Ningol Chakouba Festival The greatest family day of the Manipuri year: the married daughters of a house, the ningols, are called back to the home they were born in and fed by their brothers.
Ningol Chakouba 2026 falls on Wednesday, 11 November, computed for Chennai.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
- English
- Ningol Chakouba
- মৈতৈলোন্
- নিংগোল চাককৌবা
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
- Wednesday, 11 November 2026
- Sunday, 31 October 2027
- Thursday, 19 October 2028
Where Ningol Chakouba falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2026: 11 Nov
- 2027: 31 Oct
- 2028: 19 Oct
The dates, year by year
Manipur calendar, computed for Chennai
| Year | Ningol Chakouba |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Thursday, 23 October 2025 |
| 2026 | Wednesday, 11 November 2026 |
| 2027 | Sunday, 31 October 2027 |
| 2028 | Thursday, 19 October 2028 |
| 2029 | Wednesday, 7 November 2029 |
| 2030 | Monday, 28 October 2030 |
| 2031 | Sunday, 16 November 2031 |
| 2032 | Friday, 5 November 2032 |
| 2033 | Tuesday, 25 October 2033 |
| 2034 | Monday, 13 November 2034 |
| 2035 | Friday, 2 November 2035 |
| 2036 | Tuesday, 21 October 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 greatest family day of the Manipuri year: the married daughters of a house, the ningols, are called back to the home they were born in and fed by their brothers. They come with their children, they are given gifts and money when they leave, and the roads of the valley are full of them that morning. A brother who does not call his sister has said something by not doing it.
- Deity
- Krishna
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
Clock times for Wednesday, 11 November 2026 at Chennai
Hiyangei Shukla Dwitiya at sunrise, the second day of the bright fortnight of the Meitei Hiyangei.
| Instant | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 06:06 | the udaya tithi, the tithi running as the sun comes up |
Sunrise 06:06, sunset 17:40, 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. It is a feast, and the point of it is the eating together: the dishes are the valley’s own, with ngari and the eromba that is made from it.
Where the regions differ
It falls on the same tithi as the north’s Bhai Dooj but a lunar month later, and the obligation runs the other way round: there the sister receives the brother, here the brother brings the sister home.
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.