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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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2038

  • Thursday, 21 January 2038 · Pausha Purnima (Shakambhari)
  • Friday, 19 February 2038 · Magha Purnima
  • Sunday, 21 March 2038 · Holika Dahan (Phalguna Purnima)
  • Monday, 19 April 2038 · Hanuman Jayanti
  • Tuesday, 18 May 2038 · Buddha Purnima
  • Thursday, 17 June 2038 · Vat Purnima
  • Friday, 16 July 2038 · Guru Purnima
  • Saturday, 14 August 2038 · Raksha Bandhan (Shravana Purnima)
  • Monday, 13 September 2038 · Bhadrapada Purnima (Uma-Maheshwara vrat)
  • Wednesday, 13 October 2038 · Sharad Purnima
  • Thursday, 11 November 2038 · Kartika Purnima (Dev Deepawali)
  • Saturday, 11 December 2038 · Margashirsha Purnima (Dattatreya Jayanti)

2039

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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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