Sharad Purnima 2026
Sharad Purnima falls on Sunday, 25 October 2026 (New Delhi).
Sharad Purnima, Ashwin Purnima, is the night of the full harvest Moon. Kheer is left in the moonlight and eaten the next morning, and in Bengal and Odisha it is Kojagari Lakshmi Puja.
Dates
| 2026 | Sunday, 25 October 2026 · Full calendar 2026 |
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| 2027 | Thursday, 14 October 2027 · Full calendar 2027 |
| 2028 | Monday, 2 October 2028 · Full calendar 2028 |
How the date is set
It is kept in the lunar month of Ashwin, Shukla paksha Purnima, on the day of the tithi prevailing at midnight (nishita kaal).
Lunar months here are amanta (new moon to new moon); in the purnimanta reckoning used in much of North India, the Krishna paksha belongs to the next month. Communities follow their own rules for some festivals, so a local almanac may keep a few on a neighbouring day.
Dates are computed with this site's panchang (Lahiri ayanamsa) for New Delhi. Times of sunrise and the tithi differ by place, so a date can shift by a day for cities far from Delhi; the calendar pages recalculate for your city. All festivals →