Pranam Bihar · प्रणाम

Bihar Calendar 2026

Aaj ki tithi, agla tyohaar, sarkari chhuttiyan aur Chhath ki taareekh — sab ek jagah. Panchang Patna ke suryoday se nikala gaya hai, aur Mithila, Bhojpur, Magadh, Anga ke apne parv bhi shamil hain.

Aaj ka panchang Holidays 2026 Chhath date

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Aane wala parv · Patna time (IST)

Countdown to Jitiya (Jivitputrika Vrat)

जितिया · जीवित्पुत्रिका व्रत

–Din

–Ghanta

–Minute

–Second

Sunday, 4 October 2026

Aage ke parv aur chhuttiyan

4OctSun
Jitiya (Jivitputrika Vrat) जितिया · जीवित्पुत्रिका व्रत
Mothers keep a nirjala fast for their children's long life; marua roti and noni saag before the fast.
Holiday
10OctSat
Mahalaya महालया
End of Pitru Paksha; Devi Paksha begins.
Festival
11OctSun
Navratri · Kalash Sthapana नवरात्रि · कलश स्थापना
Durga Puja begins; pandals rise across Patna, Gaya and Bhagalpur.
Festival
11OctSun
Jayaprakash Narayan Jayanti जयप्रकाश नारायण जयंती
Lok Nayak JP, born at Sitab Diara, led the 1974 Sampoorna Kranti.
Festival
17OctSat
Durga Puja (Saptami) दुर्गा पूजा · सप्तमी
Pandal doors open; Patna's Dak Bungalow chowk becomes a sea of people.
Holiday
19OctMon
Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami) महाअष्टमी
Sandhi puja and kanya pujan.
Holiday

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This month at a glance

October 2026 calendar →

Bihar ke paanch ancha, paanch rang

Bihar is one state but many cultures. The same month brings different festivals depending on where you grew up.

Mithila

Darbhanga, Madhubani, Saharsa, Sitamarhi

Chaurchan, Kojagara, Sama-Chakeva, Madhushravani, Jur Sital. Madhubani painting and aripan art.

2026: Chauth Chandra 14 Sep, Kojagara Puja 25 Oct, Sama-Chakeva begins 16 Nov

Bhojpur

Ara, Buxar, Chhapra, Siwan, Rohtas

Phagua and chaita songs, Godhan on Bhai Dooj, Ardra kheer. Birthplace of Veer Kunwar Singh.

2026: Holi 3 Mar, Chitragupta Puja 10 Nov

Magadh

Patna, Gaya, Nalanda, Nawada, Jehanabad

Pind daan at Gaya, Rajgir's Makar Mela, tilkut and anarsa. Seat of the Mauryan empire.

2026: Makar Sankranti 14 Jan, Buddha Purnima 1 May

Anga

Bhagalpur, Munger, Banka

Bihula-Bishahari puja, Shravani Mela from Sultanganj, Manjusha art and Bhagalpuri silk.

2026: Shravani Mela begins 30 Jul

Vajji / Tirhut

Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur

Mahavir Jayanti at Vaishali, the world's early republic, Shahi litchi and Sonepur Mela.

2026: Mahavir Jayanti 31 Mar, Kartik Purnima 24 Nov

Vrat ka calendar: 2026

The fasts that Bihari women plan their year around, with dates computed for 2026:

Hartalika Teej

Monday, 14 September 2026

Nirjala fast by married women for Shiva-Parvati; new clothes, mehendi and night-long katha.

Jitiya

Sunday, 4 October 2026

Mothers keep a nirjala fast for their children's long life; marua roti and noni saag before the fast.

Vat Savitri

Saturday, 16 May 2026

Married women tie raw thread around the banyan on Jyeshtha Amavasya — the Mithila and Bhojpur tradition.

Chhath

Sunday, 15 November 2026

Day 3: arghya to the setting sun at the ghat, with soop, daura and thekua.

Kheti ka calendar

Ardra pravesh · 22 Jun

The Sun enters Ardra nakshatra on Monday, 22 June 2026. Farmers treat it as the start of the rains and sow paddy nurseries; Bhojpur homes make kheer and dal-puri.

Kharif · June–October

Paddy, maize and arhar. Transplanting (ropni) happens in July with Shravan rain; harvest begins after Chhath.

