Kerala Seasonal Guide
Why April 14 and April 15 both appear online
Vishu is one of Kerala's highest-intent festival searches because families often see two different dates online. This page is built to resolve that confusion with a clean side-by-side view, live Panchang context for both dates, and practical sunrise-focused planning notes for Vishukkani.
Dates Seen Online
April 14 to April 15, 2026
Household Focus
Vishukkani near sunrise
Live Lookup Base
Thiruvananthapuram
Best Next Step
Open Panchang for your chosen date
The split usually comes from whether the source is emphasizing the panchang and solar-transition framing or the public holiday and household observance date. The cards below give both references without forcing a one-line oversimplification.
Panchang-first reference
Some panchang-first lists surface April 14 when they prioritize the Medam-transition framing and solar-calendar context around Vishu.
Sun and Tithi
Mesha (Aries)
Krishna Dwadashi until 15 Apr 00:12
Daylight frame
Sunrise 06:13
Rahu Kalam 15:27 - 16:59
Public holiday and household reference
Kerala public holiday calendars and many family-facing guides use April 15 as the main civil-date observance for Vishu in 2026.
Sun and Tithi
Mesha (Aries)
Krishna Trayodashi until 22:31
Daylight frame
Sunrise 06:13
Rahu Kalam 12:22 - 13:54
For most Kerala homes, the real planning question is not abstract mythology. It is how to keep the first part of the day calm, early, and coordinated.
If your family is seeing April 14 in one place and April 15 in another, the most practical approach is to identify which convention your temple, elders, or household already follow.
Once that date is fixed, open Panchang for the same day and treat sunrise, tithi, and Rahu Kalam as the practical timing frame for the rest of your household schedule.
This page is a planning guide, not a final priest-level ruling. For formal family observance, the local temple notice or family custom still wins.
Vishu carries strong symbolic new-year energy, but that does not remove the need for a proper event-specific timing check when you are planning a formal beginning.
Household prayer, first-sight rituals, family visits, and a gentle personal reset fit naturally within Vishu observance.
Business openings, registrations, new office launches, and other formal first steps still deserve a separate muhurtham check after you fix the festival date.
Because some sources highlight the panchang or solar-transition framing, while Kerala public holiday calendars and household observance guides may use the following civil date. Vishu is one of the clearest cases where both references appear online.
Vishukkani is usually prepared the previous night and seen before or around sunrise, so families generally plan the first visible household ritual very early in the day.
Not automatically. Vishu is spiritually significant, but a separate muhurtham check is still better for business openings, registrations, property steps, and other formal beginnings.
Use this page to resolve which Vishu date convention your family or temple follows, then open Panchang for that exact date to confirm sunrise, tithi, Rahu Kalam, and other day-specific timing factors.
Live Check
See the live Tithi, sunrise, Rahu Kalam, and the rest of the day-specific factors for the April 14 reference date.
Open page →Live Check
Open Panchang for the April 15 civil-date observance reference and compare it with your household tradition.
Open page →Auspicious Dates
If Vishu triggers a business, account-book, or project beginning, move into a proper muhurtham check for April.
Open page →Seasonal Context
See how Vishu sits inside the wider Kerala festival year and compare it with the other major seasonal planning pages.
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