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News India Live, Digital Desk: Fasts and festivals have special significance in Sanatan Dharma and when it comes to the month of April, this month is going to be very special from the religious point of view. This year, April 2026 itself is starting from a very auspicious day. While devotees will celebrate Hanuman Jayanti in the first week of the month, in the same month the great festival Akshaya Tritiya is also knocking with unknown auspicious time. If you also have deep faith in religion and astrology, especially if you closely understand the transit of Venus and the changing movements of the planets, then this month is bringing many big changes for you. Let us tell you in detail which major fasts, festivals and important planets are going to transit in this entire month.
The month of April will start auspiciously with Hanuman Jayanti.
According to the Hindu calendar, the festival season will begin with Chaitra Purnima in April 2026. The birth anniversary of Lord Hanuman will be celebrated with great pomp on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Along with this, many important fasts like Sita Navami, Mohini Ekadashi and Varuthini Ekadashi will also be observed this month. For those who observe fast as per the rituals, this month is going to be full of spiritual energy.
April 2026: Complete list of major fasts and festivals
2 April (Thursday) – Hanuman Jayanti and Chaitra Purnima Vrat
3 April (Friday) – Beginning of Vaishakh month
5 April (Sunday) – Vikat Sankashti Chaturthi
April 9 (Thursday) – Masik Krishna Janmashtami
April 10 (Friday) – Monthly Kalashtami
13 April (Monday) – Varuthini Ekadashi, Vallabhacharya Jayanti
14 April (Tuesday) – Aries Sankranti, Krishna Vaman Dwadashi, Baisakhi
15 April (Wednesday) – Kubjika Jayanti, Vishu Kani, Monthly Shivaratri, Pradosh Vrat
17 April (Friday) – Vaishakh Amavasya
18 April (Saturday) – Parashar Rishi Jayanti
19 April (Sunday) – Akshaya Tritiya, Parshuram Jayanti, Treta Yuga Day, Monthly Kartigai
20 April (Monday) – Sankarshan Chaturthi, Rohini Vrat, Matangi Jayanti
21 April (Tuesday) – Surdas Jayanti, Shankaracharya Jayanti
22 April (Wednesday) – Ramanuja Jayanti, Skanda Shashthi
23 April (Thursday) – Ganga Saptami
April 24 (Friday) – Monthly Durgashtami, Baglamukhi Jayanti
25 April (Saturday) – Sita Navami
27 April (Monday) – Mohini Ekadashi, Thrissur Pooram, Siddhilakshmi Jayanti
28 April (Tuesday) – Bhaum Pradosh Vrat, Parshuram Dwadashi
30 April (Thursday) – Narasimha Jayanti, Chhinnamasta Jayanti
April from the point of view of astrology: Major reshuffle of planets and transit of Venus
Apart from fasting and festivals, the month of April is also very important from astrological point of view. This month, Sun God will enter his exalted sign Aries, with which the new solar year will begin. In this movement of planets, Mars and Mercury will also change their movements. The most important thing is that on April 19, Venus will enter Taurus, whose effect will bring positivity in the lives of many zodiac signs. At the same time, Shani Dev, who is setting in Pisces since March 11, is also going to rise on April 22.
Dates of planetary transit in April 2026:
April 2 – Mars transit in Pisces
April 11 – Transit of Mercury in Pisces
April 14 – Sun transits into Aries (start of new solar year)
April 19 – Transit of Venus in Taurus
April 22 – Saturn rising in Pisces
April 30 – Mercury transits into Aries.
