2024
Friday, 15 November 2024
In 2024 the tithi runs from 6:19 am on 15 Nov to 2:58 am on 16 Nov; it is running at sunrise (the usual rule, called udaya tithi) on Friday, 15 November 2024, so that is the day of Kartika Purnima.
2025
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
In 2025 the tithi runs from 10:36 pm on 4 Nov to 6:49 pm on 5 Nov; it is running at sunrise (the usual rule, called udaya tithi) on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, so that is the day of Kartika Purnima.
How the date is fixed
Kartika Purnima falls on the full-moon day (Purnima) of the lunar month Kartika. The date is the day on which that tithi is running at sunrise (the usual rule, called udaya tithi).
About
Kartika Purnima is the full moon that ends the month of Kartika, in November. The tithi at sunrise fixes the day for the Kartika snan (bath), and the evening of the same day is Dev Deepawali at Varanasi, when the ghats are lined with lamps. It is also Tripuri Purnima, recalling Shiva's defeat of Tripura, and the Sikh community keeps Guru Nanak's birthday on this full moon. The month of Kartika bathing, begun on Sharad Purnima, ends here, and the Pushkar fair in Rajasthan culminates on this day.
How it is observed
A river bath at dawn, lamps floated or lit on the ghats at dusk, and the Satyanarayana vrat in many homes.