Next: Deepavali Pandigai is on Sunday, 8 November 2026 in Chennai, and a day earlier in New York City, London and Toronto.
Pongal Pandigai (Chennai: Fri, 15 Jan 2027) falls a day earlier in New York City and Toronto.
Sri Rama Navami (Chennai: Thu, 15 Apr 2027) falls a day earlier in New York City and Toronto.
1 more festival falls on another day abroad; the table below shows each.
The next date of each festival, city by city
Each date comes from the app's rule for that festival, read in the city's own local time: the tithi at a set moment of the day (sunrise, dawn, the afternoon, midnight), which day owns the tithi under a nazhigai rule, or whether the Sun's sankranti comes before sunset. A tithi or a sankranti happens at one instant everywhere, but local sunrise, sunset and midnight do not, so a city can keep the festival on another civil date.
| Festival | Chennai | New York City | London | Toronto | Sydney | Singapore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepavali Pandigai | 8 Nov 2026 | 7 Nov 2026 · a day earlier | 7 Nov 2026 · a day earlier | 7 Nov 2026 · a day earlier | 8 Nov 2026 | 8 Nov 2026 |
| Pongal Pandigai | 15 Jan 2027 | 14 Jan 2027 · a day earlier | 15 Jan 2027 | 14 Jan 2027 · a day earlier | 15 Jan 2027 | 15 Jan 2027 |
| Maha Shivaratri | 6 Mar 2027 | 6 Mar 2027 | 6 Mar 2027 | 6 Mar 2027 | 6 Mar 2027 | 6 Mar 2027 |
| Sri Rama Navami | 15 Apr 2027 | 14 Apr 2027 · a day earlier | 15 Apr 2027 | 14 Apr 2027 · a day earlier | 15 Apr 2027 | 15 Apr 2027 |
| Yajur Veda Upakarma | 17 Aug 2027 | 16 Aug 2027 · a day earlier | 16 Aug 2027 · a day earlier | 16 Aug 2027 · a day earlier | 17 Aug 2027 | 17 Aug 2027 |
| Krishna Janmashtami | 25 Aug 2027 | 24 Aug 2027 † | 25 Aug 2027 | 24 Aug 2027 † | 25 Aug 2027 | 25 Aug 2027 |
| Vinayaga Chaturthi | 4 Sep 2027 | 3 Sep 2027 † | 3 Sep 2027 † | 3 Sep 2027 † | 4 Sep 2027 | 4 Sep 2027 |
| Navaratri Utsava Arambham | 1 Oct 2027 | 30 Sep 2027 † | 30 Sep 2027 † | 30 Sep 2027 † | 1 Oct 2027 | 1 Oct 2027 |
"A day earlier" or "a day later" counts from the date in Chennai. Each date is the local civil date in that city.
† The Vaakya (Traditional) engine puts the festival on this day here, but the Drik (Thirukanitha) method does not confirm this difference, so none is claimed.
What decides each date
Deepavali Pandigai: The tithi at local sunrise, or at arunodaya (dawn, before sunrise). Tamil (South Indian) Deepavali: Krishna Chaturdashi at sunrise in Aippasi. The North Indian Lakshmi Puja (Amavasya evening) can fall on the next evening and is not dated here.
Pongal Pandigai: The Sun's entry into the solar month (sankranti): that day if it comes by local sunset, otherwise the next day.
Maha Shivaratri: The tithi at nishita (midnight); the date is the evening the night begins.
Sri Rama Navami: The tithi at local sunrise.
Yajur Veda Upakarma: The tithi owned under the 12-nazhigai rule: by the last day whose sunrise it stands on, if it runs at least 12 nazhigai past that sunrise, otherwise by the day before. Also called Avani Avittam. The Raksha Bandhan guide is dated by this rule: Raksha Bandhan is usually kept on the same day.
Krishna Janmashtami: The tithi at local sunrise. A sunrise reckoning. The Smartha midnight observance can fall a day earlier, and Sri Jayanti can fall on another day.
Vinayaga Chaturthi: The tithi at aparahna (the afternoon).
Navaratri Utsava Arambham: The tithi at local sunrise. The first day of Navaratri (Ghatasthapana), not Vijayadashami.
☕ How this is worked out
Each date is the day the festival guide for that city shows: the app's own rule for the festival, evaluated at that city's coordinates and time zone. A row is named for what its rule dates, which is not always the guide's whole festival; the note says so.
A city is said to keep a festival on another day only when the Drik (Thirukanitha) method agrees with the Vaakya (Traditional) engine, at that city and in Chennai.
What decides each date is read from Nava's rule itself. It is the app's rule; a printed almanac of another tradition can read another moment.
Holi & Holika Dahan and Karwa Chauth: not listed, because the app does not date them yet.
Tithi and nakshatra days on this page come from the Vaakya (Traditional) engine, as on the city pages.
Computed by the Vaakya (Traditional) engine for tithi-based days; Saturn and Jupiter from drik (Lahiri) positions.
Questions people ask
Why is a festival a day earlier in the USA than in India?
A tithi, and the Sun's entry into a solar month, happen at one instant everywhere. What decides the festival's day is read against local sunrise, sunset or midnight, and those come at different instants in each time zone. So the deciding condition can be met on a different civil date abroad, and the festival moves to the neighbouring day.
Which date should I keep if I live abroad?
The date for the city you live in. Open the festival's guide for your city, or the Nava app with your city chosen, for its own date and times.