Month calendar

October 2026 Hindu Calendar

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

Month context

October often overlaps Ashwin and Kartika

Sharad Navratri, Dussehra, Karwa Chauth, and the Diwali season often concentrate around this period.

Hindu monthsAshwin and Kartika

Planning focus

Check pradosha, nishita, and sunrise rules closely because evening and night observances can differ by city.

Daily Panchang table

October 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 startsKrishna Panchami

Ashwin 2083

Month endsKrishna Shashthi

Kartik 2083

Flagged dates11

Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks

Daily Panchang table for October 2026 in Mumbai
Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Yoga	Sunrise	Note
1 Oct 2026Thursday	Krishna PanchamiAshwin 2083	Rohini	Siddhi	06:29	Daily Panchang check
2 Oct 2026Friday	Krishna ShashthiAshwin 2083	Mrigashira	Vyatipata	06:29	Daily Panchang check
3 Oct 2026Saturday	Krishna SaptamiAshwin 2083	Ardra	Variyan	06:29	Daily Panchang check
4 Oct 2026Sunday	Krishna NavamiAshwin 2083	Punarvasu	Parigha	06:29	Navami
5 Oct 2026Monday	Krishna DashamiAshwin 2083	Pushya	Shiva	06:30	Daily Panchang check
6 Oct 2026Tuesday	Krishna EkadashiAshwin 2083	Ashlesha	Siddha	06:30	Ekadashi vrata check
7 Oct 2026Wednesday	Krishna DwadashiAshwin 2083	Magha	Shubha	06:30	Daily Panchang check
8 Oct 2026Thursday	Krishna TrayodashiAshwin 2083	Purva Phalguni	Shukla	06:30	Pradosha check
9 Oct 2026Friday	Krishna ChaturdashiAshwin 2083	Uttara Phalguni	Brahma	06:30	Daily Panchang check
10 Oct 2026Saturday	Krishna AmavasyaAshwin 2083	Hasta	Indra	06:31	Amavasya
11 Oct 2026Sunday	Shukla PratipadaBhadrapada 2083	Chitra	Vaidhriti	06:31	Daily Panchang check
12 Oct 2026Monday	Shukla DwitiyaBhadrapada 2083	Swati	Vishkambha	06:31	Daily Panchang check
13 Oct 2026Tuesday	Shukla TritiyaBhadrapada 2083	Vishakha	Priti	06:31	Daily Panchang check
14 Oct 2026Wednesday	Shukla ChaturthiBhadrapada 2083	Anuradha	Ayushman	06:32	Chaturthi
15 Oct 2026Thursday	Shukla PanchamiBhadrapada 2083	Jyeshtha	Saubhagya	06:32	Daily Panchang check
16 Oct 2026Friday	Shukla ShashthiBhadrapada 2083	Jyeshtha	Shobhana	06:32	Daily Panchang check
17 Oct 2026Saturday	Shukla SaptamiBhadrapada 2083	Mula	Atiganda	06:33	Daily Panchang check
18 Oct 2026Sunday	Shukla SaptamiAshwin 2083	Purva Ashadha	Sukarma	06:33	Daily Panchang check
19 Oct 2026Monday	Shukla AshtamiAshwin 2083	Uttara Ashadha	Dhriti	06:33	Ashtami
20 Oct 2026Tuesday	Shukla NavamiAshwin 2083	Shravana	Shula	06:34	Navami
21 Oct 2026Wednesday	Shukla DashamiAshwin 2083	Dhanishta	Ganda	06:34	Daily Panchang check
22 Oct 2026Thursday	Shukla EkadashiAshwin 2083	Shatabhisha	Vriddhi	06:34	Ekadashi vrata check
23 Oct 2026Friday	Shukla DwadashiAshwin 2083	Purva Bhadrapada	Dhruva	06:35	Daily Panchang check
24 Oct 2026Saturday	Shukla TrayodashiAshwin 2083	Uttara Bhadrapada	Vyaghata	06:35	Pradosha check
25 Oct 2026Sunday	Shukla ChaturdashiAshwin 2083	Revati	Harshana	06:35	Daily Panchang check
26 Oct 2026Monday	Shukla PurnimaKartik 2083	Ashwini	Vajra	06:36	Purnima
27 Oct 2026Tuesday	Krishna PratipadaKartik 2083	Bharani	Siddhi	06:36	Daily Panchang check
28 Oct 2026Wednesday	Krishna TritiyaKartik 2083	Krittika	Vyatipata	06:37	Daily Panchang check
29 Oct 2026Thursday	Krishna ChaturthiKartik 2083	Rohini	Parigha	06:37	Chaturthi
30 Oct 2026Friday	Krishna PanchamiKartik 2083	Mrigashira	Shiva	06:37	Daily Panchang check
31 Oct 2026Saturday	Krishna ShashthiKartik 2083	Ardra	Siddha	06:38	Daily Panchang check

What to watch in October

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 windowSharad Navratri window

Likely windowDussehra window

Likely windowDiwali season 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 October 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 October 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 October 2026. Each date in the table above also opens a full daily Panchang page.

Shukla Paksha in October 2026 Krishna Paksha in October 2026 Ashwin 2026 month Kartik 2026 month

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