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Chaturthi dates in 2026

Chaturthi falls 25 times in 2026. Every date below carries the weekday, the tithi's own start and end, and the month it falls in.

  • Computed from the Moon and the Sun for Bengaluru at the moment you loaded this page — not copied from a printed calendar.
  • Each tithi's own start and end is shown, so you can check the day yourself.

Every Chaturthi date in 2026

DatePakshaHindu month (purnimanta)Tithi beginsTithi endsNote
Wednesday, 7 January 2026KrishnaMagha6 Jan, 08:027 Jan, 06:53—
Thursday, 22 January 2026ShuklaMagha22 Jan, 02:4723 Jan, 02:29—
Thursday, 5 February 2026KrishnaPhalguna5 Feb, 00:106 Feb, 00:22—
Saturday, 21 February 2026ShuklaPhalguna20 Feb, 14:3921 Feb, 13:01—
Saturday, 7 March 2026KrishnaChaitra6 Mar, 17:547 Mar, 19:18—
Sunday, 22 March 2026ShuklaChaitra21 Mar, 23:5722 Mar, 21:17—
Monday, 6 April 2026KrishnaVaishakha5 Apr, 12:006 Apr, 14:11—
Monday, 20 April 2026ShuklaVaishakha20 Apr, 07:2821 Apr, 04:15kshaya tithi
Tuesday, 5 May 2026KrishnaJyeshtha5 May, 05:246 May, 07:52kept on the next day too
Wednesday, 20 May 2026ShuklaAdhika Jyeshtha19 May, 14:1920 May, 11:07—
Thursday, 4 June 2026KrishnaAdhika Jyeshtha3 Jun, 21:224 Jun, 23:31—
Thursday, 18 June 2026ShuklaJyeshtha17 Jun, 21:3918 Jun, 18:59—
Saturday, 4 July 2026KrishnaAshadha3 Jul, 11:214 Jul, 12:40—
Friday, 17 July 2026ShuklaAshadha17 Jul, 06:2818 Jul, 04:43kshaya tithi
Sunday, 2 August 2026KrishnaShravana1 Aug, 23:082 Aug, 23:16—
Sunday, 16 August 2026ShuklaShravana15 Aug, 17:2916 Aug, 16:53—
Tuesday, 1 September 2026KrishnaBhadrapada31 Aug, 08:521 Sep, 07:42—
Tuesday, 15 September 2026ShuklaBhadrapada14 Sep, 07:0715 Sep, 07:44—
Wednesday, 30 September 2026KrishnaAshwin29 Sep, 17:1030 Sep, 14:56—
Wednesday, 14 October 2026ShuklaAshwin13 Oct, 23:2815 Oct, 01:14—
Thursday, 29 October 2026KrishnaKartika29 Oct, 01:0729 Oct, 22:10—
Friday, 13 November 2026ShuklaKartika12 Nov, 18:0913 Nov, 20:43—
Saturday, 28 November 2026KrishnaMargashirsha27 Nov, 09:4928 Nov, 06:40—
Sunday, 13 December 2026ShuklaMargashirsha12 Dec, 14:0713 Dec, 16:48—
Sunday, 27 December 2026KrishnaPausha26 Dec, 20:0527 Dec, 17:14—

Times are local to Bengaluru. A row marked kshaya tithi is one the tithi never carried at sunrise — it began after one and ended before the next, and the observance is kept on the day it ran through. A row marked kept on the next day too is one where the tithi spans two sunrises, so two traditions genuinely take two different days.

Chaturthi in January 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in January 2026.

  • Wednesday, 7 January 2026 — Krishna paksha, Magha. Tithi 6 Jan, 08:02 → 7 Jan, 06:53
  • Thursday, 22 January 2026 — Shukla paksha, Magha. Tithi 22 Jan, 02:47 → 23 Jan, 02:29

Chaturthi in February 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in February 2026.

  • Thursday, 5 February 2026 — Krishna paksha, Phalguna. Tithi 5 Feb, 00:10 → 6 Feb, 00:22
  • Saturday, 21 February 2026 — Shukla paksha, Phalguna. Tithi 20 Feb, 14:39 → 21 Feb, 13:01

Chaturthi in March 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in March 2026.

  • Saturday, 7 March 2026 — Krishna paksha, Chaitra. Tithi 6 Mar, 17:54 → 7 Mar, 19:18
  • Sunday, 22 March 2026 — Shukla paksha, Chaitra. Tithi 21 Mar, 23:57 → 22 Mar, 21:17

Chaturthi in April 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in April 2026.

  • Monday, 6 April 2026 — Krishna paksha, Vaishakha. Tithi 5 Apr, 12:00 → 6 Apr, 14:11
  • Monday, 20 April 2026 — Shukla paksha, Vaishakha. Tithi 20 Apr, 07:28 → 21 Apr, 04:15 (kshaya tithi)

Chaturthi in May 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in May 2026.

  • Tuesday, 5 May 2026 — Krishna paksha, Jyeshtha. Tithi 5 May, 05:24 → 6 May, 07:52 (kept on the next day too)
  • Wednesday, 20 May 2026 — Shukla paksha, Adhika Jyeshtha. Tithi 19 May, 14:19 → 20 May, 11:07

Chaturthi in June 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in June 2026.

