August 2026 Panchang: Auspicious Days, Vrat and Festival Calendar

2026-08-01

Shravan closes and Bhadrapada opens in August 2026 — here is the complete vrat and festival calendar, from Kamika Ekadashi to Raksha Bandhan, with exact dates for the month.

August 2026 sits at the junction of two of the most sacred months on the Hindu calendar — Shravan (Sawan), which closes out on 28 August, and Bhadrapada, which opens the same evening and carries through to Krishna Janmashtami in early September. For most of the month the Sun is still moving through sidereal Karka (Cancer) before it enters Simha (Leo) on 17 August — a transition called Simha Sankranti — so this Panchang is unusually dense with Ekadashi fasts, Somvar vrats, and one full month of Shiva worship layered on top of the regular tithi cycle.

Auspicious days in August 2026 at a glance

If you only need the shortlist, these are the days this month when the Panchang's special yogas line up in your favour:

8 August (Saturday): Sarvarth Siddhi and Amrit Siddhi Yoga together — a strong day for beginnings that have been waiting.
16 August (Sunday): Sarvarth Siddhi and Amrit Siddhi Yoga again, the day after Hariyali Teej — well suited to purchases and new work.
21 August (Friday): Sarvarth Siddhi Yoga on a Friday — favourable for matters of home and relationships.
23 August (Sunday): Sarvarth Siddhi Yoga coinciding with Shravana Putrada Ekadashi.
25 August (Tuesday): Tripushkar Yoga — traditionally said to triple the fruit of whatever is begun, so keep it for things you want to grow.
30 August (Sunday): Sarvarth Siddhi Yoga — the last such window before Shravan ends.

Dates follow North Indian (Purnimanta) reckoning at Delhi sunrise; the exact window shifts by city, so check yours in the daily panchang.

What the Panchang actually tracks

Panchang literally means "five limbs," and every daily almanac entry is built from five elements: tithi (the lunar day, based on the angular distance between Sun and Moon), vara (weekday), nakshatra (the Moon's constellation, one of 27), yoga (a Sun-Moon combination that colours the day's energy), and karana (half a tithi, used mainly for surgical or travel muhurat). None of these change at midnight — a tithi can begin at 6:14 am one day and end at 4:52 am the next, which is exactly why the same festival can be listed on different dates by different regional panchangs, and why the timings below are approximate for North Indian (Purnimanta) reckoning. For your exact city and sunrise-adjusted timings, our panchang tool calculates tithi, nakshatra, Rahu Kaal and Abhijit Muhurat for the day you choose, down to the minute.

Key vrats and fasting days this month

Kamika Ekadashi — 9 August (Sunday): The Ekadashi of Shravan Krishna Paksha, considered one of the most purifying fasts of the year. Classical texts tie it to the removal of past sins accumulated knowingly and unknowingly; the fast is typically broken the following morning during the Dwadashi period, not at midnight.
Sawan Somvar Vrat — 3, 10, 17 and 24 August: Every Monday of Shravan is dedicated to Lord Shiva. These are the last four Mondays of the month before Shravan closes, and are considered especially potent for Rudra Abhishek and Mahamrityunjaya recitation — many families schedule puja services on these dates specifically.
Hariyali Teej — 15 August (Saturday): Shravana Shukla Tritiya, a vrat kept largely by married and unmarried women for marital harmony and Parvati's grace, marked by green attire, mehendi and swings.
Nag Panchami — 17 August (Monday): Falls on Shravana Shukla Panchami, the same day as Simha Sankranti this year. Serpent deities are worshipped to pacify Rahu-Ketu afflictions and Kaal Sarp-type doshas in the birth chart — a detail worth checking against your own free detailed Kundli analysis if you've been advised you carry this dosha.
Shravana Putrada Ekadashi — 23 August (Sunday): The Shukla Paksha Ekadashi of Shravan, traditionally observed for the wellbeing and long life of children, and considered one of the two "Putrada" Ekadashis in the year (the other falls in Paush).

Festivals and auspicious observances

A partial Surya Grahan (solar eclipse) occurs on 12 August near Shravan Amavasya — where an eclipse is astronomically visible, the Sutak Kaal restrictions on temple visits and fresh cooking apply from roughly nine to twelve hours beforehand; where it isn't visible locally, Sutak is not observed. Onam begins on 26 August, and Raksha Bandhan falls on 28 August (Friday) — Shravana Shukla Purnima, the day the sacred thread is tied and the month of Shravan formally ends at moonrise. This year Purnima itself lands on a Friday, so Varalakshmi Vrat, usually kept on the Friday nearest the full moon, coincides with Raksha Bandhan rather than falling a week earlier as it often does. Three days later, Kajari Teej on 31 August (Monday) — Bhadrapada Krishna Tritiya — opens the fasting calendar of the new month.

One clarification worth making plainly: Krishna Janmashtami does not fall in August 2026. Because Shravan Purnima lands so late in the month, Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami — Krishna's birth tithi — pushes into early September. If you've seen an August date circulating for Janmashtami this year, it is incorrect for the standard Purnimanta calendar followed across most of North India.

Reading the month for personal timing

Beyond the fixed festival dates, the deeper use of a monthly Panchang is choosing your own muhurat — for a griha pravesh, a new business launch, an engagement, or simply the right day to start a course of remedies. Shravan is traditionally treated as auspicious for spiritual undertakings but is avoided by many families for weddings and other Shubh Karya in large parts of North India, a custom rooted in the month's association with austerity rather than celebration; Bhadrapada, once Ganesh Chaturthi arrives in September, opens back up for such events. Within any given week, the Panchang's daily Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal windows matter as much as the tithi itself — an otherwise excellent tithi can be undone by scheduling the key moment inside an inauspicious kaal.

If a particular date this month intersects with your own dasha period or a sensitive transit — Saturn, Rahu or Ketu especially — the general Panchang guidance above should be read alongside your personal chart rather than in place of it. A consultation with one of our astrologers can map August's vrats and muhurat windows against your specific birth chart, so you know which dates genuinely favour you and which are best used for quiet observance instead.