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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.
At a glance
What is the Hindu calendar for May 2026?
May 2026 Hindu calendar starts with Shukla Purnima and Swati Nakshatra on 1 May 2026. It ends with Shukla Purnima and Anuradha Nakshatra on 31 May 2026. Samvat flags 15 tithi checkpoints for Mumbai, including 1 May 2026 (Shukla Purnima), 5 May 2026 (Krishna Chaturthi), 6 May 2026 (Krishna Chaturthi), 10 May 2026 (Krishna Ashtami), 11 May 2026 (Krishna Navami). The month has 3 calculated festival dates, including Buddha Purnima, Vat Savitri Vrat, Ganga Dussehra.
May often overlaps Vaishakha and Jyeshtha
Vaishakha and Jyeshtha emphasize punya, water-giving, Ekadashi, and full-moon observances.
Check Purnima and Ekadashi end times, especially when vrata or dana timing matters.
Festival dates in May 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buddha Purnima | Shukla Purnima, Vaishakha | |
| Vat Savitri Vrat | Krishna Amavasya, Jyeshtha | |
| Ganga Dussehra | Shukla Dashami, Adhika Jyeshtha |
May 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.
Chaitra 2083
Jyeshtha 2083
Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks
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.
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.