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Hindu calendar October 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, October 2026

Months: Ashwin · Kartik
Vikram Samvat: 2083
Shaka Samvat: 1948

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

1ThursdayAshwin

K Panchami until 12:36 pm → K Shashthi

Rohini

Vrishabha

6:05 am · 6:02 pm

2Friday

K Shashthi until 10:16 am → K Saptami

Mrigashira

Vrishabha → Mithuna 3:41 pm

6:05 am · 6:01 pm

3Saturday

K Saptami until 8:01 am → K Ashtami until 5:53 am → K Navami

Ardra

Mithuna

6:05 am · 6:00 pm

4Sunday

K Navami until 3:55 am → K Dashami

Punarvasu

Mithuna → Karka 6:33 pm

6:06 am · 5:59 pm

5Monday

K Dashami until 2:08 am → K Ekadashi

Pushya

Karka

6:06 am · 5:58 pm

6Tuesday

K Ekadashi until 12:35 am → K Dwadashi

Ashlesha

Karka → Simha 10:19 pm

6:06 am · 5:57 pm

Ekadashi

7Wednesday

K Dwadashi until 11:17 pm → K Trayodashi

Magha

Simha

6:06 am · 5:56 pm

8Thursday

K Trayodashi until 10:17 pm → K Chaturdashi

Purva Phalguni

Simha → Kanya 3:19 am

6:07 am · 5:55 pm

9Friday

K Chaturdashi until 9:37 pm → Amavasya

Uttara Phalguni

Kanya

6:07 am · 5:55 pm

10Saturday

Amavasya until 9:20 pm → S Pratipada

Hasta

Kanya

6:07 am · 5:54 pm

Amavasya

11Sunday

S Pratipada until 9:32 pm → S Dwitiya

Chitra

Kanya → Tula 10:05 am

6:08 am · 5:53 pm

Sharad Navratri begins

12Monday

S Dwitiya until 10:14 pm → S Tritiya

Swati

Tula

6:08 am · 5:52 pm

13Tuesday

S Tritiya until 11:29 pm → S Chaturthi

Vishakha

Tula → Vrishchika 7:13 pm

6:08 am · 5:51 pm

14Wednesday

S Chaturthi until 1:14 am → S Panchami

Anuradha

Vrishchika

6:09 am · 5:50 pm

15Thursday

S Panchami until 3:26 am → S Shashthi

Jyeshtha

Vrishchika

6:09 am · 5:50 pm

16Friday

S Shashthi until 5:55 am → S Saptami

Jyeshtha

Vrishchika → Dhanu 6:49 am

6:09 am · 5:49 pm

17Saturday

S Saptami

Mula

Dhanu

6:10 am · 5:48 pm

Sankranti

18Sunday

S Saptami until 8:29 am → S Ashtami

Purva Ashadha

Dhanu → Makara 7:34 pm

6:10 am · 5:47 pm

19Monday

S Ashtami until 10:53 am → S Navami

Uttara Ashadha

Makara

6:11 am · 5:46 pm

Durga Ashtami

20Tuesday

S Navami until 12:51 pm → S Dashami

Shravana

Makara

6:11 am · 5:46 pm

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)

21Wednesday

S Dashami until 2:13 pm → S Ekadashi

Dhanishta

Makara → Kumbha 7:01 am

6:11 am · 5:45 pm

22Thursday

S Ekadashi until 2:49 pm → S Dwadashi

Shatabhisha

Kumbha

6:12 am · 5:44 pm

Ekadashi

23Friday

S Dwadashi until 2:37 pm → S Trayodashi

Purva Bhadrapada

Kumbha → Meena 3:05 pm

6:12 am · 5:44 pm

24Saturday

S Trayodashi until 1:38 pm → S Chaturdashi

Uttara Bhadrapada

Meena

6:13 am · 5:43 pm

25Sunday

S Chaturdashi until 11:57 am → Purnima

Revati

Meena → Mesha 7:23 pm

6:13 am · 5:42 pm

26Monday

Purnima until 9:42 am → K Pratipada

Ashwini

Mesha

6:13 am · 5:42 pm

Purnima

27TuesdayKartik

K Pratipada until 7:02 am → K Dwitiya until 4:08 am → K Tritiya

Bharani

Mesha → Vrishabha 9:08 pm

6:14 am · 5:41 pm

28Wednesday

K Tritiya until 1:08 am → K Chaturthi

Krittika

Vrishabha

6:14 am · 5:40 pm

29Thursday

K Chaturthi until 10:11 pm → K Panchami

Rohini

Vrishabha → Mithuna 10:08 pm

6:15 am · 5:40 pm

Karwa Chauth

30Friday

K Panchami until 7:26 pm → K Shashthi

Mrigashira

Mithuna

6:15 am · 5:39 pm

31Saturday

K Shashthi until 4:58 pm → K Saptami

Ardra

Mithuna → Karka 12:02 am

6:16 am · 5:38 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 October 2026

Date	Month	What
6 Oct, Tue	Ashwin	Krishna Ekadashi
10 Oct, Sat	Ashwin	Amavasya
11 Oct, Sun	Ashwin	Sharad Navratri begins
17 Oct, Sat	Ashwin	Tula Sankranti, 7:56 pm
19 Oct, Mon	Ashwin	Durga Ashtami
20 Oct, Tue	Ashwin	Dussehra (Vijayadashami)
22 Oct, Thu	Ashwin	Shukla Ekadashi
26 Oct, Mon	Ashwin	Purnima
29 Oct, Thu	Kartik	Karwa Chauth

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.