Rabi · November–April

Wheat, masoor, chana and mustard. Sowing after Chhath, harvest around Satuani (14 Apr).

Zaid · April–June

Moong, watermelon, vegetables — and the litchi and mango season of Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur.

Panchang kaise padhein?

Tithi — the lunar day, one of 30. Bihar fixes most festivals by the tithi at sunrise (udaya tithi).
Paksha — Shukla (waxing) or Krishna (waning). Each lasts about 15 days.
Maas — Bihar uses Purnimanta months: Krishna paksha comes first, the month ends on Purnima.
Nakshatra — which of 27 star groups the Moon is in. Used for weddings, mundan and griha pravesh.
Yoga and Karana — finer divisions astrologers use to judge a muhurat.

Learn more about tithi →

Kya aap jaante hain?

Aryabhata worked at Kusumapura (old Patna) and in 499 CE estimated the length of the year as 365.258 days — within minutes of today's value.
Bihar became a separate province on 22 March 1912, celebrated every year as Bihar Diwas.
Vaishali's Licchavi council (6th century BCE) is often called one of the world's earliest republics.
The Maithil panchang is still prepared by Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University and guides Mithila's festival dates.
Gaya's Vishnupad temple is the centre of pind daan; during Pitru Paksha the city hosts a fortnight-long mela.
Patna Sahib, birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, is one of the five Takhts of Sikhism.

Aane wale long weekends

Sarkari chhutti jab Shanivar–Ravivar ke saath jud jaaye, to ghar jaane ka mauka ban jaata hai. Ye list Bihar ki holiday list se apne aap banti hai:

17 Oct – 19 October 2026 · 3 din · Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami)
13 Nov – 15 November 2026 · 3 din · Chhath – Nahay Khay
25 Dec – 27 December 2026 · 3 din · Christmas
15 Jan – 17 January 2027 · 3 din · Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
20 Mar – 22 March 2027 · 3 din · Holi (Phagua), Bihar Diwas
26 Mar – 28 March 2027 · 3 din · Good Friday
10 Apr – 12 April 2027 · 3 din · Chaiti Chhath – Sandhya Arghya
17 Apr – 19 April 2027 · 3 din · Mahavir Jayanti

Mele aur teerth: saal bhar ka safar

Pitru Paksha Mela, Gaya

Mahalaya (10 Oct) tak ke pakhwade mein Vishnupad, Phalgu aur Akshayvat par pind daan. Lakhon log desh-videsh se aate hain.

Shravani Mela, Sultanganj

Shravan bhar kanwariya Ganga jal bharkar 105 km paidal Deoghar jaate hain. Kesariya kapde aur "Bol Bam" se raste gunjte hain.

Sonepur Mela, Saran

Kartik Purnima (24 Nov) se shuru, Gandak–Ganga sangam par lagne wala ek mahine ka mela — Harihar Nath mandir iska kendra hai.

Rajgir Malmas Mela

Adhik maas mein Rajgir ke garm kund mein snan ka mahatva hai. 2026 mein Adhik Jyeshtha ke kaaran ye mela laga.

Tyohaar ki thaali

Thekua · Chhath

Gehun ka aata, gur aur ghee — saanche par chhapa thekua Chhath ka sabse pavitra prasad hai.

Dahi-chura-tilkut · Makar Sankranti

Gaya ka tilkut aur dahi-chura ke bina Sankranti (14 Jan) adhoori maani jaati hai.

Sattu · Satuani

Satuani (14 Apr) par sattu aur aam ka tikola khaya jaata hai — garmi ka swagat.

Marua roti · Jitiya

Jitiya (4 Oct) se pehle maaein marua ki roti aur noni saag khaati hain.

Teen calendar, ek Bihar

Vikram Samvat — Chaitra Shukla Pratipada se naya saal; Bihar ke vrat-tyohaar isi se chalte hain. Shaka Samvat — Bharat ka rashtriya calendar, 22 March (leap year mein 21) se shuru. Fasli san — Mughal daur ka krishi calendar; purane zameen ke kaagzon aur Mithila ke panchang mein aaj bhi dikhta hai. Isi liye ek hi din ke teen alag saal-number ho sakte hain.

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2 Oct 2026