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Festivals and vrats · पूर्णिमा (सभी)

Purnima (all)

The full moon of each month, the fifteenth tithi of the bright half.

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2014

  • Thursday, 16 January 2014 · Pausha Purnima (Shakambhari)
  • Friday, 14 February 2014 · Magha Purnima
  • Sunday, 16 March 2014 · Holika Dahan (Phalguna Purnima)
  • Tuesday, 15 April 2014 · Hanuman Jayanti
  • Wednesday, 14 May 2014 · Buddha Purnima
  • Friday, 13 June 2014 · Vat Purnima
  • Saturday, 12 July 2014 · Guru Purnima
  • Sunday, 10 August 2014 · Raksha Bandhan (Shravana Purnima)
  • Tuesday, 9 September 2014 · Bhadrapada Purnima (Uma-Maheshwara vrat)
  • Wednesday, 8 October 2014 · Sharad Purnima
  • Thursday, 6 November 2014 · Kartika Purnima (Dev Deepawali)
  • Saturday, 6 December 2014 · Margashirsha Purnima (Dattatreya Jayanti)

2015

  • Monday, 5 January 2015 · Pausha Purnima (Shakambhari)
  • Tuesday, 3 February 2015 · Magha Purnima
  • Thursday, 5 March 2015 · Holika Dahan (Phalguna Purnima)
  • Saturday, 4 April 2015 · Hanuman Jayanti
  • Monday, 4 May 2015 · Buddha Purnima
  • Tuesday, 2 June 2015 · Vat Purnima
  • Thursday, 2 July 2015 · Adhika Ashadha Purnima
  • Friday, 31 July 2015 · Guru Purnima
  • Saturday, 29 August 2015 · Raksha Bandhan (Shravana Purnima)
  • Monday, 28 September 2015 · Bhadrapada Purnima (Uma-Maheshwara vrat)
  • Tuesday, 27 October 2015 · Sharad Purnima
  • Wednesday, 25 November 2015 · Kartika Purnima (Dev Deepawali)
  • Friday, 25 December 2015 · Margashirsha Purnima (Dattatreya Jayanti)

How the date is fixed

Every full-moon day, taken as the day on which Purnima is running at sunrise: the day for the Purnima vrat and for bathing and gifts (snana-dana). Night observances of the same full moon, such as Sharad Purnima, can fall on the evening before.

About

Purnima is the tithi in which the Moon reaches 180° from the Sun, closing the bright half of each lunar month. Each month's Purnima takes its name from the month and usually carries its own observance: Guru Purnima in Ashadha, Raksha Bandhan in Shravana, Sharad Purnima in Ashwina, Kartika Purnima, Holi in Phalguna and so on. The lunar month is itself named after the nakshatra near which its full moon falls. For the Purnima vrat and the Satyanarayana puja, the tithi at sunrise is taken; the Purnima vrat is kept on the previous day when Purnima is absent at sunrise but present through the afternoon.

How it is observed

A fast or the Satyanarayana puja, river bathing, and charity; the month's named festival where there is one.

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