Choose your place on Drikganitha to load Onam 2026 dates, then use favourable horas while avoiding Rāhu Kālam, Yamagaṇḍam, and Guḷikai.
Do not begin the main ritual or light the stove for ceremonial cooking during these daily malefic intervals:
Worship, vrata, or celebration per regional temple and family ācāra.
Ōṇam — Kerala harvest / Mahābali remembrance; Thiruvōṇam is principal.
Pan-regional listing across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali calendars in Drikganitha.
Civil day from regional lunar or solar rules at local sunrise.
On the Panchang the civil date follows thiruvōṇam nakṣatra in Chiṅṅam month at local sunrise. Because tithi and nakṣatra boundaries are reckoned from local sunrise, the same observance can fall a day earlier or later in another city.
Ōṇam — Kerala harvest / Mahābali remembrance; Thiruvōṇam is principal.
Worship, vrata, or celebration per regional temple and family ācāra.
Dates below for 2026 are computed from sunrise at your selected place. The same vrata can fall on an adjacent civil day in another city.
What is the exact date of Onam 2026 in Madurai?
Onam 2026 date for Madurai is computed from local sunrise on Drikganitha.
Why are Rāhu Kālam, Yamagaṇḍam, and Guḷikai avoided?
In classical muhūrta practice these segments are treated as inauspicious for starting sacred rites or ceremonial cooking. Favourable Guru, Sūrya, Śukra, or Chandra horas that do not overlap them are preferred.
What is Onam?
Ōṇam is Kerala’s harvest / Mahābali festival. Thiruvōṇam in Chiṅṅam is the principal day.
When is Onam in 2026?
On the Panchang the civil date follows thiruvōṇam nakṣatra in Chiṅṅam month at local sunrise. Because tithi and nakṣatra boundaries are reckoned from local sunrise, the same observance can fall a day earlier or later in another city.
How is Onam observed?
Worship, vrata, or celebration per regional temple and family ācāra.
Who observes Onam?
Pan-regional listing across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali calendars in Drikganitha.