Kwak Tanba Festival The crow is shot at, and its flight read.
Kwak Tanba 2026 falls on Tuesday, 20 October, computed for Chennai.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
- English
- Kwak Tanba
- মৈতৈলোন্
- ক্বাক তানবা
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+5:30
The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
Manipur calendar, computed for Chennai
- Tuesday, 20 October 2026
- Saturday, 9 October 2027
- Wednesday, 27 September 2028
Where Kwak Tanba falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2026: 20 Oct
- 2027: 9 Oct
- 2028: 27 Sep
The dates, year by year
Manipur calendar, computed for Chennai
| Year | Kwak Tanba |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Thursday, 2 October 2025 |
| 2026 | Tuesday, 20 October 2026 |
| 2027 | Saturday, 9 October 2027 |
| 2028 | Wednesday, 27 September 2028 |
| 2029 | Tuesday, 16 October 2029 |
| 2030 | Sunday, 6 October 2030 |
| 2031 | Saturday, 25 October 2031 |
| 2032 | Thursday, 14 October 2032 |
| 2033 | Monday, 3 October 2033 |
| 2034 | Sunday, 22 October 2034 |
| 2035 | Thursday, 11 October 2035 |
| 2036 | Monday, 29 September 2036 |
Worked out for Chennai, Lahiri ayanamsa. A date is a function of the place: set yours above and the next three come back for where you are.
What the day is
The crow is shot at, and its flight read. At Kangla the king loosed an arrow at a crow on the Dashami afternoon and the bird’s going told what the year would bring; the rite is kept still at the old capital, and the Durga Puja of the valley ends on the same afternoon. It is the Vijayadashami of the rest of the country with a divination at the middle of it that belongs to nobody else.
- Deity
- Durga, Lainingthou Sanamahi
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
Clock times for Tuesday, 20 October 2026 at Chennai
Mera Shukla Dashami running at aparahna, the fourth of the five parts of the day, which is the same reading the north and the Deccan give Dussehra.
| Instant | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Aparahna | 13:04 | the afternoon, three fifths of the daylight after sunrise |
Sunrise 06:00, sunset 17:47, UTC+5.5. These are the instants the rule is read at, not the temple's own puja times, which every temple prints for itself.
The fast
No fast. The Durga Puja immersion and the feast that follows are the day’s eating.
Where the regions differ
Every tradition on this calendar keeps this afternoon; Manipur is the only one that reads a bird on it.
The dates above are the Manipur reckoning, because that is the calendar this key belongs to. Switch the tradition on the calendar page to see how another one dates the same day.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.