Dates of important upcoming festivals and fasting associated with Hinduism in April 2026 – based on major Hindu calendars and Panchang used in India. The festivals, Vrats and ritual days are based on Indian Standard Time (IST).
April 1 – Renuka Chaturdashi
April 1 – Panguni Uthiram
April 1 – Purnima Vrat
April 2 – Hanuman Jayanti – Purnima
April 3 – Vaishakh month begins in North India
April 3 – Vaishakh Snan begins
April 5 – Sankashti Chaturthi vrat moon rise time is at 9:45 PM
April 8 – Kokila Sashti Vrat
April 10 – Kalashtami – Sheetala Ashtami in some regions
April 13 – Ekadasi Fasting – Vallabhacharya Jayanti
April 14 – Mesha Sankranti 11:45 AM
April 14 – Kharmas ends
April 14 – Tamil New Year – Baisakhi
April 14 – Chithirai Masam begins in Tamil Calendar.
April 14 – Meda Masam begins in Kerala Malayalam Calendar
April 15 – Vishu (Zodiac New Year in Kerala)
April 8 – Kokila Sashti Vrat
April 10 – Kalashtami – Sheetala Ashtami in some regions
April 13 – Ekadasi Fasting – Vallabhacharya Jayanti
April 14 – Mesha Sankranti 11:45 AM
April 14 – Kharmas ends
April 14 – Tamil New Year – Baisakhi
April 14 – Chithirai Masam begins in Tamil Calendar.
April 14 – Meda Masam begins in Kerala Malayalam Calendar
April 15 – Vishu (Zodiac New Year in Kerala)
April 15 – Maha Vishuba Sankranti – Pana Sankranti
April 15 - Bengali New Year – Assamese New Year
April 15 - Bengali New Year – Assamese New Year
April 15 – Baisakh month begins in Bengali Calendar.
April 15 – Pradosh Vrat
April 15 – Monthly Shivratri Fasting – Shiv Chaturdashi Vrat
April 17 – Amavasya
April 15 – Pradosh Vrat
April 15 – Monthly Shivratri Fasting – Shiv Chaturdashi Vrat
April 17 – Amavasya
April 18 – Vaishakh month begins in calendars followed in Maharashtra, Gujarat,
Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
April 18 – Dev Damodar Tithi in Assam
April 19 – Parshuram Jayanti
April 19 - Akshaya Tritiya in western parts of India
April 20 – Akshaya Tritiya
April 20 – Basavanna Jayanti
April 21 – Shankaracharya Jayanti
April 22 – Surdas Jayanti
April 22 – Muruga Sashti Fasting – Chandan Shashti
April 22 – Ramanujacharya Jayanti
April 23 – Ganga Saptami
April 24 – Bakalamukhi Jayanti
April 25 – Sita Navami
April 26 – Vasavi Jayanti
April 27 – Narasimha Jayanti
April 28 – Rukmini Dwadashi – Parashuram Dwadashi
April 29 – Pradosh Vrat
April 30 – Narasimha Jayanti – Narasimha Chaturdashi Vrat – Chinnamasta Devi Jayanti
April 18 – Dev Damodar Tithi in Assam
April 19 – Parshuram Jayanti
April 19 - Akshaya Tritiya in western parts of India
April 20 – Akshaya Tritiya
April 20 – Basavanna Jayanti
April 21 – Shankaracharya Jayanti
April 22 – Surdas Jayanti
April 22 – Muruga Sashti Fasting – Chandan Shashti
April 22 – Ramanujacharya Jayanti
April 23 – Ganga Saptami
April 24 – Bakalamukhi Jayanti
April 25 – Sita Navami
April 26 – Vasavi Jayanti
April 27 – Narasimha Jayanti
April 28 – Rukmini Dwadashi – Parashuram Dwadashi
April 29 – Pradosh Vrat
April 30 – Narasimha Jayanti – Narasimha Chaturdashi Vrat – Chinnamasta Devi Jayanti