Radha Ashtami: 2026 and 2027 dates by city

Bhadrapada Shukla Ashtami: appearance of Radha, midday puja.

Radha Ashtami, on the eighth day of the bright half of Bhadrapada, celebrates the appearance of Radha, Krishna's beloved and the ideal of pure devotion. It comes fifteen days after Janmashtami. Barsana and Vrindavan, Radha's homes in Braj, celebrate it most of all.

Devotees fast until midday, when Radha is said to have appeared, and then worship Radha and Krishna with flowers, sandal paste and sweets. Temples decorate her image, open the shrine to view her feet, sing kirtans and read her pastimes. For many Vaishnavas it is the most intimate festival of the year.

How the date is set

Ashtami, shukla paksha (waxing Moon), in the month of Bhadrapada by the amanta calendar (the month ends at the new moon). It is kept on the day when the tithi holds the madhyahna, the middle fifth of the daytime.

Dates in 2026 and 2027

The local date in each city; under it, the time of the part of the day the rule looks at, in local time.

In 2026 Delhi keeps it on 19 September; a day apart from that: London, New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris, Madrid, São Paulo, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Lisbon.

In 2027 Delhi keeps it on 8 September; a day apart from that: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Lviv, Minsk, Riga, Tbilisi, Chișinău, Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, London, New York, Tel Aviv, Toronto, Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Istanbul, São Paulo, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Lisbon.

Smarta rules as published by Drik Panchang. ISKCON and regional calendars can name another day. The time shown is the part of the day the rule looks at, not a muhurat for a particular puja.

How to read the table

Each row is a city from our panchang list, and the date is the local civil date on which Radha Ashtami is kept there by its rule. Under the date is the time of the part of the day that rule looks at, in the city's own local time: for example the pradosh kala, the evening after sunset, or the nishita around midnight. A time past midnight carries (+1). Where the rule names no part of the day, such as a solar ingress or a festival tied to another festival, only the date is given. The city's name opens its panchang for today.

Why the date can differ between cities

A tithi begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but sunrise, noon and evening come at different local times. If the tithi ends shortly before the evening in one city and shortly after it in another, the two cities keep the festival on different dates. That is why a single date for the whole world is wrong for some places, and why this page gives the date city by city. The difference is almost always one day.

Which calendar this follows

These are the Smarta dates, by the decision rules of the Dharmasindhu and Nirnayasindhu as Drik Panchang publishes them; every city in the table was compared with Drik Panchang's calendar for that city. ISKCON keeps some days, Janmashtami among them, by the Vaishnava rule, and regional calendars can name another day. If your family or temple follows a particular calendar, follow it.

Questions

See also

• Delhi
• Hindu festivals 2026–2027
• Rishi Panchami
• Anant Chaturdashi

Positions and tables: sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsha — the same as professional Jyotish astrologers use, and the same calculation as the charts in JyotiSoft. Updated 2026-10-17.