Hindu festival and vrat calendar

What is the next vrat or festival?

See the observances coming up for your city, then open any festival for its local tithi, puja window and calendar explanation.

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Timings on this page are computed for Sydney.

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Outside India

Every date on this page is recomputed for the city you pick. Festivals decided at moonrise or at pradosh are the ones most likely to move by a day between two cities.

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Plan the days ahead

Dates follow the local sunrise, tithi and each festival’s deciding moment. That is why the same observance can occasionally fall on a neighbouring date in another city.

Recurring vrats

The next fasting days

These observances repeat every lunar fortnight or month. Open one for the exact tithi start and end in Sydney.

Today in Sydney

Shubh muhurat today

Running now: Yamaganda Kaal 06:20 to 07:44.

The Vedic day runs from sunrise to sunrise. Festival-specific puja muhurats can be narrower; those appear on each festival page.

See all of today’s timing windows

Auspicious windows

WindowTime in SydneyWhat it is
Abhijit Muhurat11:34 to 12:19Auspicious
Amrit Kaal19:43 to 21:25Most Auspicious

Windows usually worked around

These are traditional conventions for elective beginnings, not warnings.

WindowTime in Sydney
Rahu Kaal13:21 to 14:45
Yamaganda Kaal · running now06:20 to 07:44
Durmuhurta First10:04 to 10:49
Durmuhurta Second14:34 to 15:19
Varjyam09:32 to 11:14

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All upcoming festivals and vrats

Scan the complete calendar or use your browser’s page search for a festival name.

Festival or vratNext date in SydneyFrom today
Raksha BandhanFriday, 28 August 20261 days
Krishna JanmashtamiFriday, 4 September 20268 days
Ganesh ChaturthiMonday, 14 September 202618 days
Hartalika TeejMonday, 14 September 202618 days
Pitru Paksha (Mahalaya Amavasya)Saturday, 10 October 202644 days
Sharad NavratriSunday, 11 October 202645 days
Durga Puja (Maha Saptami)Sunday, 18 October 202652 days
Dussehra (Vijayadashami)Wednesday, 21 October 202655 days
Sharad PurnimaMonday, 26 October 202660 days
Karwa ChauthThursday, 29 October 202663 days
DhanterasFriday, 6 November 202671 days
DiwaliSunday, 8 November 202673 days
Govardhan PujaTuesday, 10 November 202675 days
Bhai DoojWednesday, 11 November 202676 days
Chhath PujaSunday, 15 November 202680 days
Dev Uthani EkadashiSaturday, 21 November 202686 days
Kartik PurnimaTuesday, 24 November 202689 days
Makar SankrantiFriday, 15 January 2027141 days
Basant PanchamiFriday, 12 February 2027169 days
Magha PurnimaSunday, 21 February 2027178 days
Maha ShivratriSaturday, 6 March 2027191 days
Holika DahanMonday, 22 March 2027207 days
HoliTuesday, 23 March 2027208 days
Gudi PadwaThursday, 8 April 2027224 days
Ram NavamiThursday, 15 April 2027231 days
Mesha SankrantiThursday, 15 April 2027231 days
Hanuman JayantiWednesday, 21 April 2027237 days
Akshaya TritiyaSunday, 9 May 2027255 days
Ganga DussehraSunday, 13 June 2027290 days
Vat Savitri VratSunday, 4 July 2027311 days
Guru PurnimaSunday, 18 July 2027325 days
Nag PanchamiFriday, 6 August 2027344 days

Visibility decides Sutak

Upcoming eclipses for Sydney

Partial Lunar Eclipse

Friday, 28 August 2026

Not visible here · no Sutak observed

Annular Solar Eclipse

Sunday, 7 February 2027

Not visible here · no Sutak observed

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Sunday, 21 February 2027

Not visible here · no Sutak observed

Month by month

Recurring vrat archives

Browse every Ekadashi, Purnima or Amavasya in a specific month. The stable URLs update each year.

Ekadashi by month
Purnima by month
Amavasya by month

Why dates move

A festival is a lunar rule, not a fixed Gregorian date

Each rule names a lunar month, paksha and tithi, plus the moment that decides the observance. Most vrats follow sunrise, while Diwali uses pradosh, Maha Shivratri uses nishita, Ganesh Chaturthi uses madhyahna and Karwa Chauth ends at moonrise.

We calculate those conditions for the selected city. When a tithi is skipped or two traditions differ, the individual festival page says so instead of presenting one unexplained date.