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Education Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the IKS Panchatantra Pariyojana in New Delhi on October 29, 2026, using fables to teach life skills.

Most panchangs place Kalabhairav Jayanti 2026 on Tuesday, December 1, with Krishna Ashtami running through that day; north and south Indian calendars name the month differently.

Most panchangs place Vaikuntha Chaturdashi 2026 on Monday, November 23, the eve of Kartik Purnima, with Vishnu worship in the midnight Nishita period.

Govatsa Dwadashi, called Vasu Baras and Vagh Baras, falls on Thursday, November 5, 2026, a day before Dhanteras, as Dwadashi begins mid-morning.

Labh Panchami and Jain Gyan Panchami fall on Saturday, November 14, 2026, as the Panchami tithi that starts on November 13 evening holds at sunrise.

Gopashtami 2026 falls on Tuesday, November 17, as Kartik Shukla Ashtami runs from 04:20 am that day to 06:05 am on November 18, before sunrise, panchang listings show.

A voluntary Hindu code of conduct is to be announced at the Sanskriti Sansad in Varanasi, November 3 to 5, 2026, with a plan to gather Manusmriti manuscripts.

Panchangs place Tulsi Vivah on Saturday, November 21, 2026, on Kartik Shukla Dwadashi; families following the Ekadashi custom may observe it a day earlier.

Kartik Purnima falls on November 24, 2026, panchangs show; the tithi lasts till about 8:23 pm, so Varanasi's dawn bath and Dev Deepawali share the date.

Seers at Sringeri on October 24, 2026 launched a Uniform Ritual Code and an eight-year sanskara education course for children above six.

Gujarati New Year falls on November 10, 2026, when Gujarat's calendar moves to Vikram Samvat 2083; north India's Chaitradi calendar changed in spring.

Dev Uthani Ekadashi falls on November 20, 2026 in the Smarta calendar and November 21 in some Vaishnava ones, as the tithi runs from 7.16 am on Nov 20 to 6.32 am on Nov 21.

India's SAMHiTA project began digitising palm-leaf manuscripts at Colombo's Gangaramaya Temple on October 23, 2026, its first partnership in Sri Lanka.

A historian reported rock grooves and ochre paintings in Mrugavani National Park, Hyderabad, on October 21, 2026, and sought a survey; their age is unproven.

Most panchangs place Bhai Dooj 2026 on Wednesday, 11 November, when Dwitiya tithi covers the whole afternoon tika window; some calculations and US cities say 10 November.

The ASI has resumed digging at Kashipur's Dronasagar mound, linked by tradition to Dronacharya; a Shunga-Kushan brick was reported on 25 October 2026.

Shukra Pradosh Vrat falls on Friday, October 23, 2026, because Ashwin Shukla Trayodashi is current at sunset; the fast ends on Saturday morning.

Central Sanskrit University and INDICA announced a two-year, 90-credit MA in Mahabharata Studies on 20 October 2026; it is expected to start next academic year.

PM Modi opened the Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav Global Sammelan at Bharat Mandapam on 23 October 2026, closing Chinmaya Mission's 75-year celebrations.

Dhanteras falls on Friday, November 6, 2026, the only evening on which the Trayodashi tithi runs during Pradosh Kaal, the window that decides the festival's date.

Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday, November 8, as Amavasya covers that evening's Pradosh Kaal; Lakshmi Puja windows differ by panchang and city.

Chhath Puja 2026 runs November 13-16; the main evening arghya is at local sunset on November 15, about 5:01 pm in Patna and 5:28 pm in Delhi.

Papankusha Ekadashi falls on Thursday, October 22, 2026, with the fast broken on October 23; panchangs differ on exact tithi and parana times, which vary by city.

IGNCA's Brihattar Bharat conference, held in New Delhi on October 14-16, 2026, gathered scholars from about 50 countries to study India's cultural links abroad.

Timekeepers voted on October 15, 2026 to end leap seconds from May 2027, letting clocks drift from the Earth's spin; classical Indian time took the opposite path.

S. Jaishankar opened SAMHiTA's Nirāmayatā exhibition of South Asian healing manuscripts, some from the 9th century CE, in New Delhi on October 12, 2026.

Navratri's 8th day, Sunday 18 October 2026, honours Mahagauri; the texts explain her radiant form through more than one story of Parvati's penance.

The International Gita Mahotsav 2026 runs 5-25 December at Kurukshetra, with ISRO, Air Force and Navy exhibitions planned for the first time.

Durga Puja's Ashtami and Navami fall on October 19 and 20, 2026; Sandhi Puja on October 19 has two Kolkata timings, about three hours apart, from two almanac traditions.

Kerala's Vidyarambham, when children write their first letters, is on October 21, 2026; Pooja Vaypu is on October 18 and Ayudha Puja on October 20.

Navratri's seventh day on October 17, 2026, honours Kalaratri, seventh of the nine Durga forms; her name means 'dark night' and she is called Shubhankari.

The tribal affairs ministry's new Working Group on Tribal Languages met on 15 October 2026 to plan documentation of oral traditions and expand Adi Vaani.

UP is preparing to pay the first 2026-27 Sanskrit scholarship instalment on October 23, 2026, to students from Class 6 to Acharya; the second is due in December.

Ashtami tithi runs from 8:27 am on Oct 18 to 10:51 am on Oct 19, 2026; panchangs using the sunrise rule mark Ashtami and Navami together on Oct 19.

At the October 14, 2026 opening of IGNCA's Brihattar Bharat conference marking the Greater India Society's centenary, PM Modi said India's heritage is gaining global recognition.

Registration opens October 15, 2026 for Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0's Thirukkural programme, which will pick one student each from 1,000 institutions.

Uttar Pradesh has scanned 7,56,392 pages from 15,890 manuscripts at six institutions under the Gyan Bharatam Mission, the state said on 13 October 2026.

Gangadhar Meher University's Heritage Club has collected nearly 1,000 palm-leaf manuscripts in western Odisha and begun digitising them, reported October 12, 2026.

At IIAS Shimla on October 12, 2026, archaeologist Vasant Shinde used Rakhigarhi to argue that excavation, read with texts, traces India's knowledge traditions.

A bilingual copper plate land grant dated 2 October 1879, found in a Gunupur home in Odisha, is believed to be the first known charter of the Bishama Cuttack royal house.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami ordered a Sanskrit action plan for the 2027 Haridwar Kumbh and age-appropriate lessons on the Vedas and Upanishads for children.

PM Modi inaugurated the IITM–Maestro Ilaiyaraaja Centre for Music Learning and Research at IIT Madras on 11 October 2026 to research and document Indian music.

In Ayodhya on October 5, 2026, Rajnath Singh called Sanskrit scientific and urged compulsory Vedic mathematics for children in Uttar Pradesh.

Visva-Bharati University held a two-day national symposium and exhibition on the Thirukkural on October 7-8, 2026, with the Central Institute of Classical Tamil.

Registration for the 52nd All India Oriental Conference, at the University of Patanjali, Haridwar, on October 29-31, 2026, closes on October 10.

The third phase of underwater exploration off Poompuhar, which ended on 23 September 2026, recovered a West Asian torpedo jar fragment that adds physical evidence to literary accounts of the early Chola port's overseas trade.