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Naraka Chaturdashi dates

Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.

Also called: Chhoti Diwali, Kali Chaudas, Roop Chaudas

The next one

Sunday, 8 November 2026

Krishna ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta., AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.

Bhadra until 11:05 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.

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Krishna ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta. of amantaThe reckoning in which a lunar month ends at the new Moon. Maharashtra, Gujarat and the south count this way, and our dates are computed in it. AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.. In years when it shares a sunrise with AmavasyaThe new Moon, the last tithi of the dark half, with no Moon in the sky at all. It is the day for tarpan and shraddha, and Diwali night is one. it collapses onto Diwali itself.

The day is settled by the tithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. at sunrise.

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Naraka Chaturdashi dates

YearDateTithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it.Lunar monthThe lunar month, named after the nakshatra the full Moon lands in. It is about twenty-nine and a half days, so it drifts against the English calendar.
2025MondayMonday, 20 October 2025Krishna ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 02:46 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
2026SundaySunday, 8 November 2026Krishna ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 11:05 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
2027ThursdayThursday, 28 October 2027Krishna ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 09:47 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
2028TuesdayTuesday, 17 October 2028Krishna ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 01:56 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
2029MondayMonday, 5 November 2029Krishna ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 03:39 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
2030FridayFriday, 25 October 2030Krishna ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.This tithi opens and closes between two deciding moments, so the rule does not settle the day on its own. The date given is the one holding most of the tithi.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 05:59 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.

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