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Govardhan Puja 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: Annakut, Bali Pratipada, Padwa

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Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada., KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it.

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KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada., the first day of the new amantaThe reckoning in which a lunar month ends at the new Moon. Maharashtra, Gujarat and the south count this way, and our dates are computed in it. month, which is why it follows Diwali.

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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Govardhan Puja 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.
2025WednesdayWednesday, 22 October 2025Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it.
2026TuesdayTuesday, 10 November 2026Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it.
2027SaturdaySaturday, 30 October 2027Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it.
2028WednesdayWednesday, 18 October 2028Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.This tithi opens and closes between two deciding moments, so the rule does not settle the day on its own. The date given is the one holding most of the tithi.KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it.
2029TuesdayTuesday, 6 November 2029Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.This tithi opens and closes between two deciding moments, so the rule does not settle the day on its own. The date given is the one holding most of the tithi.KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it.
2030SundaySunday, 27 October 2030Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it.

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