Auspicious Hindu festivals, vrats and celebrations for 2025–2026. Plan your spiritual practices and rituals.
Hindu New Year — new beginnings, fresh resolutions and prosperity rituals.
Birthday of Lord Rama — fast, prayers, and Ramayana recitation.
Birthday of Lord Hanuman — visit temples, chant Chalisa, offer vermilion.
Most auspicious day for buying gold, starting ventures, and weddings.
Celebrate descent of River Ganga — bathe in holy rivers for purification.
Honor your guru and teachers. Full moon of Jupiter — extremely auspicious.
Worship serpent deities for protection from enemies and evil.
Sacred bond between brothers and sisters — rakhi tying ceremony.
Birthday of Lord Krishna — midnight celebrations, fasting and devotion.
10-day festival of Lord Ganesha — remover of obstacles.
9 nights of Goddess worship — fasting, garba dancing, divine feminine energy.
Victory of good over evil — Ram defeats Ravana.
Buy gold and silver — Goddess Lakshmi and Dhanvantari worshipped.
Festival of lights — Lakshmi puja, fireworks, sweets and new beginnings.
Bond between brother and sister — similar to Raksha Bandhan.
Sun god worship — offering arghya to rising and setting sun.
Celebrated across India as a festival of joy and giving.
Sun enters Capricorn — harvest festival, kite flying, new beginnings.
The great night of Shiva — all-night vigil, fasting, Shiva worship.
Festival of colors and spring — celebrate love, forgiveness and new beginnings.