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Amavasya and Purnima 2026

The next Purnima is on Monday, 26 October 2026 and the next Amavasya is on Monday, 9 November 2026. Every Amavasya (new moon) and Purnima (full moon) of 2026 in India — the date by the tithi at sunrise, and when each tithi begins and ends (IST).

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Amavasya dates · Purnima dates

Amavasya 2026 — the new moons

DateLunar monthTithi begins (IST)Tithi ends (IST)Kept with it
Sunday, 18 January 2026Pausha18 Jan, 12:05 am19 Jan, 1:22 amAncestor rites
Tuesday, 17 February 2026Magha16 Feb, 5:35 pm17 Feb, 5:31 pmAncestor rites
Thursday, 19 March 2026Phalguna18 Mar, 8:26 am19 Mar, 6:54 amAncestor rites
Friday, 17 April 2026Chaitra16 Apr, 8:12 pm17 Apr, 5:22 pmAncestor rites
Saturday, 16 May 2026Vaishakha16 May, 5:12 am17 May, 1:31 amAncestor rites
Monday, 15 June 2026Adhika Jyeshtha14 Jun, 12:20 pm15 Jun, 8:24 amAncestor rites
Tuesday, 14 July 2026Jyeshtha13 Jul, 6:50 pm14 Jul, 3:14 pmAncestor rites
Wednesday, 12 August 2026Ashadha12 Aug, 1:54 am12 Aug, 11:07 pmAncestor rites
Friday, 11 September 2026Shravana10 Sep, 10:34 am11 Sep, 8:57 amAncestor rites
Saturday, 10 October 2026Bhadrapada9 Oct, 9:36 pm10 Oct, 9:20 pmAncestor rites
Monday, 9 November 2026Ashvina8 Nov, 11:29 am9 Nov, 12:32 pmDiwali (Lakṣmī pūjā on Kārtika Amāvāsyā) — kept Sunday, 8 November 2026
Bandi Chhor Divas — kept Sunday, 8 November 2026
Tuesday, 8 December 2026Kartika8 Dec, 4:13 am9 Dec, 6:22 amAncestor rites

Purnima 2026 — the full moons

DateLunar monthTithi begins (IST)Tithi ends (IST)Kept with it
Saturday, 3 January 2026Pausha2 Jan, 6:54 pm3 Jan, 3:33 pm—
Sunday, 1 February 2026Magha1 Feb, 5:53 am2 Feb, 3:39 am—
Tuesday, 3 March 2026Phalguna2 Mar, 5:56 pm3 Mar, 5:08 pmHoli (Holikā Dahan on Phālguna Pūrṇimā; Holi follows)
Thursday, 2 April 2026Chaitra1 Apr, 7:07 am2 Apr, 7:42 amHanuman Jayanti (Chaitra Pūrṇimā (North-Indian convention))
Friday, 1 May 2026Vaishakha30 Apr, 9:13 pm1 May, 10:53 pmBuddha Purnima (Vaiśākha Pūrṇimā)
Sunday, 31 May 2026Adhika Jyeshtha30 May, 11:59 am31 May, 2:15 pm—
Monday, 29 June 2026
and Tuesday, 30 June 2026: the tithi holds at both sunrises — your own almanac says which day it keeps		Jyeshtha29 Jun, 3:07 am30 Jun, 5:27 am—
Wednesday, 29 July 2026Ashadha28 Jul, 6:20 pm29 Jul, 8:06 pmGuru Purnima (Āṣāḍha Pūrṇimā)
Friday, 28 August 2026Shravana27 Aug, 9:10 am28 Aug, 9:49 amRaksha Bandhan (Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā)
Saturday, 26 September 2026Bhadrapada25 Sep, 11:07 pm26 Sep, 10:19 pm—
Monday, 26 October 2026Ashvina25 Oct, 11:57 am26 Oct, 9:42 am—
Tuesday, 24 November 2026Kartika23 Nov, 11:43 pm24 Nov, 8:24 pmKartik Purnima (Dev Dīpāwalī)
Guru Nanak Gurpurab
Wednesday, 23 December 2026
kṣaya: it touches no sunrise, so it is listed on the day it runs — your own almanac says which day it keeps		Margashirsha23 Dec, 10:48 am24 Dec, 6:58 am—

How the dates are reckoned

Amāvāsyā is the thirtieth tithi, the last before the new moon; Pūrṇimā the fifteenth, ending at the full moon. A tithi is the time the Moon takes to gain twelve degrees on the Sun, so it begins and ends at any hour. The day kept is the one whose sunrise falls in the tithi — times here are for India (IST), and a city far to the east or west can keep a different day.

The month names are amānta — the month that ends at the new moon, as in South and West India. In the pūrṇimānta reckoning of North India an Amāvāsyā carries the next month's name: Diwali's Amāvāsyā is amānta Āśvina and pūrṇimānta Kārtika. A Pūrṇimā has the same name in both. An adhika (extra) month — one with no Sankrānti in it — is named as such.

The Sun's twelve sign-changes are on Sankranti 2026, and the fasts of the eleventh tithi on Ekadashi dates.

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