October 5, 2026 Hindu Panchang: Navami to Dashami

If you are arranging Monday’s puja, choosing the tithi for a sankalpa, or checking whether a Navami observance continues into October 5, the answer turns on an early-morning change.

On Monday, October 5, 2026, Krishna Paksha Navami lasts until 5:06 AM, after which Krishna Paksha Dashami begins. Dashami therefore governs the date after that transition. The important caution is that a Panchang time belongs to the locality and time standard for which it was calculated; verify it against your city before using it for a vrata, temple service, samskara, or muhurta.

Key takeaways for October 5, 2026

• The civil date is Monday, October 5, 2026.
• The lunar fortnight is Krishna Paksha, the waning or dark half of the lunar month.
• Krishna Paksha Navami, the ninth tithi, continues until 5:06 AM in the stated Panchang timing.
• Krishna Paksha Dashami, the tenth tithi, begins after 5:06 AM.
• If your worship takes place after the locally verified transition, Dashami is the tithi to use where the sankalpa calls for it.
• The transition time is not an auspicious period by itself. A tithi change and a muhurta are different things.

Why one Monday can contain two tithis

A tithi does not begin at midnight merely because the civil date does. It is a lunar measure based on the changing angular relationship between the Sun and Moon. Its boundaries can therefore fall at any hour.

That distinction explains the apparent overlap on October 5. The weekday remains Monday throughout the civil date, while the tithi advances from Navami to Dashami at 5:06 AM in the timing given here. Navami means the ninth lunar day of the paksha; Dashami means the tenth.

When you need the tithi for a sankalpa, look at the tithi operating when the ritual begins. Do not select Navami simply because it appears first in the day’s listing, and do not select Dashami for an activity before the transition. The clock time of your act is what connects it to the lunar calendar.

Apply the 5:06 AM transition to your location

The listed 5:06 AM boundary is useful as a reference, but it should not be copied blindly across cities or countries. Panchang calculations are location-sensitive. A reader in another time zone cannot safely convert the number as though it were an ordinary appointment time; the local lunar calculation should be checked directly.

For an observance that depends on sunrise, the question is also more precise than “What tithi occurs on October 5?” Many festival and vrata decisions depend on which tithi touches sunrise, how long it prevails, or another rule followed by the particular sampradaya. Those rules are not interchangeable.

If the distinction affects your worship, ask three concrete questions before proceeding: