Bhadrapada Month 2026: Full Vrat and Festival List from 29 August (Dates and Rules)
Bhadrapada 2026 begins 29 August and ends with Purnima on 26 September, opening straight into Pitru Paksha. The complete dated calendar — Kajari Teej to Anant Chaturdashi — with tithi windows for Delhi and the month's Chaturmas rules.
Bhadrapada, the sixth month of the Hindu year, begins on Saturday, 29 August 2026 and runs to its Purnima on Saturday, 26 September. In the purnimanta reckoning followed across North India, that is the whole month: a Krishna paksha that carries Janmashtami, a Shukla paksha that belongs to Ganesha, and a full moon that opens straight into Pitru Paksha.
This is the working calendar for the month — every vrat and festival with its date, weekday and tithi window for Delhi — followed by the rules the month itself asks you to keep. Where we have a detailed vidhi article for a festival, it is linked.
Bhadrapada 2026: the complete dated list
All times are IST, computed for Delhi. The tithi window often matters more than the date — some families follow the sunrise tithi, others the midday or moonrise tithi — so we print it in full.
| Date (2026) | Vrat / festival | Tithi | Tithi window (Delhi, IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug, Mon | Kajari Teej | Krishna Tritiya | 30 Aug 09:37 → 31 Aug 08:51 |
| 1 Sep, Tue | Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi | 31 Aug 08:51 → 1 Sep 07:41 |
| 2 Sep, Wed | Hal Shashthi (Harchhath) | Krishna Shashthi | 2 Sep 06:12 → 3 Sep 04:26 |
| 4 Sep, Fri | Krishna Janmashtami | Krishna Ashtami | 4 Sep 02:25 → 5 Sep 00:14 |
| 5 Sep, Sat | Dahi Handi · Goga Navami | Krishna Navami | 5 Sep 00:14 → 5 Sep 21:54 |
| 7 Sep, Mon | Aja Ekadashi | Krishna Ekadashi | 6 Sep 19:29 → 7 Sep 17:04 |
| 9 Sep, Wed | Pradosh Vrat | Krishna Trayodashi | 8 Sep 14:43 → 9 Sep 12:31 |
| 10 Sep, Thu | Masik Shivratri | Krishna Chaturdashi | 9 Sep 12:31 → 10 Sep 10:34 |
| 11 Sep, Fri | Bhadrapada Amavasya (Kushagrahani / Pithori) | Amavasya | 10 Sep 10:34 → 11 Sep 08:57 |
| 14 Sep, Mon | Hartalika Teej | Shukla Tritiya | 13 Sep 07:10 → 14 Sep 07:08 |
| 14 Sep, Mon | Ganesh Chaturthi (sthapana) | Shukla Chaturthi | 14 Sep 07:08 → 15 Sep 07:45 |
| 15 Sep, Tue | Rishi Panchami | Shukla Panchami | 15 Sep 07:45 → 16 Sep 09:00 |
| 19 Sep, Sat | Radha Ashtami · Masik Durga Ashtami | Shukla Ashtami | 18 Sep 13:01 → 19 Sep 15:27 |
| 22 Sep, Tue | Parivartini (Parsva) Ekadashi | Shukla Ekadashi | 21 Sep 20:00 → 22 Sep 21:43 |
| 24 Sep, Thu | Pradosh Vrat (Shukla) | Shukla Trayodashi | 23 Sep 22:50 → 24 Sep 23:18 |
| 25 Sep, Fri | Anant Chaturdashi · Ganesh Visarjan | Shukla Chaturdashi | 24 Sep 23:18 → 25 Sep 23:06 |
| 26 Sep, Sat | Bhadrapada Purnima (snan-daan) | Purnima | 25 Sep 23:06 → 26 Sep 22:18 |
From Sunday, 27 September the Krishna paksha of Ashwina begins — this is Pitru Paksha, covered at the end of this article.
One month, two names: purnimanta and amanta
North Indian calendars end the month on Purnima, so Bhadrapada runs 29 August to 26 September as above. In the amanta reckoning of Maharashtra, Gujarat and the South, the month ends on Amavasya — so the fortnight of 29 August to 11 September is still called Shravan there. Nothing moves: Kajari Teej, Janmashtami and Pithori Amavasya fall on the same days everywhere; only the month printed above them changes. Likewise, Pitru Paksha is Ashwina Krishna paksha in the North and Bhadrapada Krishna paksha in amanta regions — the same fifteen days.
Krishna paksha: Teej, Sankashti and Hal Shashthi
Kajari Teej, 31 August (Monday): Tritiya is the sunrise tithi, so the vrat of married women — with its swings, kajari songs and sattu — falls cleanly on the Monday.
