Kalashtami 2026 dates
The Krishna paksha Ashtami, once a month, for Kala Bhairava. The one in Kartik is Kalabhairava Jayanti.
The day on which Ashtami covers the most of the two hours after sunset. Kalabhairav Jayanti (Margashirsha) is sometimes kept a day earlier, by the midnight rule.
Dates worked out for Delhi. Other cities can differ by a day when a tithi starts or ends close to midnight or sunrise.
| Date | Vrat |
|---|---|
| 10 JanuarySaturday | Kalashtami |
| 9 FebruaryMonday | Kalashtami |
| 11 MarchWednesday | Kalashtami |
| 10 AprilFriday | Kalashtami |
| 9 MaySaturday | Kalashtami |
| 8 JuneMonday | Kalashtami |
| 7 JulyTuesday | Kalashtami |
| 5 AugustWednesday | Kalashtami |
| 4 SeptemberFriday | Kalashtami |
| 3 OctoberSaturday | Kalashtami |
| 1 NovemberSunday | Kalashtami |
| 1 DecemberTuesday | Kalashtami |
| 30 DecemberWednesday | Kalashtami |
Calculated from the positions of the Sun and Moon, using the Lahiri ayanamsa. Festival dates follow the Smarta convention; Vaishnava and regional traditions, and your family’s own panchang, can differ by a day. For rites and muhurta, ask your priest or family pandit.
Panchang for Indian cities
- Delhi
- Mumbai
- Kolkata
- Chennai
- Bengaluru
- Hyderabad
- Ahmedabad
- Pune
- Jaipur
- Lucknow
- Kanpur
- Nagpur
- Indore
- Bhopal
- Patna
- Surat
- Vadodara
- Rajkot
- Ludhiana
- Amritsar
- Chandigarh
- Agra
- Varanasi
- Prayagraj
- Ayodhya
- Mathura
- Gorakhpur
- Meerut
- Haridwar
- Dehradun
- Shimla
- Jammu
- Srinagar
- Jodhpur
- Udaipur
- Ujjain
- Nashik
- Panaji
- Raipur
- Ranchi
- Bhubaneswar
- Puri
- Guwahati
- Shillong
- Imphal
- Gangtok
- Visakhapatnam
- Tirupati
- Coimbatore
- Madurai
- Puducherry
- Mysuru
- Kochi
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Dwarka
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