Muhurat & Festivals: Auspicious Timing in the Hindu Calendar

Remaining Festivals & Vrat Dates, 2026

Every remaining festival, vrat and muhurat-relevant date of 2026, in order. Dates are computed for the New Delhi panchang; tithi-based festivals can shift by a day for other cities and for readers abroad. Where a full guide exists, the date links to it.

• 4 Sep (Fri) — Krishna Janmashtami
• 13–14 Sep (Sun–Mon) — Hartalika Teej (13th in parts of UP & Bihar, 14th mainstream)
• 14 Sep (Mon) — Ganesh Chaturthi
• 15 Sep (Tue) — Rishi Panchami
• 17 Sep (Thu) — Vishwakarma Puja · Kanya Sankranti
• 18 Sep (Fri) — Radha Ashtami
• 25 Sep (Fri) — Anant Chaturdashi · Ganesh Visarjan
• 26 Sep (Sat) — Pitru Paksha begins · Bhadrapada Purnima

• 2 Oct (Fri) — Gandhi Jayanti
• 10 Oct (Sat) — Sarva Pitru Amavasya · Mahalaya (Pitru Paksha ends)
• 11 Oct (Sun) — Sharad Navratri begins · Ghatasthapana
• 17 Oct (Sat) — Saraswati Puja · Tula Sankranti
• 18 Oct (Sun) — Durga Ashtami / Maha Ashtami
• 19 Oct (Mon) — Maha Navami
• 20 Oct (Tue) — Dussehra / Vijayadashami
• 24–25 Oct (Sat–Sun) — Sharad Purnima · Kojagara Lakshmi Puja
• 29 Oct (Thu) — Karwa Chauth
• 31 Oct (Sat) — Jupiter (Guru) enters Leo — major transit

November 2026 — the Diwali month

• 1 Nov (Sun) — Ahoi Ashtami
• 6 Nov (Fri) — Dhanteras (Diwali day 1)
• 7 Nov (Sat) — Narak Chaturdashi / Choti Diwali
• 8 Nov (Sun) — Diwali · Lakshmi Puja
• 9 Nov (Mon) — Govardhan Puja / Annakut
• 10 Nov (Tue) — Bhai Dooj
• 13–16 Nov (Fri–Mon) — Chhath Puja (main Sandhya Arghya 15 Nov)
• 14 Nov (Sat) — Children's Day
• 16 Nov (Mon) — Vrishchika Sankranti
• 20 Nov (Fri) — Dev Uthani Ekadashi — Chaturmas ends, weddings resume
• 21 Nov (Sat) — Tulsi Vivah
• 24 Nov (Tue) — Kartik Purnima · Dev Deepavali · Guru Nanak Jayanti

• 13 Dec (Sun) — Vivah Panchami
• 16 Dec (Wed) — Dhanu Sankranti — Kharmas begins, no wedding muhurats
• 19 Dec (Sat) — Gita Jayanti · Mokshada Ekadashi
• 23 Dec (Wed) — Dattatreya Jayanti · Margashirsha Purnima
• 25 Dec (Fri) — Christmas

Wedding muhurats: when they open and close

There are no auspicious wedding dates in September or October 2026 — Chaturmas runs until Dev Uthani Ekadashi on 21 November. Vivah muhurats then open for a short season: 21, 24, 25 and 26 November, and 2–6, 11 and 12 December. From 16 December Kharmas (Dhanurmas) begins and ceremonies pause again into mid-January. If you are choosing between these dates, the right one depends on both charts — that is what a consultation settles.

Planetary events to know

• No eclipses fall between now and the end of 2026 — the last was 28 August, not visible from India.
• 24 Oct – 13 Nov — Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, overlapping Dhanteras and Diwali.
• 31 Oct — Jupiter enters Leo; 13 Dec — Jupiter turns retrograde.
• 11 Dec — Saturn turns direct in Pisces, after a long retrograde relevant to Sade Sati.