue 24 NovKartik Purnima · Guru Nanak JayantiIn 12 days
  • Tue 24 NovKartik PurnimaIn 12 days
  • Fri 27 NovSankashti ChaturthiIn 15 days
  • Fri 4 DecUtpanna EkadashiIn 22 days
  • Sun 6 DecPradosh VratIn 24 days

Hindu Calendar November 2026

North India (purnimanta): Kartik – Margashirsha·South & West (amanta): Ashwin – Kartik

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
K 7
2
K 8
3
K 9
4
K 10
5
K 11
6
K 12
7
K 13
8
K 14
9
Amav.
10
S 1
11
S 2
12
S 3
13
S 4
14
S 5
15
S 6
16
S 7
17
S 8
18
S 9
19
S 9
20
S 10
21
S 12
22
S 13
23
S 14
24
Purn.
25
K 1
26
K 2
27
K 3
28
K 5
29
K 6
30
K 7

S = Shukla, K = Krishna, with the tithi numberfestivalEkadashiPurnima / Amavasyaother vrat

  • Sun 1 NovAhoi Ashtami
  • Thu 5 NovRama Ekadashi
  • Fri 6 NovDhanteras · Pradosh Vrat
  • Sat 7 NovMasik Shivratri
  • Sun 8 NovNarak Chaturdashi · Diwali (Lakshmi Puja)
  • Mon 9 NovKartik Amavasya
  • Tue 10 NovGovardhan Puja
  • Wed 11 NovBhai Dooj
  • Fri 13 NovVinayaka Chaturthi
  • Sun 15 NovChhath Puja
  • Fri 20 NovDevutthana Ekadashi
  • Sat 21 NovTulsi Vivah
  • Sun 22 NovPradosh Vrat
  • Tue 24 NovKartik Purnima · Guru Nanak Jayanti · Kartik Purnima
  • Fri 27 NovSankashti Chaturthi

Hindu Calendar December 2026

North India (purnimanta): Margashirsha – Pausha·South & West (amanta): Kartik – Margashirsha

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
K 8
2
K 9
3
K 10
4
K 11
5
K 12
6
K 13
7
K 14
8
Amav.
9
S 1
10
S 1
11
S 2
12
S 3
13
S 4
14
S 5
15
S 6
16
S 7
17
S 8
18
S 9
19
S 10
20
S 11
21
S 12
22
S 13
23
S 14
24
K 1
25
K 2
26
K 3
27
K 4
28
K 5
29
K 6
30
K 7
31
K 8

S = Shukla, K = Krishna, with the tithi numberfestivalEkadashiPurnima / Amavasyaother vrat

  • Fri 4 DecUtpanna Ekadashi
  • Sun 6 DecPradosh Vrat
  • Mon 7 DecMasik Shivratri
  • Tue 8 DecMargashirsha Amavasya
  • Sun 13 DecVinayaka Chaturthi
  • Mon 14 DecVivah Panchami
  • Sun 20 DecGita Jayanti · Mokshada Ekadashi
  • Mon 21 DecPradosh Vrat
  • Wed 23 DecMargashirsha Purnima
  • Sat 26 DecSankashti Chaturthi

How the Hindu calendar works

A Hindu calendar day is counted by its tithi: each time the Moon moves twelve degrees further from the Sun, one tithi ends and the next begins. There are fifteen in the bright half of the month, Shukla Paksha, ending at Purnima, and fifteen in the dark half, Krishna Paksha, ending at Amavasya. A tithi can begin at any hour, so a panchang lists each day under the tithi running at sunrise, and a festival is kept on the day its tithi covers the part of the day its rule names: sunrise for most, midday for Ram Navami and Ganesh Chaturthi, the evening for Dhanteras, midnight for Janmashtami and Maha Shivratri.

The months are named after the sign the Sun enters during them. North India ends each month at the full moon (purnimanta); the South and West end it at the new moon (amanta). The bright half has the same name in both, and the dark half takes the next month's name in the north. When a lunar month passes with no new sign for the Sun, it becomes an adhik month, as Jyeshtha did in 2026.

  • Chaitrathe Sun enters Mesha
  • Vaishakhathe Sun enters Vrishabha
  • Jyeshthathe Sun enters Mithuna
  • Ashadhathe Sun enters Karka
  • Shravanathe Sun enters Simha
  • Bhadrapadathe Sun enters Kanya
  • Ashwinthe Sun enters Tula
  • Kartikthe Sun enters Vrishchika
  • Margashirshathe Sun enters Dhanu
  • Paushathe Sun enters Makara
  • Maghathe Sun enters Kumbha
  • Phalgunathe Sun enters Meena

Questions about the Hindu calendar

What is the Hindu calendar?

The Hindu calendar, or panchang, is lunisolar. Its days are tithis, the thirty steps of the Moon away from the Sun, and its months run from one new or full moon to the next. Twelve lunar months fall about eleven days short of the solar year, so every two or three years an adhik (extra) month is added to keep the festivals in their seasons.

What is the Hindu month today?

Kartik by the North Indian (purnimanta) count and Kartik by the amanta count used in the South and West, in Shukla Paksha. Today's tithi at sunrise in New Delhi is Shukla Tritiya.

What are the twelve Hindu months?

Chaitra, Vaishakha, Jyeshtha, Ashadha, Shravana, Bhadrapada, Ashwin, Kartik, Margashirsha, Pausha, Magha, Phalguna. Each is named for the sign the Sun enters during it: Chaitra is the month in which the Sun enters Mesha, Vaishakha the month it enters Vrishabha, and so on.

What is the current Vikram Samvat year?

Vikram Samvat 2083 (Shaka Samvat 1948). The Samvat year changes on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the first day of the bright half of Chaitra, in March or April.

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