Introduction

Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year.

Wishing you and your family happiness, health, and harmony this festive season. Your commitment makes every challenge worth it! As Diwali marks new beginnings, may you find new motivation, purpose, and satisfaction in every task.

General information

The Hindu festivals, fasts, rituals, holy baths and the observance of sacred days are part and parcel of the great cultural heritage. They are religious and social and a great source of spiritual and moral enrichment. They also lend zest, variety, colour and grandeur to an otherwise insipid, routine and care-worn day-to–day human existence. The Hindu festivals are more than what they appear to be. They are essentially a way of living and thinking in the course of existence, and as such bring their whole right to bear on the individual and the society.

Unlike the deities of the Hindu pantheon, the festivals are numerous and frequent, but basically religious, psychological and intimately connected with the changes of seasons, though many of them have lost the history of their origin in the mists of hoary past. With passage of time they have undergone a process of transformation and evolution and many new festivals have been grafted upon the old ones.

A Hindu festival is, in fact, something more than a ‘festival’. It is cathartic in nature, and as a means of purification strengthens the spirit within. Their goal is to find enjoyment through renunciation and self-denial. They are more of an exploration of the colourful things of life, without being bound to or obsessed by them.

Why do we require panchang for different cities (Countries)?

Most people buy the Panchang from India and use it everywhere in the world. This is not a good practice and one could lead to people observing festivals on incorrect days and at incorrect times abroad. Each festival has a different set of rules about when to observe them.

Hindu festivals are generally based on the Tithi and/or Nakshatra as per the lunar calendar (& some as per the solar calendar). For example, Ganesh Chaturthi is Bhadrapad Shukla Chaturthi Madhyahn purvavidha vyapini (4^th tithi prevailing at midday).

Each tithi begins and ends at the same instant all over the world. After correcting for the time zones, the tithi will begin/end at different local times in different parts of the world. The next thing is to decide if the tithi is visible during the specified time. This is done by using local sunrise, local sunset and local moonrise times. Since India has little variation in terms of sunrise/sunset, a panchang computed for one area of the country is generally usable throughout the country. For example - on a given day if Chaturthi end time is 2:30pm in India. Hence, UK will observe the chaturthi end time of 9:00am (GMT). This clearly indicates in the United Kingdom that the Chaturthi tithi is not prevailing during madhyahan kal (noon time) but it does prevail in India. Hence, the UK will celebrate Ganesha chaturthi on the previous day, as the chaturthi prevails during the noon on the previous day (chaturthi start time is 9:30am GMT in the UK.). What is important is to observe the festival at the right time in your location. If you blindly use the Indian calendar published in India, it won’t be any good to you as the festival observance dates might change due to local sunrise, sunset, moonrise, time differences etc.

The panchang available in India only prints end times in Indian standard times (IST). You need to convert them to your local standard time and use local sunrise and sunset to find out when it can be observed. Most common mistakes people make is observing Pradosh and Ekadashi vrat on incorrect days by following the Indian panchang printed in India.

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This month’s main Panchang Details.

22-10-2025 Vikram Samvat 2082, Pingal Samvatsar, Bali Pratipada, Goverdhan Pooja, Annakut

23-10-2025 Bhaiduj, Bhaibeej, Yam Dwitiya, Chandra Darshan Beejna until 17:59

26-10-2025 Labh Pancham, Pandav and Jain gnan Panchami

28-10-2025 Shree Jalaram Jayanti

29-10-2025 durgashtami, Gopashtami, Chaumasi Atthai begins (Jain)

01-11-2025 Devuthi Ekadashi, Tulsi Vivah begins, Chaturmas ends, Bhishma Panchak Vrat begins

                  Punjab, Hariyana Day

03-11-2025 Som Pradosh

04-11-2025 Vaikunth Chaturdashi, Jain Chaumasi Chaudash

05-11-2025 Vrat & Tripurari Purnima, Devdiwali, Tulsi Vivah ends, Bhishma Panchak Vrat ends,

                   Guru Nanak Jayanti

08-11-2025 Sankasht Chaturthi, Moon rise 18:02

11-11-2025 Kalashtami, Kalbhairav Jayanti

14-11-2025 Baldin-Nehru Jayanti, King Charles III Birthday-UK

15-11-2025 Utpatti Ekadashi

17-11-2025 Som Pradosh

18-11-2025 Shivratri

19-11-2025 Darsh Amavashya, moon set 15:05

If you would like a copy of the Rushi Panchang VS 2082 - 2025/26.

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The auspicious times are calculated according to the Leicester, UK co-ordinates Latitude 52N38 and Longitude 1W05.

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LIST OF IMPORTANT HINDU FESTIVALS & VRATS FOR U.K.
From 22-10-2025 TO 08-11-2026 - V.S. 2082
(Prepared according to local UK Time).

 Important Note:

The Hindu festivals are generally based on a certain Tithi (roughly translated as the lunar phase) or the Nakshatra (Position of Asterisms with respect to the moon and the earth) in a given month or the transition of other heavenly bodies. When the time and place differ a lot from the place for which the Panchang (Religious Almanac) is computed the occurrence of the festival on a given day could change. To correctly compute the time and date of a festival, one must compute the Tithi, Nakshatra etc. for that place in terms of the local time of that place. The festival celebration times and days/dates listed here are calculated according to local UK times and these may differ from other places in the world (e.g. India, USA).