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Vasant Panchami 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: Basant Panchami, Saraswati Puja

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Thursday, 11 February 2027

Shukla PanchamiThe fifth tithi. Vasant Panchami and Naag Panchami are both named after it, and it is counted good for study and for new learning., MaghaThe eleventh lunar month, January into February. It is the bathing month at Prayag, and Vasant Panchami falls in its bright half.

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MaghaThe eleventh lunar month, January into February. It is the bathing month at Prayag, and Vasant Panchami falls in its bright half. Shukla PanchamiThe fifth tithi. Vasant Panchami and Naag Panchami are both named after it, and it is counted good for study and for new learning.. Shukla pakshaThe bright fortnight, new Moon to full, the Moon larger every night. Most beginnings, from opening a shop to a wedding, are put in this half., so the 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. and purnimantaThe reckoning in which a lunar month ends at the full Moon. North India counts this way, so through the dark half its month name runs one ahead. almanacs agree on the month name.

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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Vasant Panchami 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.
2025SundaySunday, 2 February 2025Shukla PanchamiThe fifth tithi. Vasant Panchami and Naag Panchami are both named after it, and it is counted good for study and for new learning.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.MaghaThe eleventh lunar month, January into February. It is the bathing month at Prayag, and Vasant Panchami falls in its bright half.
2026FridayFriday, 23 January 2026Shukla PanchamiThe fifth tithi. Vasant Panchami and Naag Panchami are both named after it, and it is counted good for study and for new learning.MaghaThe eleventh lunar month, January into February. It is the bathing month at Prayag, and Vasant Panchami falls in its bright half.
2027ThursdayThursday, 11 February 2027Shukla PanchamiThe fifth tithi. Vasant Panchami and Naag Panchami are both named after it, and it is counted good for study and for new learning.MaghaThe eleventh lunar month, January into February. It is the bathing month at Prayag, and Vasant Panchami falls in its bright half.
2028TuesdayTuesday, 1 February 2028Shukla PanchamiThe fifth tithi. Vasant Panchami and Naag Panchami are both named after it, and it is counted good for study and for new learning.MaghaThe eleventh lunar month, January into February. It is the bathing month at Prayag, and Vasant Panchami falls in its bright half.
2029FridayFriday, 19 January 2029Shukla PanchamiThe fifth tithi. Vasant Panchami and Naag Panchami are both named after it, and it is counted good for study and for new learning.MaghaThe eleventh lunar month, January into February. It is the bathing month at Prayag, and Vasant Panchami falls in its bright half.
2030ThursdayThursday, 7 February 2030Shukla PanchamiThe fifth tithi. Vasant Panchami and Naag Panchami are both named after it, and it is counted good for study and for new learning.MaghaThe eleventh lunar month, January into February. It is the bathing month at Prayag, and Vasant Panchami falls in its bright half.

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