Dates of important upcoming festivals and fasting associated
with Hinduism in January 2026 – based on major Hindu calendars and Panchang
used in India. The festivals, Vrats and ritual days are based on Indian
Standard Time (IST).
Hindu Vrat – Fasting – Festivals January 2026
January 2 – Purnima Vrat
January 3 – Purnima – Shakambari Purnima – Shakambari
Navratri ends
January 3 – Arudra Darshanam in Tamil Culture
January 4 – Magh Month begins in North India – Magh Mela begins in Prayag
January 6 – Saubhagya Sundari Teej Vrat
January 6 – Angarak Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat – moonrise at 9:16 PM
January 10 – Swami Vivekananda Jayanti as per Tithi – Sri
Ramandacharya Jayanti
January 10 – Kalashtami
January 12 – Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda as per Gregorian Calendar
January 14 – Bhogi Pongal – Dhanurmasam ends
January 14 – Kharmas ends
January 14 – Shattila Ekadashi
January 14 – Makar Sankranti – Uttarayan in Gujarat (in western parts of India
Makar Sankratni rituals will be observed on January 14)
January 15 – Pongal – Makara Vilakku in Kerala – Sankranti
in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (Makar Sankranti snan will be
observed on morning of January 15)
January 15 – Khichdi Parv
January 15 – Thai Masam begins in Tamil Calendar.
January 15 – Makaram Month begins in Kerala
January 15 – Magh Month begins in Bengali Calendar.
January 15 –Magh Bihu
January 15 – Til Dwadashi
January 15 – Pradosh Vrat
January 15 – Shiv Chaturdashi – Monthly Shivratri Fasting
January 16 – Mattu Pongal – Kanuma in Telugu culture
January 17 – Kaanum Pongal – Mukkanuma
January 17 – Ratanti Kali Puja
January 18 – Amavasya – Mauni Amavasya – Thai Amavasya – Triveni Amavasya
January 18 –Thai Amavasya in Tamil Nadu
January 19 – Magh month begins in calendars followed in Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Goa, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
January 19 – Vallabh Jayanti
January 19 – Gupta Navratri begins
January 22 – Ganesh Jayanti
January 22 – Kund Chaturthi Vrat – Varad Chaturthi – Til Chauth
January 23 – Vasant Panchami – Saraswati Puja – Sri Panchami – Vagheshwari
Jayanti
January 24 – Monthly Muruga Sashti Fasting – Daridrya Haran Sashti
January 25 – Ratha Saptami, Magha Saptami, Narmada Jayanti – Bhanu Saptami
January 26 – Bhishma Ashtami – Monthly Durga Ashtami
January 27 – Mahananda Navami
January 27 – Madhva Navami
January 29 – Jaya Ekadashi – Bhishma Ekadashi
January 30 – Pradosh Vrat – Amalaki Dwadashi – Bhishma
Dwadashi – Varaha Dwadashi – Til Dwadashi
January 30 – Guru Gorakhnath Jayanti
January 31 – Swami Karapatri Death Anniversary (Punyatithi)
January 31 – Vishwakarma Jayanti