Krishna Janmashtami 2026

Krishna Janmashtami falls on Friday, 4 September 2026 (New Delhi).

Janmashtami celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna on Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (Shravana in the amanta reckoning). Devotees fast until midnight, the hour of His birth, sing bhajans, decorate cradles, and in Maharashtra break the dahi handi the next day.

Dates

How the date is set

It is kept in the lunar month of Shravana, Krishna paksha Ashtami, on the day of the tithi prevailing at sunrise (udaya tithi).

Lunar months here are amanta (new moon to new moon); in the purnimanta reckoning used in much of North India, the Krishna paksha belongs to the next month. Communities follow their own rules for some festivals, so a local almanac may keep a few on a neighbouring day.

Dates are computed with this site's panchang (Lahiri ayanamsa) for New Delhi. Times of sunrise and the tithi differ by place, so a date can shift by a day for cities far from Delhi; the calendar pages recalculate for your city. All festivals →