Month calendar

May 2026 Hindu Calendar

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

Month context

May often overlaps Vaishakha and Jyeshtha

Vaishakha and Jyeshtha emphasize punya, water-giving, Ekadashi, and full-moon observances.

Hindu monthsVaishakha and Jyeshtha

Planning focus

Check Purnima and Ekadashi end times, especially when vrata or dana timing matters.

Daily Panchang table

May 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 Purnima

Chaitra 2083

Month endsShukla Purnima

Jyeshtha 2083

Flagged dates15

Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks

Daily Panchang table for May 2026 in Mumbai
Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Yoga	Sunrise	Note
1 May 2026Friday	Shukla PurnimaChaitra 2083	Swati	Siddhi	06:10	Purnima
2 May 2026Saturday	Krishna PratipadaVaishakha 2083	Vishakha	Vyatipata	06:09	Daily Panchang check
3 May 2026Sunday	Krishna DwitiyaVaishakha 2083	Vishakha	Variyan	06:09	Daily Panchang check
4 May 2026Monday	Krishna TritiyaVaishakha 2083	Anuradha	Parigha	06:08	Daily Panchang check
5 May 2026Tuesday	Krishna ChaturthiVaishakha 2083	Jyeshtha	Shiva	06:08	Chaturthi
6 May 2026Wednesday	Krishna ChaturthiVaishakha 2083	Mula	Siddha	06:07	Chaturthi
7 May 2026Thursday	Krishna PanchamiVaishakha 2083	Purva Ashadha	Sadhya	06:07	Daily Panchang check
8 May 2026Friday	Krishna ShashthiVaishakha 2083	Uttara Ashadha	Shubha	06:06	Daily Panchang check
9 May 2026Saturday	Krishna SaptamiVaishakha 2083	Shravana	Shukla	06:06	Daily Panchang check
10 May 2026Sunday	Krishna AshtamiVaishakha 2083	Dhanishta	Brahma	06:05	Ashtami
11 May 2026Monday	Krishna NavamiVaishakha 2083	Shatabhisha	Indra	06:05	Navami
12 May 2026Tuesday	Krishna DashamiVaishakha 2083	Purva Bhadrapada	Vaidhriti	06:05	Daily Panchang check
13 May 2026Wednesday	Krishna EkadashiVaishakha 2083	Uttara Bhadrapada	Vishkambha	06:04	Ekadashi vrata check
14 May 2026Thursday	Krishna DwadashiVaishakha 2083	Revati	Priti	06:04	Daily Panchang check
15 May 2026Friday	Krishna TrayodashiJyeshtha 2083	Ashwini	Ayushman	06:03	Pradosha check
16 May 2026Saturday	Krishna AmavasyaJyeshtha 2083	Bharani	Saubhagya	06:03	Amavasya
17 May 2026Sunday	Shukla PratipadaVaishakha 2083	Krittika	Shobhana	06:03	Daily Panchang check
18 May 2026Monday	Shukla DwitiyaVaishakha 2083	Rohini	Sukarma	06:02	Daily Panchang check
19 May 2026Tuesday	Shukla TritiyaVaishakha 2083	Mrigashira	Dhriti	06:02	Daily Panchang check
20 May 2026Wednesday	Shukla ChaturthiVaishakha 2083	Ardra	Shula	06:02	Chaturthi
21 May 2026Thursday	Shukla PanchamiVaishakha 2083	Pushya	Ganda	06:02	Daily Panchang check
22 May 2026Friday	Shukla ShashthiVaishakha 2083	Ashlesha	Vriddhi	06:01	Daily Panchang check
23 May 2026Saturday	Shukla AshtamiVaishakha 2083	Magha	Dhruva	06:01	Ashtami
24 May 2026Sunday	Shukla NavamiVaishakha 2083	Purva Phalguni	Harshana	06:01	Navami
25 May 2026Monday	Shukla DashamiVaishakha 2083	Uttara Phalguni	Vajra	06:01	Daily Panchang check
26 May 2026Tuesday	Shukla EkadashiVaishakha 2083	Hasta	Siddhi	06:01	Ekadashi vrata check
27 May 2026Wednesday	Shukla EkadashiVaishakha 2083	Chitra	Vyatipata	06:00	Ekadashi vrata check
28 May 2026Thursday	Shukla DwadashiVaishakha 2083	Chitra	Variyan	06:00	Daily Panchang check
29 May 2026Friday	Shukla TrayodashiVaishakha 2083	Swati	Parigha	06:00	Pradosha check
30 May 2026Saturday	Shukla ChaturdashiVaishakha 2083	Vishakha	Shiva	06:00	Daily Panchang check
31 May 2026Sunday	Shukla PurnimaJyeshtha 2083	Anuradha	Siddha	06:00	Purnima

What to watch in May

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 windowBuddha Purnima window

Likely windowNirjala Ekadashi window

Likely windowGanga Dussehra 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 May 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 May 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 May 2026. Each date in the table above also opens a full daily Panchang page.

Shukla Paksha in May 2026 Krishna Paksha in May 2026 Vaishakh 2026 month

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