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Raksha Bandhan 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: Rakhi, Shravana Purnima, Kajari Purnima
The next one
Tuesday, 17 August 2027
PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving., ShravanaThe fifth lunar month, July into August, and the month of the Shiva fasts. Its Mondays are kept as vrats, and Raksha Bandhan closes it.
Bhadra until 11:45 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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ShravanaThe fifth lunar month, July into August, and the month of the Shiva fasts. Its Mondays are kept as vrats, and Raksha Bandhan closes it. PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving.. Custom also asks that the thread be tied outside BhadraThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on., which is reported on the panchangThe day's five limbs read together: vara, tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana. Everything an almanac says about a date starts here. page rather than moved into this date.
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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Raksha Bandhan 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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| 2025Saturday | Saturday, 9 August 2025 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | ShravanaThe fifth lunar month, July into August, and the month of the Shiva fasts. Its Mondays are kept as vrats, and Raksha Bandhan closes it.Bhadra until 01:52 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2026Friday | Friday, 28 August 2026 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | ShravanaThe fifth lunar month, July into August, and the month of the Shiva fasts. Its Mondays are kept as vrats, and Raksha Bandhan closes it.Bhadra until 09:32 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2027Tuesday | Tuesday, 17 August 2027 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | ShravanaThe fifth lunar month, July into August, and the month of the Shiva fasts. Its Mondays are kept as vrats, and Raksha Bandhan closes it.Bhadra until 11:45 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2028Saturday | Saturday, 5 August 2028 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | ShravanaThe fifth lunar month, July into August, and the month of the Shiva fasts. Its Mondays are kept as vrats, and Raksha Bandhan closes it.Bhadra until 12:43 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2029Friday | Friday, 24 August 2029 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | ShravanaThe fifth lunar month, July into August, and the month of the Shiva fasts. Its Mondays are kept as vrats, and Raksha Bandhan closes it.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. |
| 2030Tuesday | Tuesday, 13 August 2030 | PurnimaThe full Moon night, the fifteenth of the bright half. Guru Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holi all land on one, and it is a day for giving. | ShravanaThe fifth lunar month, July into August, and the month of the Shiva fasts. Its Mondays are kept as vrats, and Raksha Bandhan closes it.Bhadra until 05:16 amThe 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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