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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
Vaishakh Maas 2 Apr – 1 May (30 days)

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 →

Dooj Sat, 4 Apr

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

7 Tuesday Full pañcāṅga →

Panchami Tue, 7 Apr

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 →

Ekadashi Mon, 13 Apr

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 →

Sankranti Tue, 14 Apr

The day the sun transitions between zodiac signs, most notably Makar Sankranti.

Mesha
14 Apr, 9:32 AM → 15 May, 6:22 AM

16 Thursday Full pañcāṅga →

Tara Chaturdashi Thu, 16 Apr

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 →

Amavasya Fri, 17 Apr Guide →

The new moon day, associated with ancestor worship and certain Tantric practices.

Amavasya, Krishna Pakṣa
16 Apr, 8:11 PM → 17 Apr, 5:21 PM

19 Sunday Full pañcāṅga →

Akshay Tritiya Sun, 19 Apr

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
Dooj Sun, 19 Apr

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

21 Tuesday Full pañcāṅga →

Panchami Tue, 21 Apr

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 →

Kuldevi Saptami Thu, 23 Apr

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

27 Monday Full pañcāṅga →

Ekadashi Mon, 27 Apr

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

30 Thursday Full pañcāṅga →

Narsingh Jayanti Thu, 30 Apr

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.