Month calendar

April 2026 Hindu Calendar

Use this monthly guide for Hindu date planning in April 2026. It explains the likely lunar-month overlap, observance windows, and Panchang checks to verify before you choose a civil date.

Month context

April often overlaps Chaitra and Vaishakha

Chaitra and Vaishakha bring major Rama, Hanuman, solar new-year, and merit-giving observances.

Hindu monthsChaitra and Vaishakha

Planning focus

Use tithi and madhyahna or sunrise rules carefully for Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanti, and Akshaya Tritiya windows.

Daily Panchang table

April 2026 tithi, nakshatra, and sunrise

This crawlable month table uses Mumbai as the reference Panchang location. It gives a daily snapshot for answer engines and readers before they confirm location-specific timings on a city page.

Month startsShukla Chaturdashi

Phalguna 2083

Month endsShukla Chaturdashi

Chaitra 2083

Flagged dates11

Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks

Daily Panchang table for April 2026 in Mumbai
Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Yoga	Sunrise	Note
1 Apr 2026Wednesday	Shukla ChaturdashiPhalguna 2083	Uttara Phalguni	Vriddhi	06:32	Daily Panchang check
2 Apr 2026Thursday	Shukla PurnimaChaitra 2083	Hasta	Dhruva	06:31	Purnima
3 Apr 2026Friday	Krishna PratipadaChaitra 2083	Chitra	Vyaghata	06:30	Daily Panchang check
4 Apr 2026Saturday	Krishna DwitiyaChaitra 2083	Swati	Harshana	06:29	Daily Panchang check
5 Apr 2026Sunday	Krishna TritiyaChaitra 2083	Vishakha	Vajra	06:29	Daily Panchang check
6 Apr 2026Monday	Krishna ChaturthiChaitra 2083	Anuradha	Siddhi	06:28	Chaturthi
7 Apr 2026Tuesday	Krishna PanchamiChaitra 2083	Jyeshtha	Vyatipata	06:27	Daily Panchang check
8 Apr 2026Wednesday	Krishna ShashthiChaitra 2083	Mula	Variyan	06:26	Daily Panchang check
9 Apr 2026Thursday	Krishna SaptamiChaitra 2083	Mula	Parigha	06:25	Daily Panchang check
10 Apr 2026Friday	Krishna AshtamiChaitra 2083	Purva Ashadha	Shiva	06:25	Ashtami
11 Apr 2026Saturday	Krishna NavamiChaitra 2083	Uttara Ashadha	Siddha	06:24	Navami
12 Apr 2026Sunday	Krishna DashamiChaitra 2083	Shravana	Sadhya	06:23	Daily Panchang check
13 Apr 2026Monday	Krishna EkadashiChaitra 2083	Dhanishta	Shubha	06:22	Ekadashi vrata check
14 Apr 2026Tuesday	Krishna DwadashiVaishakha 2083	Shatabhisha	Shukla	06:21	Daily Panchang check
15 Apr 2026Wednesday	Krishna TrayodashiVaishakha 2083	Purva Bhadrapada	Brahma	06:21	Pradosha check
16 Apr 2026Thursday	Krishna ChaturdashiVaishakha 2083	Uttara Bhadrapada	Indra	06:20	Daily Panchang check
17 Apr 2026Friday	Krishna AmavasyaChaitra 2083	Revati	Vaidhriti	06:19	Amavasya
18 Apr 2026Saturday	Shukla PratipadaChaitra 2083	Ashwini	Priti	06:18	Daily Panchang check
19 Apr 2026Sunday	Shukla DwitiyaChaitra 2083	Bharani	Ayushman	06:18	Daily Panchang check
20 Apr 2026Monday	Shukla TritiyaChaitra 2083	Rohini	Saubhagya	06:17	Daily Panchang check
21 Apr 2026Tuesday	Shukla PanchamiChaitra 2083	Mrigashira	Shobhana	06:16	Daily Panchang check
22 Apr 2026Wednesday	Shukla ShashthiChaitra 2083	Ardra	Atiganda	06:16	Daily Panchang check
23 Apr 2026Thursday	Shukla SaptamiChaitra 2083	Punarvasu	Dhriti	06:15	Daily Panchang check
24 Apr 2026Friday	Shukla AshtamiChaitra 2083	Pushya	Shula	06:14	Ashtami
25 Apr 2026Saturday	Shukla NavamiChaitra 2083	Ashlesha	Ganda	06:14	Navami
26 Apr 2026Sunday	Shukla DashamiChaitra 2083	Magha	Vriddhi	06:13	Daily Panchang check
27 Apr 2026Monday	Shukla EkadashiChaitra 2083	Purva Phalguni	Dhruva	06:12	Ekadashi vrata check
28 Apr 2026Tuesday	Shukla DwadashiChaitra 2083	Uttara Phalguni	Vyaghata	06:12	Daily Panchang check
29 Apr 2026Wednesday	Shukla TrayodashiChaitra 2083	Hasta	Harshana	06:11	Pradosha check
30 Apr 2026Thursday	Shukla ChaturdashiChaitra 2083	Chitra	Vajra	06:11	Daily Panchang check

What to watch in April

These observances often appear around this civil month, but exact dates must be calculated for 2026. Lunar tithis can shift across sunrise, evening, moonrise, or night windows.

Likely windowRam Navami window

Likely windowHanuman Jayanti window

Likely windowAkshaya Tritiya window

How to use this month

Civil dates do not always line up neatly with Hindu lunar days. A tithi can begin or end during the civil day, so important observances depend on which tithi prevails at the rule-specific time such as sunrise, pradosha, madhyahna, or nishita.

1.Open the interactive calendar and switch to April 2026.
2.Select candidate dates and compare tithi, paksha, nakshatra, sunrise, and sunset.
3.For festivals, confirm the rule moment: sunrise, madhyahna, pradosha, moonrise, or nishita.
4.Open the full Panchang for the chosen day before using it for a vrata, puja, travel, or ceremony.

Why the table still needs local verification

Hindu calendar dates are calculated from the Sun, Moon, and local day. A single civil month can contain parts of two Hindu lunar months, and a festival window may move into the previous or next civil month depending on the year.

Treat this Mumbai-based table as a readable reference for April 2026. Use it to understand the likely Hindu-calendar context, then rely on the city Panchang and festival pages when a vrata, puja, or ceremony depends on local sunrise, moonrise, pradosha, madhyahna, or nishita timing.

Paksha and Hindu month pages

Zoom into the fortnight windows or the underlying Hindu lunar months for April 2026. Each date in the table above also opens a full daily Panchang page.

Shukla Paksha in April 2026 Krishna Paksha in April 2026 Chaitra 2026 month Vaishakh 2026 month

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