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Hindu calendar December 2026

The Hindu calendar (panchang) names each day by the tithi, the lunar day, running at sunrise. Months run from one full moon to the next in North India (purnimanta), and the year is counted in Vikram Samvat from Chaitra.

Hindu calendar, December 2026

Months: Margashirsha · Pausha
Vikram Samvat: 2083
Shaka Samvat: 1948

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1TuesdayMargashirsha

K Ashtami until 11:15 pm → K Navami

Magha

Simha

6:34 am · 5:31 pm

2Wednesday

K Navami until 10:53 pm → K Dashami

Purva Phalguni

Simha → Kanya 3:00 pm

6:35 am · 5:31 pm

3Thursday

K Dashami until 11:04 pm → K Ekadashi

Uttara Phalguni

Kanya

6:35 am · 5:31 pm

4Friday

K Ekadashi until 11:46 pm → K Dwadashi

Hasta

Kanya → Tula 11:04 pm

6:36 am · 5:31 pm

Ekadashi

5Saturday

K Dwadashi until 12:53 am → K Trayodashi

Chitra

Tula

6:37 am · 5:31 pm

6Sunday

K Trayodashi until 2:23 am → K Chaturdashi

Swati

Tula

6:37 am · 5:32 pm

7Monday

K Chaturdashi until 4:13 am → Amavasya

Vishakha

Tula → Vrishchika 9:15 am

6:38 am · 5:32 pm

8Tuesday

Amavasya until 6:22 am → S Pratipada

Anuradha

Vrishchika

6:39 am · 5:32 pm

Amavasya

9Wednesday

S Pratipada

Jyeshtha

Vrishchika → Dhanu 9:02 pm

6:39 am · 5:32 pm

10Thursday

S Pratipada until 8:47 am → S Dwitiya

Mula

Dhanu

6:40 am · 5:33 pm

11Friday

S Dwitiya until 11:24 am → S Tritiya

Purva Ashadha

Dhanu

6:40 am · 5:33 pm

12Saturday

S Tritiya until 2:07 pm → S Chaturthi

Uttara Ashadha

Dhanu → Makara 9:53 am

6:41 am · 5:33 pm

13Sunday

S Chaturthi until 4:49 pm → S Panchami

Shravana

Makara

6:42 am · 5:34 pm

14Monday

S Panchami until 7:17 pm → S Shashthi

Shravana

Makara → Kumbha 10:37 pm

6:42 am · 5:34 pm

15Tuesday

S Shashthi until 9:20 pm → S Saptami

Dhanishta

Kumbha

6:43 am · 5:34 pm

16Wednesday

S Saptami until 10:47 pm → S Ashtami

Shatabhisha

Kumbha

6:43 am · 5:35 pm

Sankranti

17Thursday

S Ashtami until 11:27 pm → S Navami

Purva Bhadrapada

Kumbha → Meena 9:14 am

6:44 am · 5:35 pm

18Friday

S Navami until 11:15 pm → S Dashami

Uttara Bhadrapada

Meena

6:45 am · 5:36 pm

19Saturday

S Dashami until 10:10 pm → S Ekadashi

Revati

Meena → Mesha 3:59 pm

6:45 am · 5:36 pm

20Sunday

S Ekadashi until 8:15 pm → S Dwadashi

Ashwini

Mesha

6:46 am · 5:37 pm

Ekadashi

21Monday

S Dwadashi until 5:37 pm → S Trayodashi

Bharani

Mesha → Vrishabha 6:37 pm

6:46 am · 5:37 pm

22Tuesday

S Trayodashi until 2:25 pm → S Chaturdashi

Krittika

Vrishabha

6:47 am · 5:38 pm

23Wednesday

S Chaturdashi until 10:48 am → Purnima

Rohini

Vrishabha → Mithuna 6:26 pm

6:47 am · 5:38 pm

24Thursday

Purnima until 6:59 am → K Pratipada until 3:08 am → K Dwitiya

Ardra

Mithuna

6:48 am · 5:39 pm

Purnima

25FridayPausha

K Dwitiya until 11:27 pm → K Tritiya

Punarvasu

Mithuna → Karka 5:34 pm

6:48 am · 5:39 pm

26Saturday

K Tritiya until 8:06 pm → K Chaturthi

Pushya

Karka

6:48 am · 5:40 pm

27Sunday

K Chaturthi until 5:14 pm → K Panchami

Ashlesha

Karka → Simha 6:06 pm

6:49 am · 5:40 pm

28Monday

K Panchami until 2:59 pm → K Shashthi

Magha

Simha

6:49 am · 5:41 pm

29Tuesday

K Shashthi until 1:26 pm → K Saptami

Purva Phalguni

Simha → Kanya 9:38 pm

6:50 am · 5:41 pm

30Wednesday

K Saptami until 12:37 pm → K Ashtami

Uttara Phalguni

Kanya

6:50 am · 5:42 pm

31Thursday

K Ashtami until 12:33 pm → K Navami

Hasta

Kanya → Tula 4:48 am

6:50 am · 5:43 pm

S = Shukla paksha, K = Krishna paksha. The tithi is the one at sunrise, with the time it ends when it changes before the next sunrise. ☆ nakshatra, ☾ Moon sign, ☼ sunrise and sunset, for Nagpur, in IST.

Days to note in December 2026

Date	Month	What
4 Dec, Fri	Margashirsha	Krishna Ekadashi
8 Dec, Tue	Margashirsha	Amavasya
16 Dec, Wed	Margashirsha	Dhanu Sankranti, 10:28 am
20 Dec, Sun	Margashirsha	Shukla Ekadashi
24 Dec, Thu	Margashirsha	Purnima

How the Hindu calendar works

A lunar month is about 29.5 days, so twelve of them fall about 11 days short of the solar year. Roughly every third year an extra month (adhik maas) is added to keep the festivals in their seasons. In the dark half of each month, North India uses the name of the coming month (purnimanta), while Maharashtra, Gujarat and the South use the name of the month that is ending (amanta); this calendar shows both.

The Vikram Samvat year begins on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the day after the new moon in March or April, which is also the first day of Chaitra Navratri.

#	Month	Devanagari
1	Chaitra	चैत्र
2	Vaishakha	वैशाख
3	Jyeshtha	ज्येष्ठ
4	Ashadha	आषाढ़
5	Shravana	श्रावण
6	Bhadrapada	भाद्रपद
7	Ashwin	आश्विन
8	Kartik	कार्तिक
9	Margashirsha	मार्गशीर्ष
10	Pausha	पौष
11	Magha	माघ
12	Phalguna	फाल्गुन

Other regional calendars

For the full day (yoga, karana, Rahu kaal) see today's panchang, and the full lists of Amavasya, Purnima and eclipse dates.