Pournamiపౌర్ణమి
The full moon — vratam, charity and the brightest night of the month.
- Deity
- Chandra, and the deity of the month
- Frequency
- Once a lunar month
Dates for India · IST (UTC+5:30) · tithi read at 06:00 local time · amanta months · Lahiri ayanamsa. How we calculate
What Pournami is
Purnima is the fifteenth tithi of the waxing fortnight, when the moon is directly opposite the sun and fully lit. It is a purna tithi — one of completion — and the calendar loads it accordingly: Guru Purnima, Buddha Purnima, Sharad Purnima, Kartika Purnima and Holika Dahan all fall on a full moon, as does the monthly Satyanarayana vrat. In the purnimanta reckoning of the north, it is also the day the lunar month itself ends.
Who observes it
Kept broadly, and by many as a standing monthly fast regardless of which festival falls on it.
Fasting rules
A day fast broken after moonrise, or a single meal. Satyanarayana vrat is the most common form the day takes.
Pooja vidhanam
Worship of the deity of the month, offering of arghya to the moon after it rises, and charity — particularly of food, cloth and lamps. Sea and river bathing at dawn is kept where it is practicable.
2026 dates
Dates are computed for India, from the tithi in force at 06:00 IST; outside India an observance can fall a day earlier or later. Tap any date for that day's full panchangam, where every timing is recomputed for your selected city.
- January
- 3JanuarySat
- February
- 1FebruarySun
- March
- 3MarchTue
- April
- 2AprilThu
- June
- 29JuneMon
- July
- 29JulyWed
- August
- 28AugustFri
- September
- 26SeptemberSat
- October
- 26OctoberMon
- November
- 24NovemberTue
- December
- 24DecemberThu
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