Angarki Sankashti, 1 September (Tuesday): a Sankashti Chaturthi that lands on a Tuesday is called Angarki and is held especially dear in the Ganapati tradition. Moonrise in Delhi is at 21:00; the fast is completed after moon darshan and arghya. Panchangs that give first weight to the moonrise tithi may keep this vrat a day earlier — if your tradition is strict on that rule, check your own panchang.
Hal Shashthi, 2 September (Wednesday): the birth tithi of Balarama, whose emblem is the plough. Note the unusual window: Shashthi begins at 06:12 on 2 September and ends at 04:26 the next night, touching no sunrise at all — which is exactly why printed calendars sometimes disagree on this one.
Janmashtami week: 4 and 5 September
Krishna Janmashtami, 4 September (Friday): Ashtami runs from 02:25 on the 4th to 00:14 on the night of the 4th/5th, and the day carries Rohini nakshatra — the birth combination itself. This year the Smarta and Vaishnava dates coincide; we have explained why in a separate article. Since Ashtami ends just after midnight, confirm your city's nishita muhurat on the day itself.
5 September (Saturday) doubles up: Dahi Handi, the day after Janmashtami, and Goga Navami, since Navami is the sunrise tithi.
Closing the dark fortnight: Ekadashi to Amavasya
Aja Ekadashi, 7 September (Monday): Ekadashi at sunrise; parana on 8 September after sunrise, while Dwadashi lasts (until 14:43).
Pradosh Vrat, 9 September and Masik Shivratri, 10 September close the Shiva end of the paksha. Trayodashi itself runs from 14:43 on the 8th to 12:31 on the 9th — families who insist on Trayodashi during the evening pradosh-kaal keep the puja on the 8th, so let your own panchang decide.
Bhadrapada Amavasya, 11 September (Friday): known as Kushagrahani, the day kusha grass is gathered for the year's rituals; in amanta regions the same day is observed as Pithori Amavasya.
Shukla paksha: Hartalika and Ganesha share one Monday
The headline of this month: Hartalika Teej and Ganesh Chaturthi fall on the same day — Monday, 14 September. Tritiya is the sunrise tithi (until 07:08), after which Chaturthi takes over and covers the entire midday, the kala in which Ganapati sthapana is done. Usually the two festivals come on consecutive days; this year the tithi boundary at 07:08 puts the nirjala vrat and the sthapana on one Monday. Sthapana muhurat and vidhi are in our Ganesh Chaturthi article.
Rishi Panchami (15 Sep) follows, the vrat of the seven rishis. Radha Ashtami (19 Sep) shares its tithi with the monthly Durga Ashtami. Parivartini Ekadashi (22 Sep) — also called Parsva Ekadashi — marks Vishnu turning from one side to the other in his four-month yoga-nidra; parana falls on the 23rd. A second Pradosh comes on 24 September, and Anant Chaturdashi (25 Sep) brings the Anant raksha-sutra vrat and Ganesh visarjan, closing the utsav that began on the 14th.
The month's own rules: Chaturmas in Bhadrapada
Bhadrapada is the second full month of Chaturmas. The traditional month-wise abstention is: leafy greens in Shravan, curd (dahi) in Bhadrapada, milk in Ashwin, and pulses in Kartik. The texts prescribe the abstention without giving a reason, and we will not invent one — take it as vrat discipline rather than dietary science. Marriage and similar sanskaras remain paused from Devshayani to Devuthani Ekadashi; vrat, katha and utsav, as the list above shows, do not pause at all.
Purnima, and the turn to Pitru Paksha
Bhadrapada Purnima, 26 September, is a snan-daan purnima; the Purnima Shraddha, for ancestors who passed on a purnima tithi, is also kept on this day. From the next morning, 27 September, the shraddha fortnight begins. Its tithi-wise dates, rules and common mistakes are in our Pitru Paksha guide.
Check your own city
Every time above is computed for Delhi. Sunrise shifts city to city, and when a tithi changes close to sunrise — as happens several times this month — the vrat date itself can move. For your city's daily windows, see the daily panchang.
In short
- Bhadrapada 2026 (purnimanta): 29 August – 26 September.
- Krishna paksha: Kajari Teej 31 Aug, Angarki Sankashti 1 Sep, Hal Shashthi 2 Sep, Janmashtami 4 Sep, Dahi Handi and Goga Navami 5 Sep, Aja Ekadashi 7 Sep, Amavasya 11 Sep.
- Shukla paksha: Hartalika Teej and Ganesh Chaturthi together on 14 Sep; Rishi Panchami 15, Radha Ashtami 19, Parivartini Ekadashi 22, Anant Chaturdashi 25, Purnima 26 Sep.
- Month rule: curd is traditionally given up in Bhadrapada; marriages wait for Devuthani.
- Pitru Paksha begins 27 September.
Regional and family traditions differ on tithi decisions; where they do, your own parampara and panchang take precedence.