Festival Calendar

Hindu Festivals 2088

All 46 major festivals of 2088 in one place — dates computed astronomically from tithi and sankranti rules (Kashi/Varanasi, IST), with each festival's tithi window.

DateDayFestivalTithi
15 JanuaryThursday✦ Makar SankrantiSolar festival — Sankranti · 12:27 PM
23 JanuaryFridayMauni AmavasyaMagha Amavasya
28 JanuaryWednesday✦ Vasant PanchamiMagha Shukla Panchami
20 FebruaryFriday✦ Maha ShivaratriPhalguna Krishna Chaturdashi
6 MarchSaturday✦ Holika DahanPhalguna Purnima
7 MarchSunday✦ HoliThe day after Holika Dahan
23 MarchTuesday✦ Chaitra Navratri beginsChaitra Shukla Pratipada
23 MarchTuesdayGudi Padwa / UgadiChaitra Shukla Pratipada
30 MarchTuesday✦ Ram NavamiChaitra Shukla Navami
6 AprilTuesdayHanuman JayantiChaitra Purnima
14 AprilWednesdayBaisakhi (Mesha Sankranti)Solar festival — Sankranti · 06:38 AM
23 AprilFriday✦ Akshaya TritiyaVaishakha Shukla Tritiya
5 MayWednesdayBuddha PurnimaVaishakha Purnima
20 MayThursdayVat Savitri VratJyeshtha Amavasya
29 MaySaturdayGanga DussehraJyeshtha Shukla Dashami
30 MaySundayNirjala EkadashiJyeshtha Shukla Ekadashi
20 JuneSunday✦ Jagannath Rath YatraAshadha Shukla Dvitiya
29 JuneTuesdayDevshayani EkadashiAshadha Shukla Ekadashi
3 JulySaturday✦ Guru PurnimaAshadha Purnima
19 AugustThursdayHariyali TeejShravana Shukla Tritiya
21 AugustSaturday✦ Nag PanchamiShravana Shukla Panchami
1 SeptemberWednesday✦ Raksha BandhanShravana Purnima
4 SeptemberSaturdayKajari TeejBhadrapada Krishna Tritiya
17 SeptemberFridayVishwakarma PujaSolar festival — Sankranti · 05:05 AM
18 SeptemberSaturday✦ Hartalika TeejBhadrapada Shukla Tritiya
18 SeptemberSaturday✦ Ganesh ChaturthiBhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi
23 SeptemberThursdayRadha AshtamiBhadrapada Shukla Ashtami
29 SeptemberWednesday✦ Anant ChaturdashiBhadrapada Shukla Chaturdashi
1 OctoberFriday✦ Pitru Paksha beginsBhadrapada Krishna Pratipada
15 OctoberFriday✦ Sharad Navratri beginsAshvin Shukla Pratipada
23 OctoberSaturday✦ Durga AshtamiAshvin Shukla Ashtami
24 OctoberSunday✦ Maha NavamiAshvin Shukla Navami
24 OctoberSunday✦ Dussehra / VijayadashamiAshvin Shukla Dashami
30 OctoberSaturdaySharad PurnimaAshvin Purnima
2 NovemberTuesday✦ Karwa ChauthKartika Krishna Chaturthi
6 NovemberSaturdayAhoi AshtamiKartika Krishna Ashtami
10 NovemberWednesday✦ DhanterasKartika Krishna Trayodashi
12 NovemberFriday✦ Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali)Kartika Krishna Chaturdashi
12 NovemberFriday✦ Diwali (Lakshmi Puja)Kartika Amavasya
14 NovemberSunday✦ Govardhan PujaKartika Shukla Pratipada
15 NovemberMonday✦ Bhai DoojKartika Shukla Dvitiya
19 NovemberFriday✦ Chhath PujaKartika Shukla Shashthi
24 NovemberWednesdayDevutthana EkadashiKartika Shukla Ekadashi
28 NovemberSunday✦ Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali)Kartika Purnima
28 NovemberSunday✦ Guru Nanak JayantiKartika Purnima
24 DecemberFridayGita JayantiMargashirsha Shukla Ekadashi

Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.

Festival dates in other years