Festival Calendar

A year-round calendar of major Hindu festivals, each computed from its classical lunar-day rule rather than read from a static list. The dates respond correctly to the year’s lunar–solar interplay, so they’re right for any year you ask about.

What This Reading Tells You

• •Festival dates for the year, computed from the classical tithi rules.
• •Each festival’s underlying tithi-pakṣa-māsa formula (e.g. Rakṣā Bandhan = Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā).
• •A short note on the festival’s significance and traditional observance.
• •Honest flag on dates that depend on Amānta vs Pūrṇimānta lunar-month convention (relevant for some festivals).

Classical Tradition

Festival dating rests on the pañcāṅga tradition and the classical lunar-calendar conventions documented in muhūrta and dharma-śāstra texts. Different regions of India use different lunar-month conventions (Amānta in the south, Pūrṇimānta in the north) — most pan-Indian festivals follow Pūrṇimānta naming.

How We Compute It

For each festival’s defining tithi-rule (e.g. “the 15th of Śrāvaṇa śukla pakṣa, Pūrṇimānta convention”), we scan the year for the date where that rule fires at sunrise. This produces year-accurate dates that match the major Indian almanacs (Drik Pañcāṅga, mPanchang).