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Anant Chaturdashi dates

Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.

Also called: Ganesh Visarjan, Anant Chaudas

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Tuesday, 14 September 2027

Shukla ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta., BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.

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BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon. Shukla ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta., the tenth and last day of Ganeshotsav.

The day is settled by the tithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. at sunrise.

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Anant Chaturdashi dates

YearDateTithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it.Lunar monthThe lunar month, named after the nakshatra the full Moon lands in. It is about twenty-nine and a half days, so it drifts against the English calendar.
2025SaturdaySaturday, 6 September 2025Shukla ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.
2026FridayFriday, 25 September 2026Shukla ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.
2027TuesdayTuesday, 14 September 2027Shukla ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.
2028SaturdaySaturday, 2 September 2028Shukla ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.
2029FridayFriday, 21 September 2029Shukla ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.
2030TuesdayTuesday, 10 September 2030Shukla ChaturdashiThe fourteenth tithi, the last before the full or the new Moon. Maha Shivaratri sits on a dark one, and for weddings it counts as Rikta.BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.

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