Dates of important upcoming festivals and fasting associated with Hinduism in October 2026 – based on major Hindu calendars and Panchang used in India. The festivals, Vrats and ritual days are based on Indian Standard Time (IST).
Hindu Vrat – Fasting - Festivals October 2026
October 1 – Pitrupaksha Shradh fortnight Panchami Shradh
October 2 – Jnaneshwari Jayanti
October 3 – 16-day Mahalakshmi Vrat ends in North India
October 3 – Jivitputrika Vrat – Kalashtami
October 4 – Matru Navami – Avidhava Navami
October 6 - Ekadashi Fasting
October 6 – Ayilyam Nakshatra in Kerala – Importance in
serpent temples
October 7 – Yati Sannyasi Shradh – Magha Shradh
October 8 – Pradosh Fasting – Som Pradosh Vrat – Shiv
Chaturdashi Vrat – Monthly Shivratri Fasting
October 10 – Amavasya – Mahalaya – Pitru Paksha Shradh
fortnight ends
October 11 – Navratri begins – Ghatasthapana
October 11 – Bathukamma Festival begins in
Telangana
October 11 – Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti
October 11 – Ashwin month begins in calendars followed in
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
October 15 – Lalitha Panchami
October 16 – Muruga Sashti Fasting – Durga Puja begins
October 17 – Maha Saptami – Saraswati Puja in north and
western parts of India
October 18 – Thulam Month begins in Malayalam Calendar
October 18 - Tula Sankranti - Kaveri Sankramana – Bhanu Saptami
October 18 – Aippasi month begins in Tamil Calendar
October 18 – Kartik Month begins in Bengali Calendar
October 19 – Durga Ashtami upvaas
October 19 – Mahanavami
October 20 – Dasara, Vijaya Dashami, Shastra Puja, Aparajita
Puja, Pattabhishekam Puja, Shami Puja, Durga Devi Visarjan, Navratri Vrat Paran
October 21 – Madhvacharya Jayanti – Shirdi Sai Baba
Punyatithi
October 21 – Vidyarambham in Kerala
October 21 – Bharat Milap
October 22 – Ekadashi fasting
October 23 – Padmanabha Dwadashi Vrat
October 23 – Pradosh Vrat
October 25 – Kojagiri Poornima – Sharad Purnima - Kojagari
Lakshmi Puja
October 25 – Purnima fasting
October 25 – Kumar Purnima in Odisha – Navanna Purnima
October 25 – Shiva Annabhishekam in Tamil Nadu Temples
October 26 – Purnima or full moon day
October 26 – Valmiki Jayanti
October 27 – Kartik Snan Begins
October 27 – Kartik month begins in North India
October 29 – Atla Taddi
October 29 – Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat – Moonrise time is at 8:47
PM
October 29 – Karva Chauth Vrat – Moonrise time is at 7:57 PM