✦ 2026 Purnima Dates ✦
✦ Full-moon day — supreme day for sacred bathing, charity, vrat and shubh karya ✦
✦ 13 dates — entire year ✦
Full-moon day — supreme day for sacred bathing, charity, vrat and shubh karya
Guru Purnima
2 Jan • Fri
Sharad Purnima
29 Jun • Mon
Kartik Purnima
23 Dec • Wed
✦ About this vrat ✦
Purnima — the 15th tithi of shukla paksha each month (full moon day). 12 (or 13 in adhik-maas year) per year.
Special Purnimas: Chaitra (Hanuman Jayanti), Vaishakh (Buddha Purnima), Jyeshtha (Vat Purnima), Ashadh (Guru Purnima), Shravan (Raksha Bandhan), Bhadrapad (Uma-Maheshwar Vrat), Ashwin (Sharad Purnima / Kojagiri), Kartik (Dev Deepavali), Margashirsh (Dattatreya Jayanti), Paush (Shakambhari Purnima), Magh (Maghi Snan), Phalgun (Holika Dahan).
Purnima vrat: Satyanarayan katha, chandrodaya-arghya, brahmana bhoj.
✦ January ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ February ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ March ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ April ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ May ✦
2 days🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ June ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ July ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ August ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ September ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ October ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ November ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ December ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ Puja vidhi ✦
- 1
Morning bath in Ganga or with Ganga-jal mixed in water.
- 2
Day-long fast (only fruit-milk acceptable). White clothing.
- 3
Satyanarayan katha shravan. Shiva-Vishnu-Lakshmi puja.
- 4
After moonrise, offer milk-arghya to the Moon. Then parana.
✦ FAQs ✦
Q. What to avoid on Purnima vrat?
Non-veg, alcohol, tamasic food prohibited. No haircut/nail-cutting. Avoid anger and quarrels. Maintain mauna (silence) if possible.
Q. Why is Sharad Purnima special?
On this day the Moon is in all 16 kalas (full). Moon-rays carry amrit-quality. Kheer kept overnight in moonlight is considered medicinal.