Hindu Calendar

The Hindu Calendar is India's living lunisolar almanac — a system where every day carries a tithi (lunar day), a nakshatra (the moon's mansion at sunrise), a weekday, a yoga, and a karana, all woven together into the panchang that Hindu households have consulted for centuries. This page shows the current Gregorian month through a Hindu lunar lens: the active lunar month (Chaitra, Vaisakha, Jyaistha, and so on), every tithi from Pratipada to Purnima or Amavasya, and all major festivals placed on the exact date they fall. The calendar supports both Amanta and Purnimanta schools via the toggle at the top of the page. Amanta — followed in South India, Maharashtra, and Gujarat — ends the lunar month on Amavasya (new moon). Purnimanta — the North Indian convention observed in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, and beyond — ends the month on Purnima (full moon). The underlying tithi data is identical in both views; what changes is only the name given to the lunar month for the Krishna Paksha (waning fortnight) days. If you are unsure which school your family follows, the default Purnimanta setting works for most North Indian households; switch to Amanta if your panchang uses Marathi, Gujarati, or Telugu month names. The active Hindu year system on this page is Vikram Samvat — currently 2083, which began at Chaitra Shukla Pratipada in late March or early April. Vikram Samvat runs about 57 years ahead of the Gregorian year. Each cell on the calendar also shows the nakshatra active at that day's sunrise, because traditional muhurat selection always pairs tithi and nakshatra together — you cannot find a good time for a wedding or griha pravesh by tithi alone.