Krishna festival calendar 2026–27

• 10 NovTuesday 2026Govardhan Puja and Annakut
  Mountains of food offered in every Braj temple; crowds walk the Govardhan parikrama. Some calendars list 9 November.
• 20 NovFriday 2026Devutthana (Prabodhini) Ekadashi
  Vishnu wakes from his four-month sleep; Tulsi Vivah follows the next day.
• 24 NovTuesday 2026Kartik Purnima
  The last night of Kartik, the Damodar month: lamps on every ghat of the Yamuna.
• 19 DecSaturday 2026Gita Jayanti (Mokshada Ekadashi)
  The day Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita. Some calendars observe it on 20 December.
• 10 MarWednesday 2027Phulera Dooj
  Flower Holi in Braj temples; the colour season begins.
• 15 Mar–17 Mar2027Laddu Holi and Lathmar Holi, Barsana and Nandgaon
  Expected dates; the Barsana temple announces the exact days in February.
• 18 MarThursday 2027Rangbhari (Amalaki) Ekadashi
  Phoolon wali Holi, flower Holi, at Banke Bihari.
• 21 MarSunday 2027Holika Dahan
  Bonfires across Braj on the full-moon night.
• 22 MarMonday 2027Holi (Rangwali Holi)
  The day of colours in Mathura and Vrindavan.
• 23 MarTuesday 2027Dauji ka Huranga, Baldeo
  The wildest Holi in Braj, at the temple of Balaram.
• 14 JunMonday 2027Nirjala Ekadashi
  The waterless fast, the strictest Ekadashi of the year.
• 14 JulWednesday 2027Devshayani Ekadashi
  Vishnu goes to sleep; Chaturmas, the four holy months, begins.
• 25 AugWednesday 2027Krishna Janmashtami
  Midnight birth celebrations in Mathura and Vrindavan; Banke Bihari’s only mangala aarti of the year.
• 26 AugThursday 2027Nandotsav
  Nanda Baba’s celebration of the birth, in Gokul and Nandgaon.
• 8 SepWednesday 2027Radhashtami
  Radha’s birthday, celebrated above all in Barsana and at Radha Vallabh temple.
• 14 OctThursday 2027Sharad Purnima
  The night of the Raas; by tradition Banke Bihari holds the flute.
• 29 OctFriday 2027Diwali
  Lakshmi Puja; lamps across Braj.
• 30 OctSaturday 2027Govardhan Puja and Annakut
  The day after Diwali, at Govardhan and in every temple.
• 10 NovWednesday 2027Devutthana Ekadashi
  End of Chaturmas.
• 9 DecThursday 2027Gita Jayanti (Mokshada Ekadashi)
  The day the Gita was spoken.

How these dates are worked out

Hindu festivals follow the lunar calendar, so their Gregorian dates move every year, and calendars sometimes differ by a day depending on when a lunar day (tithi) begins and ends at sunrise or midnight. Dates here are for India and follow the standard panchang; temples in Vrindavan sometimes celebrate a day later on the Vaishnava calendar. For Braj Holi in particular, the exact days for Barsana and Nandgaon are announced locally each February.

Visiting for a festival? Book rooms early, expect very large crowds, and read our Vrindavan travel guide first.

Questions people ask

Sources

• Drik Panchang: Krishna Janmashtami dates
• Wikipedia: Radhashtami
• HinduTone: Ekadashi 2027 list (from Drik Panchang, Delhi)

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