Dates of important upcoming festivals and fasting associated
with Hinduism in May 2026 – based on major Hindu calendars and Panchang used in
India. The festivals, Vrats and ritual days are based on Indian Standard Time
(IST).
May 1 – Snan – Daan – Vrat Purnima – Full moon day – Gandheswari
Puja In Bengal – Vaishakh Snan Ends – Annamacharya Jayanti
May 5 – Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat – Moonrise time at 10:18 PM
May 8 – Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
May 10 – Kalashtami
May 10 – Trilochan Ashtami
May 12 – Hanuman Jayanti In Andhra Pradesh
May 13 – Ekadashi Fasting – Bhadrakali Gyaras – Jala Krida Ekadashi
in Odisha
May 14 – Pradosh Vrat
May 15 – Shiv Chaturdashi Vrat – Masa Shivratri Vrat
May 15 – Tamil Vaikasi Masam begins
May 15 – Malayalam Edava Masam begins
May 16 – Snan Daan Shradh Amavasya – Bhavuka Amavasya – Vat Savitri
Amavasya Vrat – Savitri Amavasya in Odisha.
May 16 – Jyeshta Month begins in Bengali Calendars
May 17 – Adhik Masa Jyeshta Month begins in calendars
followed in North India, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
and Telangana
May 21 – Guru Pushya Amrut Yoga
May 22 – Muruga Sashti Fasting
May 23 – Monthly Durga Ashtami Fasting
May 26 – Ganga Dussehra
May 27 – Adhik Maas Ekadashi Fasting
May 28 – Pradosh Vrat
May 30 – Purnima Vrat
May 30 – Vaikasi Visakam
May 31 – Purnima – Full moon day