Festival List 2026

When it comes to celebrating festivals, the most difficult thing is actually to find out the exact date when Indian festivals can be celebrated. This is because India’s diversity also allows it to have multiple calendars. It has a solar calendar, Gregorian calendar, Islamic Hejira calendar, festival list 2025, and many more. In short, there are around 30 calendars used to calculate the dates of the festivals 2025 of different religions in India.

Although, of course, no one has time to read all these calendars at once. So to make this process easier, here is the festival calendar of 2025, which gives you the complete list of all the festivals of all religions in 2025. The national calendar used by most astrologers of different religions in India with major festivals is called Shalivahana Shaka. This calendar also has 12 months and 365 days like the Gregorian calendar. Astrologers keep track of astrological events and come up with festival dates in 2025. This movement of planets also helps in predicting your horoscope, panchang, etc.

Festivals In January 2026

Date	Day	Festivals
01	Thursday	English New Year
12	Monday	Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
13	Tuesday	Lohri
14	Thursday	Pongal, Uttarayan, Makar Sankranti
23	Friday	Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
26	Monday	Republic Day
30	Friday	Gandhi Punyatithi

Festivals In February 2026

Date	Day	Festivals
01	Sunday	Guru Ravidas Jayanti
04	Wednesday	World Cancer Day
12	Thursday	Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
14	Saturday	Valentine’s Day
15	Sunday	Mahashivratri
19	Thursday	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
19	Thursday	Ramakrishna Jayanti

Festivals In March 2026

Date	Day	Festivals
03	Tuesday	Holika Dahan
04	Wednesday	Holi
08	Sunday	International Women’s Day
19	Thursday	Chaitra Navratri, Ugadi, Gudi Padwa
20	Friday	Cheti Chand
21	Saturday	Parsi New Year
26	Thursday	Hanuman Jayanti

Festivals In April 2026

Date	Day	Festivals
02	Thursday	Hanuman Jayanti
13	Monday	Baisakhi
14	Tuesday	Ambedkar Jayanti
19	Sunday	Akshaya Tritiya
21	Tuesday	Shankaracharya Jayanti, Surdas Jayanti
25	Saturday	Sita Navami

Festivals In May 2026

Date	Day	Festivals
01	Thursday	International Workers’ Day
02	Saturday	Narada Jayanti
16	Saturday	Vat Savitri Vrat
16	Saturday	Shani Jayanti

Festivals In June 2026

Date	Day	Festivals
05	Thursday	World Environment Day
21	Sunday	International Yoga Day

Festivals In July 2026

Date	Day	Festivals
19	Wednesday	Tulsidas Jayanti
25	Saturday	Ashadhi Ekadashi
29	Wednesday	Guru Purnima

Festivals In August 2026

Date	Day	Festivals
15	Saturday	Independence Day
15	Saturday	Hariyali Teej
17	Monday	Nag Panchami
26	Wednesday	Onam/Thiruvonam
28	Friday	Raksha Bandhan
31	Monday	Kajari Teej

Festivals In September 2025

Date	Day	Festivals
04	Friday	Janmashtami
14	Monday	Ganesh Chaturthi/Hartalika Teej
25	Friday	Anant Chaturdashi

Festivals In October 2025

Date	Day	Festivals
02	Friday	Gandhi Jayanti
11	Sunday	Sharad Navratri
19	Monday	Durga Maha Navami Puja
20	Tuesday	Dussehra/ Sharad Navratri Parana
29	Thursday	Karva Chauth

Festivals In November 2025

Date	Day	Festivals
06	Friday	Dhanteras
08	Sunday	Diwali/ Narak Chaturdashi
10	Tuesday	Govardhan Puja, Hindu New Year
11	Wednesday	Bhai Dooj
14	Saturday	Children’s Day, Nehru Jayanti
15	Sunday	Chhath Puja
24	Tuesday	Guru Nanak Jayanti

Festivals In December 2025

 

Date	Day	Festivals
25	Friday	Merry Christmas
27	Sunday	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

Wrapping Up

India is a land of diversification. Each state has its unique art, culture, and traditions. One thing that is common to all states is the celebration of individual cultures and traditions. Indians celebrate their beliefs, culture, and traditions in the form of festivals. Every festival has its unique characteristics. Festivals in India are celebrated according to the season and state. The main reason to celebrate these festivals is to spread happiness and strengthen the bond between friends and family. Many festivals are local and held on different dates every year. Some are determined by the lunar calendar. The relevance of festivals in India is to honor a deity in a particular temple, celebrate an agricultural cycle, or a religious story or event. Through astrology phone consultation, you can easily know the dates of every festival celebrated in India till 2025.