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March 2026 Hindu Calendar
Use this monthly guide for Hindu date planning in March 2026. It explains the likely lunar-month overlap, observance windows, and Panchang checks to verify before you choose a civil date.
At a glance
What is the Hindu calendar for March 2026?
March 2026 Hindu calendar starts with Shukla Trayodashi and Pushya Nakshatra on 1 Mar 2026. It ends with Shukla Trayodashi and Purva Phalguni Nakshatra on 31 Mar 2026. Samvat flags 13 tithi checkpoints for Mumbai, including 1 Mar 2026 (Shukla Trayodashi), 3 Mar 2026 (Shukla Purnima), 7 Mar 2026 (Krishna Chaturthi), 11 Mar 2026 (Krishna Ashtami), 12 Mar 2026 (Krishna Navami). The month has 5 calculated festival dates, including Holika Dahan, Holi, Ugadi / Gudi Padwa.
March often overlaps Phalguna and Chaitra
The year often turns from Holi and Phalguna completion into Chaitra new-year observances.
Watch the transition from Krishna paksha endings to Chaitra Shukla Pratipada and Navratri planning.
Festival dates in March 2026
These are the annual festivals calculated inside this civil month. Open the festival page for its rule, or the date for that day's full Panchang.
| Festival | Date | Hindu date |
|---|---|---|
| Holika Dahan | Shukla Purnima, Phalguna | |
| Holi | Krishna Pratipada, Chaitra | |
| Ugadi / Gudi Padwa | Shukla Pratipada, Chaitra | |
| Chaitra Navaratri | Shukla Pratipada, Chaitra | |
| Ram Navami | Shukla Navami, Chaitra |
March 2026 tithi, nakshatra, and sunrise
This month table uses Mumbai as the reference Panchang location. Open a city page before planning an observance that depends on local timings.
Magha 2082
Phalguna 2083
Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks
What to watch in March
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.
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 March 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 March 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 March 2026. Each date in the table above also opens a full daily Panchang page.