March 2026 Festival Dates: Many important festivals including Holi, Gudi Padwa and Ram Navami will be celebrated in the third month of March 2026. There will also be a lunar eclipse in this month which will be seen in India.
March 2026 Hindu Festival List: In March 2026, many important fasts and festivals will be celebrated one after the other, the most special of which will be Holi, Rangpachanmi, Chaitra Navratri and Ram Navami. Apart from these, other small fasts and festivals will be celebrated in this month. In this month of 31 days, 26 days will be dedicated to fasts and festivals. The special thing is that a lunar eclipse will also take place in the beginning of this month. This month will fall under the Phalgun and Chaitra months of the Hindu calendar. Know further when and which festival will be celebrated in March 2026…
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Fasts and festivals of March 2026
March 1, Sunday- Pradosh Vrat
March 2, Monday – Holika Dahan
March 3, Tuesday- Holi festival, lunar eclipse
March 4, Wednesday – Basant Utsav
March 5, Thursday- Bhai Dooj
March 6, Friday- Ganesh Chaturthi fast
March 8, Sunday – Rangpanchami
March 9, Monday- Eknath Chhath
March 10, Tuesday- Bhanu Saptami, Sheetala Saptami
March 11, Wednesday- Shitala Ashtami
March 14, Saturday – Kharmas begins
March 15, Sunday- Papamochani Ekadashi
16 March, Monday- Pradosh Vrat
March 17, Tuesday- Varuni festival, Shiv Chaturdashi fast
18 March, Wednesday Shraddha Amavasya
March 19, Thursday- Gudi Padwa, Chaitra Navratri begins, Hindu New Year 2083 begins
March 20, Friday – Sindhara Doj, Chetichand
March 21, Saturday- Gangaur Teej, Saubhagya Sundari Vrat
22 March, Sunday- Vinayaki Chaturthi
23 March, Monday- Ram Rajyotsav
March 24, Tuesday- Chaitra Navratri Shashthi Tithi
March 25, Wednesday- Chaitra Navratri Saptami Tithi
March 26, Thursday- Chaitra Navratri Durgashtami, Mahashtami fast
March 27, Friday- Shri Ram Navami fast
29 March, Sunday- Kamada Ekadashi
March 30, Monday- Pradosh Vrat, Madan Dwadashi
31 March, Tuesday- Mahavir Swami Jayanti
First lunar eclipse of the year in March 2026
The coincidence of the first lunar eclipse of the year 2026 is taking place on March 3. The special thing is that this lunar eclipse will be visible in India, hence its Sutak etc. rules will be valid here. This lunar eclipse will be visible in India for a very short period of time. But its sutak will start from morning itself. According to Indian time, this lunar eclipse will start at 3:23 pm and will last till 6:47 pm.
Vikram Samwant 2083 will start
Hindu new year Vikram Samwant 2083 will start from 19 March 2026. The Hindu New Year is 57 years ahead of the English calendar. Vikram Samvant was started by King Vikramaditya of Ujjain. Hindu New Year is celebrated with different names in different parts of India. Gudi Padwa is celebrated on this day in Maharashtra, Ugadi in the south, Bihu in Assam.
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