Karthika Masam 2026: Start and End Dates

Karthika Masam 2026 begins on Tuesday 10 November 2026 and ends with the amavasya on Tuesday 8 December 2026 in the Telugu states (Hyderabad, IST). Also spelled Kartika Masam.

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Next year: Karthika Masam 2027 – Saturday 30 October 2027

Karthika (also spelled Kartika) is the holiest month for Siva worship in the Telugu states: Karthika snanam at dawn, lamps every evening, Karthika Somavaram Mondays, Nagula Chavithi, Kshirabdi Dwadasi and Karthika Pournami with the Jwala Toranam; vana bhojanam picnics under amla trees are its social side. Telugu months are amanta lunar months: each begins the day after an amavasya (new moon) and is named for the solar sign the Sun occupies at that new moon. When two new moons fall in the same sign an adhika (extra) month is inserted and the festivals are kept in the nija month that follows. The start date is the first day whose sunrise-to-sunrise span begins in the new month.

Tithi timing

Sukla Padyami begins 9 November 2026 at 12:32 PM IST and ends 10 November 2026 at 2:00 PM IST.

How the date is decided

First Hindu day of each amanta masa (sukla padyami at sunrise; kshaya -> day the padyami begins).

Date by city

Different date in 114 of 215 cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Atlanta, Irving, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Coppell, Fort Worth and 102 more — the tithi is judged against each city's own sunrise and local time (daylight saving included), so the day can shift for cities far from India.

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Stotras commonly recited

Full text in Telugu: Lingashtakam · Shiva Panchakshara Stotram · Shiva Tandava Stotram · Kalabhairava Ashtakam · Dakshinamurthy Stotram · Shiva Manasa Puja · all stotras

Coming up next

• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Bali Padyami (Govardhan Puja)
• Wednesday 11 November 2026 – Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam (Yama Dwitiya)
• Friday 13 November 2026 – Nagula Chavithi
• Monday 16 November 2026 – Karthika Somavaram
• Saturday 21 November 2026 – Kshirabdi Dwadasi (Chilukula Dwadasi)
• Tuesday 24 November 2026 – Karthika Pournami (Deepotsavam)

All upcoming festivals and the next festival countdown

Related

• Bali Padyami (Govardhan Puja) – Tuesday 10 November 2026
• Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam (Yama Dwitiya) – Wednesday 11 November 2026
• Nagula Chavithi – Friday 13 November 2026
• Karthika Somavaram – Monday 16 November 2026
• Kshirabdi Dwadasi (Chilukula Dwadasi) – Saturday 21 November 2026
• Karthika Pournami (Deepotsavam) – Tuesday 24 November 2026

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