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Mesha Sankranti 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: Baisakhi, Vaisakhi, Puthandu, Pohela Boishakh, Bihu
The next one
Wednesday, 14 April 2027
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The rule
What the date is derived from, stated so you can check it.
The day the Sun enters sidereal Mesha (Aries), and the solar new year across Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Assam and Kerala.
The day is settled by the tithi at sunrise.
Festival
Mesha Sankranti dates
| Year | Date | Tithi | Lunar month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Monday | Monday, 14 April 2025 | — | — |
| 2026Tuesday | Tuesday, 14 April 2026 | — | — |
| 2027Wednesday | Wednesday, 14 April 2027 | — | — |
| 2028Friday | Friday, 14 April 2028 | — | — |
| 2029Saturday | Saturday, 14 April 2029 | — | — |
| 2030Sunday | Sunday, 14 April 2030 | — | — |
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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