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Hindu Festival Calendar 2027: Month-by-Month Dates of Vrat, Tyohar and Puja Days (India)
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Hindu festival calendar 2027 at a glance: Makar Sankranti 15 Jan, Maha Shivaratri 6 Mar, Holi 22 Mar, Chaitra Navratri and Vikram Samvat 2084 from 7 Apr, Rama Navami 15 Apr, Akshaya Tritiya 9 May, Raksha Bandhan 17 Aug, Janmashtami 25 Aug, Ganesh Chaturthi 4 Sep, Dussehra 9 Oct, Diwali 29 Oct, Chhath 4 Nov. Dates follow the Delhi panchang.
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How to use this Hindu calendar 2027
The table below lists every major vrat and tyohar of 2027 in date order with the weekday, the solar sankranti dates and the eclipses that affect ritual timing. Dates follow the New Delhi panchang using purnimanta months, the north Indian convention.
Because a tithi often straddles two civil days, and because the south and west use amanta months and local sunrise, a festival can fall a day earlier or later in your region: Diwali, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi and the Ekadashis are the usual cases. Treat this as the national reference and confirm the day with your family panchang or temple.
The last column is practical: what tradition asks you to prepare and which puja families usually book (every puja named can be booked through Divine Hindu online puja). Items mentioned are worn or kept as a matter of faith and tradition.
Hindu festival calendar 2027: the full table, January to December
| Date | Festival / vrat / event | What to prepare / puja |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 14 Jan | Makara Sankranti (solar ingress) | Sun enters Makara; festival observed next day |
| Fri 15 Jan | Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Uttarayan | Til-gud, khichdi, kites; Surya arghya at sunrise; Makar Sankranti 2027 guide |
| Sat 6 Feb | Annular Surya Grahan (not visible in India) | No sutak in India; optional Rahu mantra |
| Thu 11 Feb | Vasant Panchami, Saraswati Puja | Yellow clothes, books on the altar, Vidyarambham; Saraswati puja; Saraswati kavach for study |
| Sat 13 Feb | Kumbha Sankranti | Surya arghya; daan |
| Sun 21 Feb (pre-dawn) | Penumbral Chandra Grahan (faint) | No sutak by tradition |
| Sat 6 Mar | Maha Shivaratri | Night vigil, four-prahar abhishek, bilva; Rudrabhishek; Nepali Rudraksha for japa |
| Mon 15 Mar | Meena Sankranti | Surya arghya; daan |
| Sun 21 Mar | Holika Dahan | Evening bonfire, parikrama; Holi 2027 guide |
| Mon 22 Mar | Holi, Dhulandi | Colours, family visits |
| Wed 7 Apr | Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Chaitra Navratri begins, Vikram Samvat 2084 | Ghatasthapana, new almanac, neem-jaggery; nine-day Durga puja; Chaitra Navratri 2027 |
| Wed 14 Apr | Mesha Sankranti (solar new year), Vishu, Baisakhi | Vishu kani, Surya arghya; new ventures |
| Thu 15 Apr | Rama Navami | Sundarkand path, Rama puja; Ram Navami 2027 |
| Tue 20 Apr | Hanuman Jayanti | Hanuman Chalisa, sindoor, chola; Hanuman puja; Hanuman kavach |
| Sun 9 May | Akshaya Tritiya | Gold, new accounts, charity; Lakshmi-Narayan puja; natural gemstones are traditionally chosen |
| Sat 15 May | Vrishabha Sankranti | Surya arghya; daan |
| Thu 20 May | Buddha Purnima | Purnima snan, daan, Satyanarayan katha |
| Thu 3 Jun | Shani enters Mesha | Shani Shanti puja |
| Fri 4 Jun | Shani Jayanti, Vat Savitri Vrat | Sesame-oil lamp, Shani Stotra, til daan; Vat Savitri for married women; 7 Mukhi Rudraksha, Shani's bead |
| Mon 14 Jun | Nirjala Ekadashi | Waterless fast, water and fan daan, Vishnu puja |
| Tue 15 Jun | Mithuna Sankranti | Surya arghya; daan |
| Mon 5 Jul | Jagannath Rath Yatra | Rath darshan, bhog; Jagannath puja |
| Wed 14 Jul | Devshayani Ekadashi | Chaturmas begins; marriages pause till 10 Nov; Vishnu puja |
