Kannada calendar · lunisolar
Kannada calendar May 2026
The Kannada calendar is lunisolar and amanta, like the Telugu one: months run new moon to new moon, the year begins on Ugadi, and each year has a name from the 60-year samvatsara cycle.
Kannada calendar, May 2026
- Months: Vaishakha (ವೈಶಾಖ) · Adhik Jyeshtha (ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠ)
- Shaka Samvat: 1948
- Samvatsara: Parabhava
1FridayVaishakha
Purnima until 10:54 pm → K Pratipada
Swati
Tula
5:59 am · 6:35 pm
Purnima
2Saturday
K Pratipada until 12:51 am → K Dwitiya
Vishakha
Tula → Vrishchika 12:31 am
5:59 am · 6:35 pm
3Sunday
K Dwitiya until 3:03 am → K Tritiya
Vishakha
Vrishchika
5:58 am · 6:35 pm
4Monday
K Tritiya until 5:25 am → K Chaturthi
Anuradha
Vrishchika
5:58 am · 6:35 pm
5Tuesday
K Chaturthi
Jyeshtha
Vrishchika → Dhanu 12:55 pm
5:57 am · 6:35 pm
6Wednesday
K Chaturthi until 7:52 am → K Panchami
Mula
Dhanu
5:57 am · 6:36 pm
7Thursday
K Panchami until 10:15 am → K Shashthi
Purva Ashadha
Dhanu → Makara 1:27 am
5:57 am · 6:36 pm
8Friday
K Shashthi until 12:23 pm → K Saptami
Uttara Ashadha
Makara
5:56 am · 6:36 pm
9Saturday
K Saptami until 2:04 pm → K Ashtami
Shravana
Makara
5:56 am · 6:36 pm
10Sunday
K Ashtami until 3:07 pm → K Navami
Dhanishta
Makara → Kumbha 12:14 pm
5:56 am · 6:36 pm
11Monday
K Navami until 3:25 pm → K Dashami
Shatabhisha
Kumbha
5:55 am · 6:37 pm
12Tuesday
K Dashami until 2:53 pm → K Ekadashi
Purva Bhadrapada
Kumbha → Meena 7:26 pm
5:55 am · 6:37 pm
13Wednesday
K Ekadashi until 1:31 pm → K Dwadashi
Uttara Bhadrapada
Meena
5:55 am · 6:37 pm
Ekadashi
14Thursday
K Dwadashi until 11:21 am → K Trayodashi
Revati
Meena → Mesha 10:35 pm
5:55 am · 6:37 pm
15Friday
K Trayodashi until 8:32 am → K Chaturdashi until 5:12 am → Amavasya
Ashwini
Mesha
5:54 am · 6:38 pm
Sankranti
16Saturday
Amavasya until 1:31 am → S Pratipada
Bharani
Mesha → Vrishabha 10:48 pm
5:54 am · 6:38 pm
Amavasya
17SundayAdhik Jyeshtha
S Pratipada until 9:42 pm → S Dwitiya
Krittika
Vrishabha
5:54 am · 6:38 pm
18Monday
S Dwitiya until 5:54 pm → S Tritiya
Rohini
Vrishabha → Mithuna 10:06 pm
5:54 am · 6:39 pm
19Tuesday
S Tritiya until 2:19 pm → S Chaturthi
Mrigashira
Mithuna
5:54 am · 6:39 pm
20Wednesday
S Chaturthi until 11:08 am → S Panchami
Ardra
Mithuna → Karka 10:39 pm
5:53 am · 6:39 pm
21Thursday
S Panchami until 8:28 am → S Shashthi
Pushya
Karka
5:53 am · 6:39 pm
22Friday
S Shashthi until 6:25 am → S Saptami until 5:05 am → S Ashtami
Ashlesha
Karka → Simha 2:09 am
5:53 am · 6:40 pm
23Saturday
S Ashtami until 4:28 am → S Navami
Magha
Simha
5:53 am · 6:40 pm
24Sunday
S Navami until 4:32 am → S Dashami
Purva Phalguni
Simha
5:53 am · 6:40 pm
25Monday
S Dashami until 5:12 am → S Ekadashi
Uttara Phalguni
Simha → Kanya 9:08 am
5:53 am · 6:41 pm
26Tuesday
S Ekadashi
Hasta
Kanya
5:53 am · 6:41 pm
Ekadashi
27Wednesday
S Ekadashi until 6:23 am → S Dwadashi
Hasta
Kanya → Tula 7:01 pm
5:53 am · 6:41 pm
Ekadashi
28Thursday
S Dwadashi until 7:58 am → S Trayodashi
Chitra
Tula
5:52 am · 6:41 pm
29Friday
S Trayodashi until 9:52 am → S Chaturdashi
Swati
Tula
5:52 am · 6:42 pm
30Saturday
S Chaturdashi until 11:59 am → Purnima
Vishakha
Tula → Vrishchika 6:39 am
5:52 am · 6:42 pm
31Sunday
Purnima until 2:16 pm → K Pratipada
Anuradha
Vrishchika
5:52 am · 6:42 pm
Purnima
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 Bengaluru, in IST.
Days to note in May 2026
| Date | Month | What |
|---|---|---|
| 1 May, Fri | Vaishakha | Purnima |
| 13 May, Wed | Vaishakha | Krishna Ekadashi |
| 15 May, Fri | Vaishakha | Vrishabha Sankranti, 6:27 am |
| 16 May, Sat | Vaishakha | Amavasya |
| 26 May, Tue | Adhik Jyeshtha | Shukla Ekadashi |
| 27 May, Wed | Adhik Jyeshtha | Shukla Ekadashi |
| 31 May, Sun | Adhik Jyeshtha | Purnima |
How the Kannada calendar works
Months take the names Chaitra to Phalguna from the sign the Sun is in at the new moon that starts them, with an adhik month added when needed. Each day is named by the tithi at sunrise.
Ugadi (Yugadi) is Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, in March or April.
| # | Month | Kannada |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaitra | ಚೈತ್ರ |
| 2 | Vaishakha | ವೈಶಾಖ |
| 3 | Jyeshtha | ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠ |
| 4 | Ashadha | ಆಷಾಢ |
| 5 | Shravana | ಶ್ರಾವಣ |
| 6 | Bhadrapada | ಭಾದ್ರಪದ |
| 7 | Ashwayuja | ಆಶ್ವಯುಜ |
| 8 | Kartika | ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ |
| 9 | Margashira | ಮಾರ್ಗಶಿರ |
| 10 | Pushya | ಪುಷ್ಯ |
| 11 | Magha | ಮಾಘ |
| 12 | Phalguna | ಫಾಲ್ಗುಣ |
Other regional calendars
- Hindu calendar
- Tamil calendar
- Telugu 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.