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Ganesh Chaturthi 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: Vinayaka Chaturthi, Ganeshotsav, Vinayaka Chavithi
The next one
Saturday, 4 September 2027
Shukla ChaturthiGanesha's tithi, the fourth of each half, kept as Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi. It is also a Rikta tithi, so no wedding is set on it., BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.
Bhadra until 12:26 pmThe 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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BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon. Shukla ChaturthiGanesha's tithi, the fourth of each half, kept as Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi. It is also a Rikta tithi, so no wedding is set on it., established at madhyahnaThe third fifth of the daylight, near the middle of the day. Some festivals are settled by whichever tithi is running then, Ganesh Chaturthi among them.. The midday rule is the reason this date sometimes differs from a site that only checks sunrise.
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 madhyahnaThe third fifth of the daylight, near the middle of the day. Some festivals are settled by whichever tithi is running then, Ganesh Chaturthi among them., the third fifth of the day.
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Ganesh Chaturthi 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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| 2025Wednesday | Wednesday, 27 August 2025 | Shukla ChaturthiGanesha's tithi, the fourth of each half, kept as Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi. It is also a Rikta tithi, so no wedding is set on it. | BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.Bhadra until 03:44 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2026Monday | Monday, 14 September 2026 | Shukla ChaturthiGanesha's tithi, the fourth of each half, kept as Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi. It is also a Rikta tithi, so no wedding is set on it. | BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.Bhadra until 07:44 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2027Saturday | Saturday, 4 September 2027 | Shukla ChaturthiGanesha's tithi, the fourth of each half, kept as Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi. It is also a Rikta tithi, so no wedding is set on it. | BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.Bhadra until 12:26 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2028Wednesday | Wednesday, 23 August 2028 | Shukla ChaturthiGanesha's tithi, the fourth of each half, kept as Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi. It is also a Rikta tithi, so no wedding is set on it. | BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.Bhadra until 01:55 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2029Tuesday | Tuesday, 11 September 2029 | Shukla ChaturthiGanesha's tithi, the fourth of each half, kept as Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi. It is also a Rikta tithi, so no wedding is set on it. | BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.Bhadra until 02:57 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2030Sunday | Sunday, 1 September 2030 | Shukla ChaturthiGanesha's tithi, the fourth of each half, kept as Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi. It is also a Rikta tithi, so no wedding is set on it. | BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon.Bhadra until 10:38 pmThe 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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