Malayalam calendar 2026
Every month of 2026 with its Malayalam date, nakshatra and tithi, computed for UK time alongside Kerala. 25 major festivals fall this year across the Hindu, Christian and Islamic calendars; they are listed below and marked in red on each month.
Months
January 2026February 2026March 2026April 2026May 2026June 2026July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026November 2026December 2026
Which major festivals fall in 2026?
| Date | Festival | Tradition | Certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jan | Denha / Epiphanyദനഹാ (പിണ്ടികുത്തി പെരുന്നാൾ) | Christian | Fixed date |
| 14 Jan | Makara Sankrantiമകര സംക്രാന്തി | Hindu | Computed |
| 15 Feb | Maha Shivaratriമഹാശിവരാത്രി | Hindu | Computed |
| 18 Feb | Ramadan beginsറംസാൻ ആരംഭം | Islamic | Subject to moon sighting |
| 20 Mar | Eid al-Fitrഈദുൽ ഫിത്ർ | Islamic | Subject to moon sighting |
| 29 Mar | Palm Sundayഓശാന ഞായർ | Christian | Computed |
| 2 Apr | Maundy Thursdayപെസഹാ വ്യാഴം | Christian | Computed |
| 3 Apr | Good Fridayദുഃഖവെള്ളി | Christian | Computed |
| 5 Apr | Easter Sundayഉയിർപ്പ് ഞായർ | Christian | Computed |
| 12 Apr | Orthodox Easterഓർത്തഡോക്സ് ഉയിർപ്പ് | Christian | Computed |
| 14 Apr | Vishuവിഷു | Hindu | Computed |
| 27 May | Eid al-Adhaഈദുൽ അദ്ഹ | Islamic | Subject to moon sighting |
| 3 Jul | Dukhrana of St Thomasദുക്റാന | Christian | Fixed date |
| 12 Aug | Karkidaka Vavuകർക്കടക വാവ് | Hindu | Computed |
| 15 Aug | Assumption of Maryവലിയ പെരുന്നാൾ | Christian | Fixed date |
| 16 Aug | Atham — Onam beginsഅത്തം | Hindu | Computed |
| 17 Aug | Malayalam New Yearചിങ്ങം ഒന്ന് | Hindu | Computed |
| 25 Aug | Milad un-Nabiനബിദിനം | Islamic | Subject to moon sighting |
| 26 Aug | Thiruvonamതിരുവോണം | Hindu | Computed |
| 8 Sep | Nativity of Maryഎട്ടുനോമ്പ് പെരുന്നാൾ | Christian | Fixed date |
| 21 Sep | Vijayadashamiവിജയദശമി | Hindu | Computed |
| 11 Oct | Navaratri beginsനവരാത്രി ആരംഭം | Hindu | Computed |
| 21 Oct | Vijayadashamiവിജയദശമി | Hindu | Computed |
| 10 Nov | Navaratri beginsനവരാത്രി ആരംഭം | Hindu | Computed |
| 25 Dec | Christmasക്രിസ്മസ് | Christian | Fixed date |
Islamic dates are the expected ones and are confirmed locally by moon sighting.How all of this is computed.