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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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2036

  • Sunday, 13 January 2036 · Pausha Purnima (Shakambhari)
  • Monday, 11 February 2036 · Magha Purnima
  • Wednesday, 12 March 2036 · Holika Dahan (Phalguna Purnima)
  • Thursday, 10 April 2036 · Hanuman Jayanti
  • Saturday, 10 May 2036 · Buddha Purnima
  • Sunday, 8 June 2036 · Vat Purnima
  • Tuesday, 8 July 2036 · Guru Purnima
  • Wednesday, 6 August 2036 · Raksha Bandhan (Shravana Purnima)
  • Friday, 5 September 2036 · Bhadrapada Purnima (Uma-Maheshwara vrat)
  • Sunday, 5 October 2036 · Sharad Purnima
  • Monday, 3 November 2036 · Kartika Purnima (Dev Deepawali)
  • Wednesday, 3 December 2036 · Margashirsha Purnima (Dattatreya Jayanti)

2037

  • Friday, 2 January 2037 · Pausha Purnima (Shakambhari)
  • Saturday, 31 January 2037 · Magha Purnima
  • Sunday, 1 March 2037 · Holika Dahan (Phalguna Purnima)
  • Tuesday, 31 March 2037 · Hanuman Jayanti
  • Wednesday, 29 April 2037 · Buddha Purnima
  • Friday, 29 May 2037 · Adhika Jyeshtha Purnima
  • Saturday, 27 June 2037 · Vat Purnima
  • Monday, 27 July 2037 · Guru Purnima
  • Tuesday, 25 August 2037 · Raksha Bandhan (Shravana Purnima)
  • Thursday, 24 September 2037 · Bhadrapada Purnima (Uma-Maheshwara vrat)
  • Saturday, 24 October 2037 · Sharad Purnima
  • Sunday, 22 November 2037 · Kartika Purnima (Dev Deepawali)
  • Tuesday, 22 December 2037 · 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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