Festivals, stories and traditions
Festivals & Vrats
Explore meanings, traditions and Calendar context across 27 articles.
These calculated dates have not been independently verified for every city and day. Confirm observances with your local Panchang; locality and tradition can affect the date. How dates are chosen
Next supported dates from · Thursday, 29 October 2026 · Delhi
Recurring observances
Amavasya
Understand Amavasya as a recurring new-moon tithi, its ancestor-remembrance customs and distinct regional observances.
Ekadashi
Ekadashi is a twice-monthly lunar observance. Learn Vishnu devotion, Smarta and Vaishnava differences, Parana and named festivals.
Karva Chauth
An annual North Indian lunar vrata of marital wellbeing, community worship and moonrise, with distinct textual and living traditions.
Purnima
Understand the monthly full-moon tithi, family worship, named Purnima festivals and local calendar differences.
How this Panchang is calculated
Times are for the selected city in Indian Standard Time (Asia/Kolkata). Dates are calculated from the Sun and Moon; they are model-computed and not independently certified.
The lunar month follows the North Indian full-moon-ending convention. Observance dates can differ between traditions; some skipped-sunrise assignments remain unresolved.
Moon symbols are indicative shapes at sunrise. Muhurat, Parana and Ghatasthapana timings are not supplied.
Full Calendar methodology & limitations