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Buddha Purnima 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: Vesak, Buddha Jayanti, Vaishakha Purnima
The next one
Thursday, 20 May 2027
PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving., VaishakhaThe second lunar month, April into May. Akshaya Tritiya falls in its bright half, and Buddha Purnima closes it.
Bhadra until 04:12 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
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What the date is derived from, stated so you can check it.
VaishakhaThe second lunar month, April into May. Akshaya Tritiya falls in its bright half, and Buddha Purnima closes it. PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving.. The Buddha is held to have been born, reached enlightenment and died on this one full moon, which is why it carries three observances at once.
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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Buddha Purnima dates
| Year | Date | 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. | 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. |
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| 2025Monday | Monday, 12 May 2025 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | VaishakhaThe second lunar month, April into May. Akshaya Tritiya falls in its bright half, and Buddha Purnima closes it.Bhadra until 09:15 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2026Friday | Friday, 1 May 2026 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | VaishakhaThe second lunar month, April into May. Akshaya Tritiya falls in its bright half, and Buddha Purnima closes it.Bhadra until 10:00 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2027Thursday | Thursday, 20 May 2027 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | VaishakhaThe second lunar month, April into May. Akshaya Tritiya falls in its bright half, and Buddha Purnima closes it.Bhadra until 04:12 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2028Monday | Monday, 8 May 2028 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | VaishakhaThe second lunar month, April into May. Akshaya Tritiya falls in its bright half, and Buddha Purnima closes it.Bhadra until 02:23 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2029Sunday | Sunday, 27 May 2029 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | VaishakhaThe second lunar month, April into May. Akshaya Tritiya falls in its bright half, and Buddha Purnima closes it.Bhadra until 01:39 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2030Friday | Friday, 17 May 2030 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | VaishakhaThe second lunar month, April into May. Akshaya Tritiya falls in its bright half, and Buddha Purnima closes it.Bhadra until 06:43 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
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