Hindu festivals 1976: dates of every major festival
Calculated for Delhi; some festivals can fall a day apart in other cities.
| Wednesday, 14 January 1976 | Makar Sankranti / Pongal |
| Thursday, 5 February 1976 | Vasant Panchami |
| Saturday, 28 February 1976 | Maha Shivaratri |
| Monday, 15 March 1976 | Holika Dahan |
| Tuesday, 16 March 1976 | Holi |
| Wednesday, 31 March 1976 | Ugadi / Gudi Padwa · Chaitra Navratri begins |
| Thursday, 8 April 1976 | Ram Navami |
| Tuesday, 13 April 1976 | Baisakhi / Mesha Sankranti |
| Wednesday, 14 April 1976 | Hanuman Jayanti |
| Sunday, 2 May 1976 | Akshaya Tritiya |
| Thursday, 13 May 1976 | Buddha Purnima |
| Sunday, 11 July 1976 | Guru Purnima |
| Saturday, 31 July 1976 | Nag Panchami |
| Monday, 9 August 1976 | Raksha Bandhan |
| Wednesday, 18 August 1976 | Krishna Janmashtami |
| Saturday, 28 August 1976 | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| Friday, 24 September 1976 | Sharad Navratri begins |
| Thursday, 30 September 1976 | Durga Ashtami |
| Saturday, 2 October 1976 | Dussehra |
| Thursday, 7 October 1976 | Sharad Purnima |
| Tuesday, 12 October 1976 | Karwa Chauth |
| Thursday, 21 October 1976 | Dhanteras |
| Friday, 22 October 1976 | Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) |
| Sunday, 24 October 1976 | Govardhan Puja |
| Sunday, 24 October 1976 | Bhai Dooj |
| Thursday, 28 October 1976 | Chhath Puja |
| Tuesday, 2 November 1976 | Dev Uthani Ekadashi |
| Saturday, 6 November 1976 | Kartik Purnima / Dev Deepawali |
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Calculated with NASA JPL DE440s and the True Chitra ayanamsa. Jyotishala.