Vasant Panchami 2026
Vasant Panchami falls on Friday, 23 January 2026 (New Delhi).
Vasant Panchami, on Magha Shukla Panchami, welcomes spring and honours Goddess Saraswati, the deity of learning, music and the arts. Yellow clothes and sweets are traditional; children often begin their first lessons (vidyarambh) on this day.
Dates
| 2026 | Friday, 23 January 2026 · Full calendar 2026 |
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| 2027 | Thursday, 11 February 2027 · Full calendar 2027 |
| 2028 | Tuesday, 1 February 2028 · Full calendar 2028 |
How the date is set
It is kept in the lunar month of Magha, Shukla paksha Panchami, on the day of the tithi prevailing at sunrise (udaya tithi).
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 →