  • Thursday, 4 June 2026 — Krishna paksha, Adhika Jyeshtha. Tithi 3 Jun, 21:22 → 4 Jun, 23:31
  • Thursday, 18 June 2026 — Shukla paksha, Jyeshtha. Tithi 17 Jun, 21:39 → 18 Jun, 18:59

Chaturthi in July 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in July 2026.

  • Saturday, 4 July 2026 — Krishna paksha, Ashadha. Tithi 3 Jul, 11:21 → 4 Jul, 12:40
  • Friday, 17 July 2026 — Shukla paksha, Ashadha. Tithi 17 Jul, 06:28 → 18 Jul, 04:43 (kshaya tithi)

Chaturthi in August 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in August 2026.

  • Sunday, 2 August 2026 — Krishna paksha, Shravana. Tithi 1 Aug, 23:08 → 2 Aug, 23:16
  • Sunday, 16 August 2026 — Shukla paksha, Shravana. Tithi 15 Aug, 17:29 → 16 Aug, 16:53

Chaturthi in September 2026

Chaturthi falls 3 times in September 2026.

  • Tuesday, 1 September 2026 — Krishna paksha, Bhadrapada. Tithi 31 Aug, 08:52 → 1 Sep, 07:42
  • Tuesday, 15 September 2026 — Shukla paksha, Bhadrapada. Tithi 14 Sep, 07:07 → 15 Sep, 07:44
  • Wednesday, 30 September 2026 — Krishna paksha, Ashwin. Tithi 29 Sep, 17:10 → 30 Sep, 14:56

Chaturthi in October 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in October 2026.

  • Wednesday, 14 October 2026 — Shukla paksha, Ashwin. Tithi 13 Oct, 23:28 → 15 Oct, 01:14
  • Thursday, 29 October 2026 — Krishna paksha, Kartika. Tithi 29 Oct, 01:07 → 29 Oct, 22:10

Chaturthi in November 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in November 2026.

  • Friday, 13 November 2026 — Shukla paksha, Kartika. Tithi 12 Nov, 18:09 → 13 Nov, 20:43
  • Saturday, 28 November 2026 — Krishna paksha, Margashirsha. Tithi 27 Nov, 09:49 → 28 Nov, 06:40

Chaturthi in December 2026

Chaturthi falls 2 times in December 2026.

  • Sunday, 13 December 2026 — Shukla paksha, Margashirsha. Tithi 12 Dec, 14:07 → 13 Dec, 16:48
  • Sunday, 27 December 2026 — Krishna paksha, Pausha. Tithi 26 Dec, 20:05 → 27 Dec, 17:14

How the day for Chaturthi is decided

A tithi is one thirtieth of a lunation — the Moon gaining 12° on the Sun — so it averages 23 hours 37 minutes against a 24-hour day and almost never begins at sunrise. The rule this page uses is the usual one: the tithi running at sunrise names the day. Two consequences show up in the table above and neither is an error. When a tithi is running at sunrise on two consecutive days, both days are genuinely claimed and traditions divide on which to keep — the Smarta and Vaishnava Ekadashi calendars differ on exactly that. When it touches no sunrise at all it is kshaya (skipped), and the observance is kept on the day it ran through. The start and end instants are the astronomy and are not in dispute; the day is an interpretation of them, and this page names the one it used rather than presenting it as the only one.

Other cities

Sunrise decides which day a tithi names, and sunrise differs across India by well over an hour — so the day itself, not only the clock times, can differ between two cities on this list.

This table is recomputed for the city you pick. Those links are variants of this page: each carries a canonical back to the address above and asks search engines not to index it.

Other tithis in 2026

Related panchang and vrat pages

Common questions

When is Chaturthi in 2026?

The next Chaturthi in 2026 is Wednesday, 14 October 2026. The tithi runs 13 Oct, 23:28 → 15 Oct, 01:14 in Bengaluru. All 25 dates for the year are in the table above.

How many Chaturthi tithis fall in 2026?

25 — 12 in the Shukla (bright) fortnight and 13 in the Krishna (dark) one. The count moves between years because twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year, and an adhika (extra) month changes it again.

What is the difference between Shukla Chaturthi and Krishna Chaturthi?

They are the same tithi number in different fortnights. Shukla paksha is the bright fortnight that follows the new moon; Krishna paksha is the dark one that follows the full moon. Chaturthi comes round twice a lunar month, once in each, and the Paksha column above says which is which.

Why does my calendar show a different Chaturthi date in 2026?

Because a tithi rarely begins or ends at sunrise. When it is running at sunrise on two days, or on none, traditions divide: some take the day the tithi touches sunrise, others the day it begins. The start and end instants above are the astronomy and are not in dispute — the day is an interpretation of them, and this page names the one it used.

Is Chaturthi on the same day everywhere in India?

Not always. The day is decided at sunrise, and sunrise differs across India by well over an hour, so a tithi ending shortly after sunrise in Bengaluru can end shortly before it further west — which moves the observance by a day. Switch city above to see the whole table recomputed.

What else is Chaturthi called?

Chauth, Choth, Chaturthi tithi — all the same tithi. This page keeps one address for it so the answer lives in one place.

What is a kshaya Chaturthi?

Chaturthi is kshaya 2 time(s) in 2026: Monday, 20 April 2026; Friday, 17 July 2026. A kshaya tithi touches no sunrise at all — it begins after one and ends before the next. The observance is still kept, on the day the tithi ran through, but the usual sunrise rule did not apply there and this page says so rather than implying it did.