| Sat 17 Jul | Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana begins) | Surya arghya; Nashik Simhastha bathing period 17 Jul – 17 Aug |
| Sun 18 Jul | Guru Purnima | Guru and Vyasa puja, daan to teachers; penumbral lunar eclipse that night, no sutak |
| Mon 19 Jul | Shravan (Sawan) begins, approx (north) | Monday vrats, Rudrabhishek, Kanwar; Shravan Somvar puja |
| Mon 2 Aug | Total Surya Grahan (partial across India, late afternoon) | Sutak by the dawn-to-dusk rule; japa during, snan and daan after; grahan dosh puja |
| Wed 4 Aug | Hariyali Teej | Green clothes, swings, Parvati puja |
| Fri 6 Aug | Nag Panchami | Milk and flowers to Nag images; Kaal Sarp dosh puja |
| Fri 13 Aug | Varalakshmi Vrat | Kalash, Lakshmi puja (south) |
| Tue 17 Aug | Raksha Bandhan, Shravan Purnima, Simha Sankranti | Rakhi, Upakarma; daytime penumbral eclipse, not visible, no sutak |
| Wed 25 Aug | Krishna Janmashtami | Midnight puja, Dahi Handi next day; Janmashtami puja |
| Fri 3 Sep | Hartalika Teej | Nirjala vrat, Shiva-Parvati puja |
| Sat 4 Sep | Ganesh Chaturthi | Idol sthapana, modak, ten-day utsav; Ganesh puja |
| Sun 12 Sep | Onam (Thiruvonam) | Pookalam, Onasadya |
| Tue 14 Sep | Anant Chaturdashi, Ganesh Visarjan | Anant sutra, visarjan |
| Thu 16 Sep | Pitru Paksha begins (till 29 Sep) | Daily tarpan |
| Fri 17 Sep | Kanya Sankranti | Surya arghya; daan |
| Wed 29 Sep | Sarva Pitru Amavasya | Shraddha for all ancestors; Pitru Paksha shraddha and tarpan puja |
| Thu 30 Sep | Sharad Navratri begins, Ghatasthapana | Kalash sthapana, nine-day Durga puja; Durga kavach |
| Thu 7 Oct | Durga Ashtami, Maha Ashtami | Kanya puja, Sandhi puja |
| Fri 8 Oct | Maha Navami | Havan; Ayudha puja in the south |
| Sat 9 Oct | Vijayadashami, Dussehra | Shami puja, Ravana dahan, Vidyarambham; new beginnings |
| Thu 14 Oct | Sharad Purnima, Kojagiri | Kheer under moonlight, Lakshmi puja |
| Mon 18 Oct | Karwa Chauth, Tula Sankranti | Married women's moonrise vrat; Karwa Chauth puja |
| Fri 22 Oct | Ahoi Ashtami | Mothers' vrat for children |
| Wed 27 Oct | Dhanteras, Dhanvantari Jayanti | Utensils and metal purchases, Yama deepam; Dhanvantari puja; Dhanwantari kavach |
| Thu 28 Oct | Narak Chaturdashi, Choti Diwali | Abhyanga snan, Hanuman puja; Budh turns direct |
| Fri 29 Oct | Diwali, Lakshmi Puja | Lakshmi-Ganesh puja at pradosh, Chopda pujan; Diwali Lakshmi puja; Lakshmi kavach |
| Sat 30 Oct | Govardhan Puja, Annakut | Annakut bhog, Govardhan parikrama |
| Sun 31 Oct | Bhai Dooj | Tilak, sister-brother meal |
| Thu 4 Nov | Chhath Puja (Sandhya Arghya) | Riverbank arghya to the setting Sun; Chhath puja |
| Wed 10 Nov | Dev Uthani (Prabodhini) Ekadashi | Chaturmas ends; marriage season opens |
| Thu 11 Nov | Tulsi Vivah | Tulsi-Shaligram vivah |
| Sun 14 Nov | Kartik Purnima, Dev Deepawali | Deep daan at ghats, Kartik snan; Dev Deepawali puja |
| Wed 17 Nov | Vrischika Sankranti | Surya arghya; daan |
| Sat 20 Nov | Kalabhairav Jayanti | Bhairav puja, mustard-oil lamp; Kaal Bhairav puja |
| Thu 16 Dec | Dhanu Sankranti (Kharmas begins) | Surya arghya; auspicious work pauses in the north till Makar Sankranti |
Sankranti dates mark the Sun's entry into each sidereal sign; Makar Sankranti is observed on 15 Jan because the ingress falls on 14 Jan. Dhanu Sankranti on 16 Dec begins Kharmas, when north Indian families pause weddings and griha pravesh.
The four festival seasons of 2027 and what to book
Winter and spring: Makar Sankranti to Rama Navami
The year opens with Makar Sankranti on 15 Jan and Vasant Panchami on 11 Feb, the traditional day to begin a child's education. Maha Shivaratri on 6 Mar is the largest Shiva observance of the year and the day most devotees choose to first wear a Rudraksha; the Mahashivratri 2027 guide gives the vrat vidhi. Holi (22 Mar) closes the lunar year and Vikram Samvat 2084 opens on 7 Apr with Chaitra Navratri, followed by the solar new year on 14 Apr and Rama Navami on 15 Apr.
