Indian Calendar

The Hindu Calendar page displays the active Hindu lunar month name (Vaisakha, Jyaistha, etc.) as the primary month label and the Vikram Samvat year. This Indian Calendar page uses the Gregorian month name (May, June, etc.) and Gregorian year as the primary label, while the same underlying panchang data — tithis, nakshatras, paksha, lunar month boundaries — runs beneath. For users who are more comfortable with Gregorian months but still want full panchang detail, this page is the easier entry point. The festival list is the broadest available set, drawn from across all Indian traditions.

Tithis, nakshatras, and lunar month boundaries on this page are calculated using the same Vedic panchang engine as the Hindu Calendar — specifically, Hindu Amanta lunar boundaries for determining which Vedic month is active. The underlying astronomical data (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa) is identical across all tradition pages. What differs here is only the surface label: Gregorian month names and Gregorian year, rather than Vaisakha 2083 or Chithirai 2025.

A tithi is a lunar day — the time for the Moon to move 12 degrees ahead of the Sun — and it does not align with the 24-hour solar day. A tithi can be shorter or longer than a calendar day. If a tithi begins after sunrise and ends before the next sunrise, it is 'skipped' (kshaya tithi) — only the preceding and following tithis appear on consecutive days. If a tithi spans two consecutive sunrises, it is 'extended' (vriddhi tithi) and appears on both days. The tithi shown in each cell is the one active at that day's sunrise, per standard panchang convention.

Yes — this page draws from the broadest festival set across Hindu, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati, and other pan-Indian traditions. Diwali, Holi, Navratri, Dussehra, Eid, Christmas, Pongal, Durga Puja, Ganesh Chaturthi, Baisakhi, and regional observances all appear. If you want a narrower, tradition-specific view — for example, only Tamil solar festivals or only Gujarati Vikram Samvat events — use the dedicated tradition pages accessible from the calendar menu.

The nakshatra is the lunar mansion the Moon occupies at that day's sunrise — one of 27 equal 13°20' segments of the sidereal zodiac. Nakshatras are a key input for muhurat (auspicious timing) selection: auspicious nakshatras for major life events include Rohini, Mrigashira, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, Uttarashada, Uttarabhadra, and Revati. The nakshatra also identifies which day's Ekadashi is the most auspicious (Vaikunta Ekadashi, Mokshada Ekadashi) and governs several fasting traditions across communities.

This page gives you the tithi and nakshatra for every day — the two primary inputs for muhurat selection. For a full muhurat analysis (yoga, karana, vara, Rahu Kalam, Abhijit muhurat), use the Muhurat Finder tool, which takes your birth details and location and computes auspicious windows for specific event types such as vivah, griha pravesh, upanayanam, or business start. The calendar view here is best for getting an overview of the month's tithi and nakshatra landscape before narrowing down to specific dates in the Muhurat Finder.