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Next Kalashtami

The next Kalashtami, the dark Aṣṭamī kept for Kālabhairava, with its time for your city, and every one from 2026 to 2028.

Next Kalashtami in Delhi

Ashwin (amanta) / Kartika (purnimanta), Krishna Ashtami

Sunday, 1 November 2026

Kalashtami is in 14 days. In Delhi, the Aṣṭamī holds only Sunday’s pradoṣa and only Monday’s midday; in that case the Dharmasindhu decides by pradoṣa, following the conduct of many learned people, so Kālāṣṭamī is on Sunday.

AṣṭamīSun 14:52 –
Mon 13:11
Pradoṣa17:35 –
20:10

The annual Kalashtami, Kaal Bhairav Jayanti, falls on Tuesday, 1 December 2026. Kaal Bhairav Jayanti 2026

Kalashtami 2026: every month

The next six

Each city’s own time

Every month by year: Kalashtami 2026 · Kalashtami 2027 · Kalashtami 2028.

Each dark Aṣṭamī is decided as the Bhairava-jayantī is: the Aṣṭamī covering midday is kept, and when it covers midday on both days, the earlier day. When it holds only the earlier day’s pradoṣa and only the later day’s midday, the Dharmasindhu takes the pradoṣa day, following the conduct of many learned people. Dharmasindhu p. 10

Kalashtami (monthly): the Dharmasindhu records that some fast on every dark Aṣṭamī for Kālabhairava. Dharmasindhu p. 10

Questions

From the Dharmasindhu, which gives the monthly fast and its rule.

What is Kalashtami?

The dark Aṣṭamī of each month, kept by some with a fast for Kālabhairava, as the Dharmasindhu records. Each is decided as the annual Bhairava-jayantī is, by the Aṣṭamī at midday. Dharmasindhu p. 10

Is every Kalashtami Kaal Bhairav Jayanti?

No. Kaal Bhairav Jayanti is one of them: the dark Aṣṭamī that ends amānta Kārtika (Mārgaśīrṣa in the pūrṇimānta reckoning), which the Dharmasindhu calls the Bhairava-jayantī. The other dark Aṣṭamīs are the monthly Kalashtami. Dharmasindhu p. 10

How is the day chosen?

As for the Bhairava-jayantī: the Aṣṭamī covering midday is kept, and when it covers midday on both days, the earlier day. When it holds only the earlier day’s pradoṣa and only the later day’s midday, the Dharmasindhu takes the pradoṣa day, and the midday day is shown beside it. Dharmasindhu p. 10

Why can the date differ by city?

The Aṣṭamī begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but midday and sunset come at different hours in each city, so a city far to the west or east can keep another day. Dharmasindhu p. 10

How the day is found

Read the methodology
The day
Each kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī covering midday; on both days, the earlier; holding only the earlier day’s pradoṣa and the later day’s midday, the pradoṣa day (Dharmasindhu pp. 10, 84). Neither midday: the day whose sunrise it holds (our reading).
Midday and pradoṣa
Midday is the third fifth of the daytime; pradoṣa is the three muhūrtas after sunset.
The annual day
The amānta Kārtika row is Kaal Bhairav Jayanti, with its own page.
Sunrise and sunset
At the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, for the chosen city.

Sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · Lahiri ayanamsa · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method