Hindu calendar · lunisolar
Hindu calendar May 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, May 2026
- Months: Vaishakha · Adhik Jyeshtha
- Vikram Samvat: 2083
- Shaka Samvat: 1948
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 May 2026
| Date | Month | What |
|---|---|---|
| 1 May, Fri | Vaishakha | Purnima |
| 13 May, Wed | Adhik Jyeshtha | Krishna Ekadashi |
| 15 May, Fri | Adhik Jyeshtha | Vrishabha Sankranti, 6:27 am |
| 16 May, Sat | Adhik Jyeshtha | Amavasya |
| 26 May, Tue | Adhik Jyeshtha | Shukla Ekadashi |
| 27 May, Wed | Adhik Jyeshtha | Shukla Ekadashi |
| 31 May, Sun | Adhik Jyeshtha | 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
- Tamil calendar
- Telugu calendar
- Kannada calendar
- Malayalam calendar
- Marathi calendar
- Gujarati calendar
- Bengali calendar
- Odia calendar
For the full day (yoga, karana, Rahu kaal) see today's panchang, and the full lists of Amavasya, Purnima and eclipse dates.