June 2026 Festivals: One Extra Month Crammed Them Into a Week

An extra lunar month (Adhik Jyeshtha) left the first half of June 2026 unusually bare.

June 15 marked both the end of the leap month and Mithuna Sankranti.

The big Jyeshtha festivals cluster in the last week: June 24 to June 29.

Nirjala Ekadashi falls June 25; Vat Purnima and Kabir Jayanti share June 29.

Ashadha begins June 30, setting up Puri's Rath Yatra in mid-July.

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