🪷 कालभैरव अष्टमी · Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī

📅 When is Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī?

YearDateDay
20252025-11-12Wednesday
2026 (this year)2026-12-01Tuesday
20272027-11-21Sunday
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.
Associated deity: Kālabhairava (fierce Śiva)

Tradition

Tradition: Shaiva

Vrata: Yes (fasting day)

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "tithi_number": 23,
  "tithi_paksha": "Kṛṣṇa",
  "lunar_month": "Mārgaśīrṣa"
}
Precedence: 3 (lower = higher priority on multi-festival days)
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output

Sources and Connected Observances

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Kālabhairava Aṣṭamīlocal festival mūrti-page · Shaiva/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceKālabhairava Aṣṭamī computed on Wednesday, 2025-11-122026 occurrenceKālabhairava Aṣṭamī computed on Tuesday, 2026-12-012027 occurrenceKālabhairava Aṣṭamī computed on Sunday, 2027-11-21BG 10.35Krishna as Mārgaśīrṣa among months and kusumākara among seasonsBG 10.30kālaḥ kalayatām aham · Krishna as Time among reckoners/jyotisha-referencetithi, nakshatra, vāra, and pañchāṅga element source layer/cosmic-timekalpa, manvantara, yuga, and annual-cycle time context/lagna-tithi-lokalagna and tithi calculation method, traditional interpretation, and scripture boundary/samskara-muhurtaoperational muhūrta doorway for dharmic timing decisions/bindufestival time as Bindu-touch aperture in the dharmic year/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation