Subrahmanya Shashti 2026 Date: Tuesday, 15 December

Subrahmanya Shashti in 2026 falls on Tuesday 15 December 2026 in the Telugu states (Hyderabad, IST). Sukla Shashti: 14 Dec 7:16 PM – 15 Dec 9:19 PM IST. In the USA: Tuesday 15 December 2026 on the East Coast, Monday 14 December 2026 on the West Coast; tithi Mon 14 Dec 8:46 AM – Tue 15 Dec 10:49 AM EST (5:46 AM – 7:49 AM PST). In the UK: Tuesday 15 December 2026.

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Subrahmanya Shashti, Margashira Sukla Shashti, is the Telugu festival of Kumaraswami, the day he slew Tarakasura: Mopidevi, Skandagiri (Secunderabad) and Malakonda are crowded with devotees, naga images are worshipped for progeny and skin ailments, and the day is also Champa Shashti in Maharashtra. It is a month after the Tamil Skanda Shashti of Kartika.

Tithi timing

Sukla Shashti begins 14 December 2026 at 7:16 PM IST and ends 15 December 2026 at 9:19 PM IST.

Timings by city: India, USA, UK, Canada, Australia

Every time is computed for the city's own coordinates and time zone (daylight saving applied); nothing is converted from IST. The last column is the part of the day the rule judges, sunrise; the date is the day the tithi covers it. It is the window the tradition names for the observance, not a separately chosen muhurtham; we do not print other muhurthams because we have not verified them.

How the date is decided

Margashira sukla shashti at sunrise (Telugu; Tamil Skanda Shashti is a month earlier).

Date by city

Different date in 28 of 215 cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Fremont, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Pleasanton, Sacramento, Folsom, Irvine, San Diego and 16 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.

FAQ

Stotras commonly recited

Full text in Telugu: Subrahmanya Ashtakam (Karavalamba Stotram) · all stotras

Coming up next

• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Bali Padyami (Govardhan Puja)
• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Karthika Masam begins
• 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)

All upcoming festivals and the next festival countdown

Related

• Karthika Somavaram – Monday 30 November 2026
• Margashira Masam begins – Wednesday 9 December 2026
• Margashira Lakshmivaram – Thursday 10 December 2026
• Dhanurmasam begins – Wednesday 16 December 2026
• Vaikuntha Ekadashi (Mukkoti Ekadashi) – Sunday 20 December 2026
• Dattatreya Jayanti – Wednesday 23 December 2026

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