The wedding calendar
124 wedding seasons, lucky days, days when weddings are not held, courtship festivals and days of love, with this year's dates. Dates are worked out afresh every day; those marked "about" follow the moon or local calendars and can shift by a day.
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October 2026
On now, about 1 May to 31 Oct 2026Israel, the summer wedding seasonFrom May to October: after the Omer ends and before the autumn holidays, the main run of Israeli weddings.
On now, about 25 Jul to 20 Nov 2026ChaturmasThe four months from Devshayani Ekadashi to Dev Uthani Ekadashi, when Vishnu is said to sleep and weddings are not held.
On now, about 1 Sept to 31 Oct 2026September and October wedding peakIn the United States and Canada, the months with the most weddings: mild weather, autumn colour and venues still open.
On now, about 26 Sept to 10 Oct 2026Pitru PakshaThe fortnight of the ancestors, in Bhadrapada, when Hindus make offerings to the dead and no wedding is held.
On now, about 1 Oct to 30 Apr 2027Australia and New Zealand, the summer wedding seasonFrom October to April: warm weather in the south, with the peak in March and in the spring.
about 15 Oct to 26 Feb 2027The winter wedding season of South AsiaFrom mid-October to the end of February: the cool months when the many-day Pakistani wedding takes place.
about 27 Oct to 10 Nov 2026The dark half of the monthKrishna Paksha, the waning fortnight: many priests prefer the bright half for a wedding, though not all.November 2026
about 1 Nov to 28 Feb 2027The Gulf winter wedding seasonFrom November to March: cool evenings, school holidays and long nights for the women's party and the men's majlis.
about 1 Nov to 28 Feb 2027Thailand and Cambodia, the cool-season weddingsFrom November to the end of February: after the rains and the Buddhist Lent, the months when most couples marry.
about 1 Nov to 31 Mar 2027The dry season wedding months in Latin AmericaNovember to March: after the rains and the harvest, the months when Mexican and Andean villages marry.
about 1 Nov 2026Rahu KalamA daily window of about ninety minutes, different on each weekday, when Hindu priests do not begin a rite.
11 Nov 2026Singles Day (11/11)The date of four ones, begun by Chinese university students for the unattached, and now a mass day of shopping and matchmaking events.
13 Nov 2026Friday the 13thA date many couples in the West avoid for a wedding, though some choose it because it is cheap.
about 15 Nov to 24 Dec 2026The Nativity FastForty days from 15 November to Christmas Eve in the Orthodox Church, with no weddings.
about 20 Nov 2026Dev Uthani EkadashiThe day Vishnu is said to wake from his four-month sleep, and the day the Hindu wedding season opens.
about 20 Nov to 15 Dec 2026Hindu winter shaadi season (Dev Uthani to Kharmas)The first stretch of the shaadi season: from the waking of Vishnu in November until Kharmas begins in mid-December.
about 20 Nov 2026Shubh Vivah muhuratThe auspicious time a priest picks from the almanac, by the stars of the bride and groom, for the wedding or the main rite.
about 20 Nov 2026Dev Uthani EkadashiThe day Vishnu wakes from his four-month sleep, when the Hindu wedding season reopens after Chaturmas.
about 21 Nov 2026Mass Weddings (Pakistan and India)Welfare trusts and local committees hold group nikahs for brides who could not afford a wedding, often with a dowry set of household goods.
about 21 Nov 2026Tulsi VivahThe ritual wedding of the tulsi plant to Vishnu or Shaligram, held after Dev Uthani and opening the wedding season.
22 Nov 2026Ii Fufu no Hi (Good Couple Day)Japan's 22 November, a pun on ii fufu, "good couple", when many pairs register their marriage.
about 25 Nov to 6 Jan 2027The Coptic Advent fastThe forty-three days before Coptic Christmas on 7 January: Copts do not marry in the fast.
about 25 to 28 Nov 2026Hmong New Year Ball Toss (Pov Pob)Young Hmong men and women toss a cloth ball back and forth in two lines at the harvest new year, a gentle form of courtship.
about 29 Nov to 23 Dec 2026AdventThe weeks before Christmas, once a closed season for Catholic weddings and still a quiet one in many parishes.
about 1 Nov to 31 Mar 2027The dry season wedding months in Latin AmericaNovember to March: after the rains and the harvest, the months when Mexican and Andean villages marry.
about 1 Nov 2026Rahu KalamA daily window of about ninety minutes, different on each weekday, when Hindu priests do not begin a rite.
11 Nov 2026Singles Day (11/11)The date of four ones, begun by Chinese university students for the unattached, and now a mass day of shopping and matchmaking events.
