April 2026
Chaitra 3 Mar–2 Apr · Vaishakha 2 Apr–1 May
Computed for New Delhi. Every date is derived from the tithi it belongs to, and where the tithi left a choice to make, the convention that settled it is printed alongside.
2 Thursday Full pañcāṅga →
Lord Hanuman's appearance day, falling on Chaitra Purnima.
- Purnima, Shukla Pakṣa
- 1 Apr, 7:06 AM → 2 Apr, 7:42 AM
The full moon day, considered auspicious across traditions for worship and fasting.
- Purnima, Shukla Pakṣa
- 1 Apr, 7:06 AM → 2 Apr, 7:42 AM
A lunar month considered auspicious for charity and worship of Vishnu.
- Purnima, Shukla Pakṣa
- 1 Apr, 7:06 AM → 2 Apr, 7:42 AM
4 Saturday Full pañcāṅga →
The second lunar day of either fortnight — a potent day, alongside Amavasya, for remedies against sorcery.
- Dwitiya, Krishna Pakṣa
- 3 Apr, 8:42 AM → 4 Apr, 10:09 AM
5 Sunday Full pañcāṅga →
A fast for Ganesha on the fourth lunar day of the dark fortnight (Krishna Chaturthi), broken after seeing the moon, and kept on the day the Chaturthi holds at moonrise.
- Chaturthi, Krishna Pakṣa
- 5 Apr, 12:00 PM → 6 Apr, 2:11 PM
7 Tuesday Full pañcāṅga →
The fifth lunar day, associated with various deity-specific observances such as Naag Panchami.
- Panchami, Krishna Pakṣa
- 6 Apr, 2:11 PM → 7 Apr, 4:35 PM
9 Thursday Full pañcāṅga →
The seventh lunar day dedicated to worship of one's family or lineage goddess.
- Saptami, Krishna Pakṣa
- 8 Apr, 7:02 PM → 9 Apr, 9:20 PM
13 Monday Full pañcāṅga →
The eleventh lunar day of each fortnight, observed as a fasting vow dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
- Ekadashi, Krishna Pakṣa
- 13 Apr, 1:17 AM → 14 Apr, 1:09 AM
- Pāraṇa
- 14 Apr, 6:55 AM – 8:30 AM Hari Vasara, the first quarter of the Dwadashi, runs past sunrise; the fast is held until it has passed.
14 Tuesday Full pañcāṅga →
The day the sun transitions between zodiac signs, most notably Makar Sankranti.
- Mesha
- 14 Apr, 9:32 AM → 15 May, 6:22 AM
15 Wednesday Full pañcāṅga →
The chaturdashi night of Shiva that falls each month, as distinct from the annual Mahashivratri.
- Chaturdashi, Krishna Pakṣa
- 15 Apr, 10:31 PM → 16 Apr, 8:11 PM
A fast for Shiva on the thirteenth lunar day (Trayodashi) of each fortnight, kept on the day the Trayodashi holds the evening twilight after sunset.
- Trayodashi, Krishna Pakṣa
- 15 Apr, 12:12 AM → 15 Apr, 10:31 PM
16 Thursday Full pañcāṅga →
The fourteenth lunar day dedicated to the Mahavidya Tara.
- Chaturdashi, Krishna Pakṣa
- 15 Apr, 10:31 PM → 16 Apr, 8:11 PM
17 Friday Full pañcāṅga →
19 Sunday Full pañcāṅga →
The second lunar day of either fortnight — a potent day, alongside Amavasya, for remedies against sorcery.
- Dwitiya, Shukla Pakṣa
- 18 Apr, 2:11 PM → 19 Apr, 10:49 AM
20 Monday Full pañcāṅga →
A highly auspicious third lunar day, associated with imperishable merit and new beginnings.
- Tritiya, Shukla Pakṣa
- 19 Apr, 10:49 AM → 20 Apr, 7:28 AM
The tithi was present at the forenoon on two days (vriddhi); the later is kept.
21 Tuesday Full pañcāṅga →
The fifth lunar day, associated with various deity-specific observances such as Naag Panchami.
- Panchami, Shukla Pakṣa
- 21 Apr, 4:15 AM → 22 Apr, 1:20 AM
23 Thursday Full pañcāṅga →
The seventh lunar day dedicated to worship of one's family or lineage goddess.
- Saptami, Shukla Pakṣa
- 22 Apr, 10:50 PM → 23 Apr, 8:49 PM
24 Friday Full pañcāṅga →
The appearance day of the Mahavidya Baglamukhi.
- Ashtami, Shukla Pakṣa
- 23 Apr, 8:49 PM → 24 Apr, 7:22 PM
The monthly Durga fast on the eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight (Shukla Ashtami).
- Ashtami, Shukla Pakṣa
- 23 Apr, 8:49 PM → 24 Apr, 7:22 PM
27 Monday Full pañcāṅga →
The eleventh lunar day of each fortnight, observed as a fasting vow dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
- Ekadashi, Shukla Pakṣa
- 26 Apr, 6:07 PM → 27 Apr, 6:16 PM
- Pāraṇa
- 28 Apr, 5:42 AM – 8:21 AM
29 Wednesday Full pañcāṅga →
A fast for Shiva on the thirteenth lunar day (Trayodashi) of each fortnight, kept on the day the Trayodashi holds the evening twilight after sunset.
- Trayodashi, Shukla Pakṣa
- 28 Apr, 6:52 PM → 29 Apr, 7:52 PM
The tithi was present at the hours after sunset on two days (vriddhi); the later is kept.
30 Thursday Full pañcāṅga →
The appearance day of Lord Narasimha.
- Chaturdashi, Shukla Pakṣa
- 29 Apr, 7:52 PM → 30 Apr, 9:13 PM
Two sites can print different dates for the same festival and both be honest about it, because a pañcāṅga depends on choices that are rarely stated. Ours are stated here and do not change silently.
- dṛk gaṇita (observation-based), not vākya — positions are taken from the Swiss Ephemeris rather than from the medieval tables, which is what the mainstream Indian published pañcāṅgas do.
- Lahiri (Citrāpakṣa) ayanāṁśa, the Indian civil standard. It does not affect tithi, nakṣatra, yoga or karaṇa at all — those depend only on the angle between the sun and the moon — but it does place the sidereal rāśi, and so it is stated.
- Sunrise decides the day. The tithi of a date is the one running at that place's sunrise, not at midnight, and not the one that occupies most of the day.
- Months are pūrṇimānta — each runs full moon to full moon, the northern reckoning. It only affects the kṛṣṇa pakṣa, and it is the difference between calling one night “Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī” and “Māgha Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī”: Mahāśivarātri either way, named differently north and south.
- Rise and set follow the standard convention — upper limb, with refraction. Where no place has been chosen, New Delhi is used.
- ∆T is applied. The ephemeris integrates in Terrestrial Time while clocks run on Universal Time, and the two differ by about 69 seconds this decade. Applying it is why our times can sit a minute later than almanacs that do not.
Nothing here is scraped from another calendar site, and nothing is generated by a language model: a date is arithmetic on the positions of the sun and the moon, with one right answer, and it is computed. Dates are computed through December 2036; beyond that the site says so rather than guessing.