Major festival · 2026
Raksha Bandhan 2026 — date across the world
रक्षा बंधन
India · Friday28 August 2026
Raksha Bandhan, on the full moon of Shravana, marks the bond between siblings: a sister ties a rakhi on her brother's wrist and he pledges her protection.
| City | Country | Date | Weekday | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Ahmedabad | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Amritsar | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Ayodhya | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Bengaluru | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Bhopal | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Chandigarh | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Chennai | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Coimbatore | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Dwarka | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Gurugram | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Guwahati | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Haridwar | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Hyderabad | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Indore | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Jaipur | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Kanpur | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Kochi | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Kolkata | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Lucknow | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Madurai | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Mathura | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Mumbai | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Nagpur | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Nashik | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Noida | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Patna | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Prayagraj | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Pune | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Puri | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Rameswaram | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Rishikesh | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Shirdi | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Surat | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Tirupati | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Ujjain | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Vadodara | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Varanasi | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Vijayawada | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Visakhapatnam | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Vrindavan | India | Friday | Verified | |
| Atlanta | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Austin | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Bellevue | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Boston | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Brampton | Canada | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Calgary | Canada | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Cary | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Charlotte | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Chicago | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Columbus | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Dallas | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Denver | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Detroit | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Edison | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Edmonton | Canada | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Fremont | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Honolulu | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Houston | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Irvine | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Jersey City | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Kansas City | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Las Vegas | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Los Angeles | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Miami | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Minneapolis | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Mississauga | Canada | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Montreal | Canada | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Nashville | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| New York | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Orlando | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Ottawa | Canada | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Philadelphia | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Phoenix | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Pittsburgh | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Portland | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Raleigh | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Sacramento | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| San Diego | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| San Francisco | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| San Jose | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Seattle | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| St. Louis | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Surrey | Canada | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Tampa | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Toronto | Canada | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Troy | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Vancouver | Canada | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Washington | USA | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Winnipeg | Canada | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Barcelona | Spain | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Berlin | Germany | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Birmingham | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Bradford | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Brussels | Belgium | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Coventry | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Dublin | Ireland | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Frankfurt | Germany | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Geneva | Switzerland | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Hamburg | Germany | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Harrow | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Leeds | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Leicester | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Lisbon | Portugal | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| London | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Madrid | Spain | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Manchester | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Milan | Italy | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Munich | Germany | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Nottingham | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Oslo | Norway | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Paris | France | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Rome | Italy | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Slough | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Stockholm | Sweden | Friday | Verified | |
| The Hague | Netherlands | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Vienna | Austria | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Wolverhampton | United Kingdom | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Zurich | Switzerland | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Friday | Verified | |
| Ajman | United Arab Emirates | Friday | Verified | |
| Al Ain | United Arab Emirates | Friday | Verified | |
| Dammam | Saudi Arabia | Friday | Verified | |
| Doha | Qatar | Friday | Verified | |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Friday | Verified | |
| Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Friday | Verified | |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait | Friday | Verified | |
| Manama | Bahrain | Friday | Verified | |
| Muscat | Oman | Friday | Verified | |
| Ras Al Khaimah | United Arab Emirates | Friday | Verified | |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Friday | Verified | |
| Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Friday | Verified | |
| Cape Town | South Africa | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Friday | Verified | |
| Durban | South Africa | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Kampala | Uganda | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Lusaka | Zambia | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Mombasa | Kenya | Friday | Verified | |
| Nairobi | Kenya | Friday | Verified | |
| Port Louis | Mauritius | Friday | Verified | |
| Pretoria | South Africa | ✦ | Wednesday | Verified |
| Bangkok | Thailand | Friday | Verified | |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | Friday | Verified | |
| Denpasar | Indonesia | Friday | Verified | |
| George Town | Malaysia | Friday | Verified | |
| Hong Kong | China | Friday | Verified | |
| Ipoh | Malaysia | Friday | Verified | |
| Jaffna | Sri Lanka | Friday | Verified | |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | Friday | Verified | |
| Johor Bahru | Malaysia | Friday | Verified | |
| Kandy | Sri Lanka | Friday | Verified | |
| Kathmandu | Nepal | Friday | Verified | |
| Klang | Malaysia | Friday | Verified | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Friday | Verified | |
| Singapore | Singapore | Friday | Verified | |
| Adelaide | Australia | Friday | Verified | |
| Auckland | New Zealand | Friday | Verified | |
| Brisbane | Australia | Friday | Verified | |
| Canberra | Australia | Friday | Verified | |
| Christchurch | New Zealand | Friday | Verified | |
| Darwin | Australia | Friday | Verified | |
| Gold Coast | Australia | Friday | Verified | |
| Melbourne | Australia | Friday | Verified | |
| Nadi | Fiji | Friday | Verified | |
| Perth | Australia | Friday | Verified | |
| Suva | Fiji | Friday | Verified | |
| Sydney | Australia | Friday | Verified | |
| Wellington | New Zealand | Friday | Verified | |
| Chaguanas | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Georgetown | Guyana | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Paramaribo | Suriname | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
| San Fernando | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Thursday | Verified |
✦ marks a city whose observed date differs from India because of its timezone.
Frequently asked
When is Raksha Bandhan 2026?
In India (New Delhi), Raksha Bandhan 2026 is Friday, 28 August 2026. In the diaspora the date can shift by a day depending on timezone — the table lists each city.
Does Raksha Bandhan fall on the same day everywhere?
Not always. Because tithis are tied to the moon, not to midnight, Raksha Bandhan can land on a different calendar day outside India. Each city's date is computed separately.
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