Karthika Masam 2026
The month of lamps in the Telugu and Kannada calendar: 10 November 2026 to 8 December 2026 (2026, Amanta reckoning). Below: the key days with their source, the two ways the month is reckoned, and a way down to your state, district, sub-district and village — each village page shows its own sunset and the temples the map names nearby.
- Verified village-specific: none yet
- Community-reported: none yet
- General Karthika practice (regional)
When is Karthika Masam 2026?
- Amanta reckoning — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka — Amanta (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat): the month ends on Amavasya, so Karthika runs 10 November 2026 to 8 December 2026.
- Purnimanta Kartik — North India — Purnimanta (most of North India): Kartik ends on Purnima, so it runs 27 October 2026 to 24 November 2026. The festival days fall on the same dates in both; only the month's name around them differs.
Dates may vary by regional panchangam — confirm with your temple.
Key days of Karthika Masam 2026
| Observance | Date | Day | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karthika Masam begins | Tue 10 Nov | Tuesday | — |
| Nagula Chavithi | Fri 13 Nov | Friday | — |
| Skanda Sashti | Sun 15 Nov | Sunday | — |
| First Karthika Somavaram | Mon 16 Nov | Monday | Vrishchika Sankranti |
| Ksheerabdi Dwadasi · Tulasi Vivaham | Sat 21 Nov | Saturday | Drik Panchang (Hyderabad) gives 21 November; some regional panchangams keep Ksheerabdi Dwadasi on 22 November. Confirm with your temple. |
| Second Karthika Somavaram | Mon 23 Nov | Monday | Vaikuntha Chaturdashi |
| Karthika Pournami | Tue 24 Nov | Tuesday | Karthigai Deepam, Dev Diwali, Guru Nanak Jayanti |
| Third Karthika Somavaram | Mon 30 Nov | Monday | — |
| Fourth Karthika Somavaram | Mon 7 Dec | Monday | Karthika Masa Shivaratri |
| Karthika Amavasya — the month ends | Tue 8 Dec | Tuesday | — |
Dates may vary by regional panchangam — confirm with your temple.
Karthika Somavarams (the four Mondays)
Mondays of the month, kept for Shiva. The evening lamp is lit at sunset; the sunset for each Monday is in the table.
- Mon 16 Nov — First Karthika Somavaram · Vrishchika Sankranti
- Mon 23 Nov — Second Karthika Somavaram · Vaikuntha Chaturdashi
- Mon 30 Nov — Third Karthika Somavaram
- Mon 7 Dec — Fourth Karthika Somavaram · Karthika Masa Shivaratri
Karthika Pournami
Tue 24 Nov · Karthigai Deepam, Dev Diwali, Guru Nanak Jayanti
Dates may vary by regional panchangam — confirm with your temple. Tithi end times, snanam and puja muhurat: HinduTone's day-by-day calendar (Drik Panchang).
By state
The village pages exist for Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, where the Amanta month is kept. Each state page leads to its districts and sub-districts.
| Area | Mapped temples |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,295 |
| Telangana | 1,825 |
| Karnataka | 2,839 |
In the Telugu and Kannada states, Karthika Masam is kept with an early-morning bath, a lamp lit at sunset each evening, Shiva worship on the Mondays and Tulasi worship at home; Karthika Pournami is the night of many lamps at temples. How any one village keeps the month is for its residents to tell — nothing below is claimed about this village in particular.
What this page is
Dates, sunset and mapped temples — nothing more. For the meaning of the month, the vratham, the Somavaram fast and the mantras, the links go to HinduTone's guides.
Meaning, vratham and mantras (HinduTone)
- Karthika Masam 2026: dates, festivals and the deepam tradition (External site)
- Karthika Masam 2026 calendar, day by day (tithis and muhurat) (External site)
- Karthika Somavaram 2026 dates in India (External site)
- Karthika Masam 2026 deepam and snanam timings, city-wise (External site)
- How to perform Karthika Masam vratham at home (External site)
- Karthika Pournami 2026 (External site)
- Nagula Chavithi 2026 (External site)
- Ksheerabdi Dwadasi and Tulasi Vivah 2026 (External site)
- Karthika Masa Shivaratri 2026 (Somavara Shivaratri) (External site)
- Karthika Amavasya 2026 (External site)
- Kartik Maas vs Karthika Masam: North and South India dates (External site)
Linked, not copied: HinduTone is an independent site. VoiceOfVillage lists dates, sunset and mapped temples only.
- Dates: Drik Panchang (Hyderabad day panchang), as published by HinduTone; retrieved 8 November 2026. Karthika Masam 2026 calendar, day by day · Karthika Masam 2026: dates, festivals and the deepam tradition · Karthika Somavaram 2026 dates in India
- Sunrise and sunset: computed for this point with the NOAA solar-position equations, Indian Standard Time, rounded to the minute (about ±1 minute).