13 Nov 2026Friday the 13thA date many couples in the West avoid for a wedding, though some choose it because it is cheap.
about 15 Nov to 24 Dec 2026The Nativity FastForty days from 15 November to Christmas Eve in the Orthodox Church, with no weddings.
about 20 Nov 2026Dev Uthani EkadashiThe day Vishnu is said to wake from his four-month sleep, and the day the Hindu wedding season opens.
about 20 Nov 2026Dev Uthani EkadashiThe day Vishnu wakes from his four-month sleep, when the Hindu wedding season reopens after Chaturmas.December 2026
about 16 Dec to 14 Jan 2027Dhanu KharmasFrom mid-December to mid-January, when the sun is in Sagittarius and North Indian families do not hold weddings.
about 16 Dec to 14 Jan 2027MargazhiThe Tamil month from mid-December to mid-January, a month of prayer and music in which weddings are not held.January 2027
February 2027
14 Feb 2027Valentine's DayThe day of cards, roses and proposals, and one of the most chosen dates for engagements and weddings.
14 Feb 2027Valentine's Day Mass Weddings (Philippines)City halls in Manila and other cities marry hundreds of couples at once on 14 February, with the licence cost often waived.
22 Feb 20272/22 and other repeated datesDates like 2/22/22, 6/6, 7/7 and 8/8 are chosen for their pattern, easy to remember on every anniversary.March 2027
about 9 Mar to 7 Apr 2027Shawwal, the month after RamadanThe month after Ramadan: weddings are held again, and the Prophet is remembered to have married Aisha in Shawwal.
about 14 Mar to 13 Apr 2027Meena KharmasFrom mid-March to mid-April, when the sun is in Pisces, the second Kharmas of the year.
14 Mar 2027White DayThe 14 March return gift in Japan and Korea, a month after women give chocolate on Valentine's Day.April 2027
about 9 Apr 2027Akshaya TritiyaThe "never-fading" third day of Vaishakh, when any beginning is said to last, so weddings and gold are fixed for it.May 2027
1 to 31 May 2027May, the month of brides in BrazilIn Brazil May is "the month of brides", the month of Mary, and a traditional time for the church wedding.
1 to 31 May 2027May, the unlucky monthIn Greece, Italy, Spain and Britain, an old belief that a wedding in May is unlucky.
2 to 8 May 2027Bright WeekThe week after Orthodox Easter: a week of feasting in which, by custom, the church does not marry.
about 9 May 2027Akshaya Tritiya Mass WeddingsThe "never-ending" third day of Vaishakha, so auspicious that no muhurat is needed, and the busiest day for community mass weddings.June 2027
1 to 30 Jun 2027June, the Wedding MonthJune is the classic month for weddings in the English-speaking world, often linked to the Roman goddess Juno.
about 6 Jun to 5 Jul 2027MuharramThe first month of the Islamic year and the days of mourning for Husayn: many Shia and some Sunni families do not marry.
about 6 Jun to 5 Jul 2027Suro, the Javanese month of cautionThe Javanese month of Suro, from the Islamic new year: a month of quiet in which many Javanese do not hold weddings.
12 Jun 2027Dia dos Namorados (Brazil)Brazil's lovers' day on 12 June, the eve of St Anthony, the saint who is asked to find a husband.
12 Jun 2027Loving DayThe anniversary of Loving v. Virginia in 1967, when the US Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage.
about 15 Jun to 12 Sept 2027Egypt, the summer wedding seasonFrom mid-June to September: schools are closed, families abroad are home, and Cairo has a wedding on every street.
23 to 24 Jun 2027Kupala Night (Ivan Kupala)Midsummer night in Slavic lands, when girls float flower wreaths and couples jump bonfires to see who will marry.July 2027
about 1 Jul to 30 Sept 2027The Maghreb summer wedding seasonFrom July to September, when emigrants come home and weddings are held for days in houses and halls.
3 Jul 2027Marriage Equality, Spain (3 July 2005)Spain's law opening marriage to same-sex couples came into force on 3 July 2005, with the right to adopt.
about 5 Jul to 2 Aug 2027SafarThe second Islamic month, held unlucky for weddings in parts of South Asia, though the Prophet's teaching does not say so.
7 Jul 2027Tanabata (Japan)Japan's star festival, when wishes, including wishes for love, are written on paper strips and hung on bamboo.
about 13 Jul 2027Bhadli NavamiThe ninth day before Chaturmas, kept in Rajasthan and Gujarat as the last good wedding date of the season.
about 17 Jul to 16 Aug 2027Aadi monthThe Tamil month of Aadi, mid-July to mid-August, kept for goddesses, and not for new beginnings such as a wedding.