Summer: Akshaya Tritiya to Guru Purnima
Akshaya Tritiya on 9 May is the day tradition favours for purchases that are meant to last, which is why gold, gemstones and new ledgers are associated with it. Shani Jayanti on 4 Jun comes one day after Shani enters Mesha, making the first week of June the Shani puja week of the year; see Shani Gochar 2027. Devshayani Ekadashi on 14 Jul begins Chaturmas, when marriages pause, and Guru Purnima on 18 Jul honours teachers.
Monsoon: Shravan to Pitru Paksha
Shravan runs from about 19 Jul to 17 Aug in the north, with Monday vrats and Rudrabhishek throughout. 2027 adds two unusual events to this month: the Nashik Simhastha Kumbh bathing period (17 Jul – 17 Aug, as per the announced schedule; see the Nashik Kumbh Mela 2027 guide) and the total solar eclipse of 2 Aug, visible as a partial eclipse across India with sutak (see Grahan 2027).
Raksha Bandhan (17 Aug), Janmashtami (25 Aug) and Ganesh Chaturthi (4 Sep) follow, and Pitru Paksha (16 – 29 Sep) closes the season with shraddha for ancestors.
Navratri and Diwali 2027: the autumn festival season
Sharad Navratri begins on 30 Sep, with Durga Ashtami on 7 Oct, Maha Navami on 8 Oct and Dussehra on 9 Oct. Karwa Chauth (18 Oct) and Ahoi Ashtami (22 Oct) lead into the five days of Diwali: Dhanteras 27 Oct, Narak Chaturdashi 28 Oct, Lakshmi Puja 29 Oct, Govardhan Puja 30 Oct and Bhai Dooj 31 Oct.
Budh turns direct on 28 Oct, so the Diwali purchases and account openings that tradition favours fall after the retrograde. Chhath (4 Nov), Dev Uthani Ekadashi (10 Nov, the wedding season opens), Tulsi Vivah (11 Nov) and Kartik Purnima (14 Nov) complete the festival year.
Transit dates that shape the 2027 ritual year
Festivals are fixed by tithi, but the grahas move on their own calendar, and the two overlap in 2027 in a few places. Shani enters Mesha on 3 Jun and returns to Meena on 20 Oct, changing Sade Sati for Mesha, Vrishabha, Kumbha and Meena; the Sade Sati 2027 guide has the dates.
Guru is exalted in Karka from 25 Jan to 25 Jun and enters Simha on 26 Jun, which is why the Kumbh is at Nashik this year. Budh is retrograde from 9 Feb to 3 Mar, 10 Jun to 5 Jul and 7 to 28 Oct, which matters for anyone planning a muhurat around Akshaya Tritiya or Diwali. The year's full picture for each rashi is in the Rashifal 2027 overview.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Diwali in 2027?
Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) is on Friday, 29 Oct 2027, with Dhanteras on 27 Oct, Narak Chaturdashi on 28 Oct, Govardhan Puja on 30 Oct and Bhai Dooj on 31 Oct, by the Delhi panchang.
When is Holi in 2027?
Holika Dahan is on Sunday, 21 Mar 2027 and Holi (Dhulandi) on Monday, 22 Mar 2027.
When is Navratri in 2027?
Chaitra Navratri begins on 7 Apr 2027 with Rama Navami on 15 Apr. Sharad Navratri runs from 30 Sep to 8 Oct 2027, with Dussehra on Saturday, 9 Oct.
When is Maha Shivaratri in 2027?
Maha Shivaratri falls on Saturday, 6 Mar 2027. Shravan month in the north runs from about 19 Jul to 17 Aug 2027.
When is Hindu New Year 2027?
Vikram Samvat 2084 begins on Wednesday, 7 Apr 2027 (Chaitra Shukla Pratipada), the day of Ugadi and Gudi Padwa. The solar new year, Mesha Sankranti, Vishu and Baisakhi, is on 14 Apr 2027.
Why do festival dates differ between regions?
Dates here follow the Delhi panchang (purnimanta months). A tithi straddling two days, local sunrise and amanta reckoning in the south and west can move a festival by a day; check your local panchang.
Which eclipse in 2027 affects festivals?
The 2 Aug 2027 total solar eclipse is visible as a partial eclipse across India and carries sutak; it falls in Shravan month. The other four eclipses are faint or not visible.
Plan Your 2027 Pujas and Readings
Book any festival puja above through Divine Hindu online puja a day or two ahead, so the sankalp is taken in your name at the temple. For the personal side of the year, the Varshphal 2027 personalised yearly report reads 2027 from your own chart month by month, and the astrology reports collection covers specific questions such as marriage muhurat and transits.
This article describes traditional Vedic astrology and is intended for guidance and self-reflection only; it does not guarantee any outcome. Spiritual products are worn as a matter of faith and tradition and are not a medical treatment.
