Festival
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
Purnima, Vaishakha
Bhadra until 04:12 am
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The rule
What the date is derived from, stated so you can check it.
Vaishakha Purnima. 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 tithi at sunrise.
Festival
Buddha Purnima dates
| Year | Date | Tithi | Lunar month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Monday | Monday, 12 May 2025 | Purnima | VaishakhaBhadra until 09:15 am |
| 2026Friday | Friday, 1 May 2026 | Purnima | VaishakhaBhadra until 10:00 am |
| 2027Thursday | Thursday, 20 May 2027 | Purnima | VaishakhaBhadra until 04:12 am |
| 2028Monday | Monday, 8 May 2028 | Purnima | VaishakhaBhadra until 02:23 pm |
| 2029Sunday | Sunday, 27 May 2029 | Purnima | VaishakhaBhadra until 01:39 pm |
| 2030Friday | Friday, 17 May 2030 | Purnima | VaishakhaBhadra until 06:43 am |
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Other festivals
Each one with its own rule and its own dates.
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The whole calendar
Every festival and observance of the year, in one table.
Hindu calendar