22 Jul to 12 Aug 2027The Three Weeks and the Nine DaysFrom 17 Tammuz to Tisha B'Av: three weeks of mourning for the Temple in which weddings are not held.
August 2027
1 to 14 Aug 2027The Dormition FastThe first two weeks of August, before the feast of the Dormition on 15 August: no Orthodox weddings.September 2027
about 15 to 17 Sept 2027Imilchil Moussem (Betrothal Festival)The September gathering of the Ait Haddidou in the High Atlas, where young people meet and families arrange betrothals.
18 Sept 2027Amor y Amistad (Colombia)Colombia keeps its day of love and friendship on the third Saturday of September, with the secret-friend game and gifts for couples.Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Shinto wedding: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vivaha Panchami: Abhishek Dutta (https://abhishekdutta.org), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nikah: عامر شاہین, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kente cloth: ZSM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulasi Vivah: Unknown author, CC BY 3.0, source
- Imilchil Marriage Festival: Zakaria ElQotbi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Aso ebi: SUPREME LACE, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Black Day: by 아침꿀물 at Flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jewish wedding: Jozef Israëls, Public domain, source
- Henna ceremony: No author provided, CC0, source
- Lobolo: Iwuala Lucy, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Traditional Vietnamese wedding: Gabrielle M. Vassal, Public domain, source
- Pyebaek: halfGoku, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hindu wedding: Dinesh Cyanam, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Collective wedding: Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Pará, Public domain, source
- Traditional Chinese marriage: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands: Jeffpw, CC BY 3.0, source
- Dev Uthani Ekadashi: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Magh Phalgun Wedding Window: Saloni Desai, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Akshaya Tritiya Weddings: Fgndgndgnr, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vasant Panchami Weddings: Nitin Das, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- June Wedding Season: Caroline Léna Becker, CC BY 3.0, source
- Autumn Wedding Peak: Edmund Blair Leighton, Public domain, source
- Shrove Season Ireland: Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Public domain, source
- Taian Japan: Momotarou2012, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Double Ten Wedding Date: 總統府, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chinese Almanac Wedding Dates: Charles Chan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lag Baomer Weddings: Yoninah, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shawwal After Eid: سيف راغب, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Post Hajj Wedding Season: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pakistan India Muslim Winter Season: Rukhsana iqbal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Thailand Cambodia Cool Season Weddings: Lester Mathias Andersson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pokrov Wedding Season: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Lent No Weddings: Manuela Paki-Costa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Holy Week Triduum: Anonymous ( Maasland ) Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Advent No Weddings: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orthodox Great Lent: Stalinsunnykvj, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Orthodox Nativity Fast: User:LoKi, Public domain, source
- Orthodox Dormition Fast: El Greco, Public domain, source
- Coptic Advent Fast: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Greek Leap Year: Fluff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ramadan No Weddings: Gabby Canonizado, CC BY 2.0, source
- Muharram No Weddings: Victor Armand Poirson, Public domain, source
- Safar No Weddings: Konevi, CC0, source
- Pitru Paksha No Weddings: Firoz Shakir, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kharmas Dhanu No Weddings: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Aadi No Weddings: Peenumx, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Holashtak No Weddings: Jitenderasingh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Omer No Weddings: Baruch Zvi Ring (c. 1872 - 1927) Details on Google Art Project, Public domain, source
- Tisha Bav No Weddings: shlomi kakon, CC BY 2.5, source
- Gerewol: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Days Of Awe No Weddings: Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ghost Month No Weddings: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Qingming No Weddings: Jacklee ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buddhist Vassa No Weddings: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0, source
- Pchum Ben No Weddings: Saphabodi, CC0, source
- Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival: Cqui, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hmong Ball Toss: Blue Plover, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kupala Night: Ivan Sokolov, Public domain, source
- Valentines Day: Upload: Chordboard, Public domain, source
- White Day: Flickr user mersy ( Masashi Yanagiya), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Singles Day: Chrionexfleckeri1350, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Qixi: shizhao ( talk )拍摄,画者不明, Public domain, source
- Khau Vai Love Market: Nguyễn Vũ Hiệp, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lantern Festival Matchmaking: -Zest, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Miao Sisters Meal Festival: Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, source
- Sant Jordi: Generalitat de Catalunya, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tanabata: Laika ac, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Philippines Valentine Mass Weddings: John Ryan Cordova, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ii Fufu No Hi: Hideyuki KAMON, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Valentines Registry Weddings: Albert Anker, Public domain, source
- Marriage Equality United States: Elvert Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source