Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja)
Vasant Panchami — worship of Goddess Saraswati, start of Vasant Ritu (spring).
Sunday
Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja)
Vasant Panchami — worship of Goddess Saraswati, start of Vasant Ritu (spring).
Saturday
Jaya Ekadashi
Liberates from ghostly existence (preta yoni).
Tithi ends - 11 February 2090, 8:40 am
Sunday
Pradosh Vrat (Shukla)
Pradosh Vrat — Shiva worship at Pradosh Kaal (1h 36m after sunset) on Trayodashi.
Pradosh Kaal - 6:09 pm to 7:39 pm
Monday
Kumbha Sankranti
Sankranti — Solar transit into a new zodiac sign; auspicious for charity and sacred bath.
Sankranti moment - 13 February 2090, 1:56 pm
Tuesday
Purnima (Full Moon)
Purnima — Full Moon day, auspicious for Satyanarayan Puja and sacred baths.
Friday
Vijaya Ekadashi
Grants victory in all endeavours.
Tithi ends - 25 February 2090, 5:15 am
Monday
Maha Shivaratri
The Great Night of Shiva — night-long vigil, four-prahar Shiva puja, Rudri, fasting.
Monday
Som Pradosh (Krishna — Monday)
Pradosh Vrat — Shiva worship at Pradosh Kaal (1h 36m after sunset) on Trayodashi.
Pradosh Kaal - 6:19 pm to 7:49 pm
Ram Navami
Ram Navami — Birthday of Lord Ram. Puja at Madhyahna (midday), Ram Katha, fast.
Monday
Kamada Ekadashi
Grants all wishes and liberates from sins.
Tithi ends - 11 April 2090, 3:18 am
Wednesday
Mahavir Jayanti
Wednesday
Pradosh Vrat (Shukla)
Pradosh Vrat — Shiva worship at Pradosh Kaal (1h 36m after sunset) on Trayodashi.
Pradosh Kaal - 6:45 pm to 8:15 pm
Friday
Hanuman Jayanti
Purnima — Full Moon day, auspicious for Satyanarayan Puja and sacred baths.
Friday
Mesha Sankranti
Sankranti — Solar transit into a new zodiac sign; auspicious for charity and sacred bath.
Sankranti moment - 14 April 2090, 7:14 pm
Tuesday
Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi (Tuesday)
Sankashti Chaturthi — Ganesha fast on Krishna Chaturthi, break fast after moonrise.
Moonrise - 18 April 2090, 10:52 pm
Tuesday
Varuthini Ekadashi
Gives worldly happiness and liberation; powerful fast.
Tithi ends - 25 April 2090, 5:54 pm
Thursday
Pradosh Vrat (Krishna)
Pradosh Vrat — Shiva worship at Pradosh Kaal (1h 36m after sunset) on Trayodashi.
Pradosh Kaal - 6:54 pm to 8:24 pm
Thursday
Masik Shivaratri
Masik Shivratri — Monthly Shiva fast on Krishna Chaturdashi, night vigil and puja.
Saturday
Shani Amavasya (Saturday New Moon)
Amavasya — New Moon; sacred for Pitru Tarpan (ancestral rites) and Shradh.
Parsva Ekadashi
Ekadashi Vrat — sacred to Lord Vishnu. Fast from sunrise; break fast next day at Parana time.
Tithi ends - 4 September 2090, 7:41 pm
Wednesday
Pradosh Vrat (Shukla)
Pradosh Vrat — Shiva worship at Pradosh Kaal (1h 36m after sunset) on Trayodashi.
Pradosh Kaal - 6:36 pm to 8:06 pm
Thursday
Ganesh Visarjan (Anant Chaturdashi)
Friday
Purnima (Full Moon)
Purnima — Full Moon day, auspicious for Satyanarayan Puja and sacred baths.
Wednesday
Sankashti Chaturthi
Sankashti Chaturthi — Ganesha fast on Krishna Chaturthi, break fast after moonrise.
Moonrise - 13 September 2090, 9:08 pm
Sunday
Kanya Sankranti
Sankranti — Solar transit into a new zodiac sign; auspicious for charity and sacred bath.
Sankranti moment - 17 September 2090, 5:42 pm
Wednesday
Indira Ekadashi
Liberates ancestors from hell; Pitru Paksha Ekadashi.
Tithi ends - 20 September 2090, 12:08 pm
Friday
Masik Shivaratri
Masik Shivratri — Monthly Shiva fast on Krishna Chaturdashi, night vigil and puja.
Saturday
Shani Amavasya (Saturday New Moon)
Amavasya — New Moon; sacred for Pitru Tarpan (ancestral rites) and Shradh.
Sunday
Sharad Navratri — Day 1 · Shailaputri
Sharada Navratri — 9 nights of Goddess worship, Ashvin Shukla 1–9. Culminates in Dussehra.
