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Gita Jayanti 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: Mokshada Ekadashi

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Sunday, 20 December 2026

Shukla EkadashiThe eleventh tithi of each half, so it comes twice a lunar month. This is the fasting day most vrats are kept on, and grain is left out., MargashirshaThe ninth lunar month, November into December, also called Agrahayana or Agahan. Gita Jayanti falls in its bright half.

Bhadra until 08:15 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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MargashirshaThe ninth lunar month, November into December, also called Agrahayana or Agahan. Gita Jayanti falls in its bright half. Shukla EkadashiThe eleventh tithi of each half, so it comes twice a lunar month. This is the fasting day most vrats are kept on, and grain is left out., kept as the day the Bhagavad Gita was spoken.

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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Gita Jayanti 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.
2025MondayMonday, 1 December 2025Shukla EkadashiThe eleventh tithi of each half, so it comes twice a lunar month. This is the fasting day most vrats are kept on, and grain is left out.MargashirshaThe ninth lunar month, November into December, also called Agrahayana or Agahan. Gita Jayanti falls in its bright half.Bhadra until 07:01 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
2026SundaySunday, 20 December 2026Shukla EkadashiThe eleventh tithi of each half, so it comes twice a lunar month. This is the fasting day most vrats are kept on, and grain is left out.MargashirshaThe ninth lunar month, November into December, also called Agrahayana or Agahan. Gita Jayanti falls in its bright half.Bhadra until 08:15 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
2027ThursdayThursday, 9 December 2027Shukla EkadashiThe eleventh tithi of each half, so it comes twice a lunar month. This is the fasting day most vrats are kept on, and grain is left out.MargashirshaThe ninth lunar month, November into December, also called Agrahayana or Agahan. Gita Jayanti falls in its bright half.Bhadra until 03:20 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
2028MondayMonday, 27 November 2028Shukla EkadashiThe eleventh tithi of each half, so it comes twice a lunar month. This is the fasting day most vrats are kept on, and grain is left out.MargashirshaThe ninth lunar month, November into December, also called Agrahayana or Agahan. Gita Jayanti falls in its bright half.Bhadra until 02:18 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
2029SundaySunday, 16 December 2029Shukla EkadashiThe eleventh tithi of each half, so it comes twice a lunar month. This is the fasting day most vrats are kept on, and grain is left out.MargashirshaThe ninth lunar month, November into December, also called Agrahayana or Agahan. Gita Jayanti falls in its bright half.Bhadra until 07:18 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
2030ThursdayThursday, 5 December 2030Shukla EkadashiThe eleventh tithi of each half, so it comes twice a lunar month. This is the fasting day most vrats are kept on, and grain is left out.MargashirshaThe ninth lunar month, November into December, also called Agrahayana or Agahan. Gita Jayanti falls in its bright half.Bhadra until 06:44 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.

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