Monday
Sharad Navratri — Day 2 · Brahmacharini
Sharada Navratri — 9 nights of Goddess worship, Ashvin Shukla 1–9. Culminates in Dussehra.
Tuesday
Sharad Navratri — Day 3 · Chandraghanta
Sharada Navratri — 9 nights of Goddess worship, Ashvin Shukla 1–9. Culminates in Dussehra.
Sharad Navratri — Maha Navami (Day 9) · Siddhidatri
Sharada Navratri — 9 nights of Goddess worship, Ashvin Shukla 1–9. Culminates in Dussehra.
Monday
Dussehra (Vijayadashami)
Vijayadashami — Ram's victory over Ravana, Aparahna kaal most auspicious.
Wednesday
Papankusha Ekadashi
Destroys all sins like a goad destroys an elephant.
Tithi ends - 4 October 2090, 11:08 am
Friday
Pradosh Vrat (Shukla)
Pradosh Vrat — Shiva worship at Pradosh Kaal (1h 36m after sunset) on Trayodashi.
Pradosh Kaal - 6:01 pm to 7:31 pm
Sunday
Sharad Purnima (Kojagari Purnima)
Purnima — Full Moon day, auspicious for Satyanarayan Puja and sacred baths.
Thursday
Karwa Chauth
Karwa Chauth — married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for husband's longevity. Moon sighting is key.
Moonrise - 12 October 2090, 8:29 pm
Thursday
Sankashti Chaturthi
Sankashti Chaturthi — Ganesha fast on Krishna Chaturthi, break fast after moonrise.
Moonrise - 12 October 2090, 8:29 pm
Wednesday
Tula Sankranti
Sankranti — Solar transit into a new zodiac sign; auspicious for charity and sacred bath.
Sankranti moment - 18 October 2090, 5:47 am
Thursday
Rama Ekadashi
Removes all sins, equal to Ashvamedha Yajna.
Tithi ends - 19 October 2090, 9:03 pm
Saturday
Shani Pradosh (Krishna — Saturday)
Pradosh Vrat — Shiva worship at Pradosh Kaal (1h 36m after sunset) on Trayodashi.
Pradosh Kaal - 5:45 pm to 7:15 pm
Saturday
Masik Shivaratri
Masik Shivratri — Monthly Shiva fast on Krishna Chaturdashi, night vigil and puja.
Sunday
Diwali — Lakshmi Puja
Festival of Lights — Lakshmi Puja at Pradosh Kaal, lighting of diyas, victory of light over darkness.
Devutthana Ekadashi (Prabodhini Ekadashi)
Ekadashi Vrat — sacred to Lord Vishnu. Fast from sunrise; break fast next day at Parana time.
Tithi ends - 3 November 2090, 5:50 am
Sunday
Pradosh Vrat (Shukla)
Pradosh Vrat — Shiva worship at Pradosh Kaal (1h 36m after sunset) on Trayodashi.
Pradosh Kaal - 5:32 pm to 7:02 pm
Tuesday
Kartik Purnima (Dev Diwali)
Purnima — Full Moon day, auspicious for Satyanarayan Puja and sacred baths.
Saturday
Sankashti Chaturthi
Sankashti Chaturthi — Ganesha fast on Krishna Chaturthi, break fast after moonrise.
Moonrise - 11 November 2090, 8:55 pm
Friday
Vrishchika Sankranti
Sankranti — Solar transit into a new zodiac sign; auspicious for charity and sacred bath.
Sankranti moment - 17 November 2090, 5:42 am
Saturday
Utpanna Ekadashi
Birth of Ekadashi Devi; first Ekadashi ever observed.
Sunday
Pradosh Vrat (Krishna)
Pradosh Vrat — Shiva worship at Pradosh Kaal (1h 36m after sunset) on Trayodashi.
Pradosh Kaal - 5:25 pm to 6:55 pm
Sunday
Masik Shivaratri
Masik Shivratri — Monthly Shiva fast on Krishna Chaturdashi, night vigil and puja.
Tuesday
Amavasya (New Moon)
Amavasya — New Moon; sacred for Pitru Tarpan (ancestral rites) and Shradh.
Hindu festival dates are not fixed to the Gregorian calendar — they are determined by the tithi, and a tithi begins and ends at a specific moment rather than at midnight. A festival is therefore assigned to the day on which its governing tithi prevails at the relevant time, which is sunrise for most observances but moonrise, sunset or midnight for others. This is why a festival can fall on different dates in different regions. The dates listed here are a single national set, computed rather than copied from a printed panchang; where your family or local temple observes a different day, follow that tradition.
Open any festival date to see that day's full panchang, including the specific muhurat window its ritual requires — Pradosh Kaal for Lakshmi Puja, Nishita Kaal for Janmashtami, Madhyahna for Ganesh Chaturthi, and the post-Bhadra window for Raksha Bandhan and Holika Dahan.