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Thu, 14 Oct
Sharad Purnima 2027 is on Thursday, 14 October. In New Delhi the Sharad Purnima muhurat is 11:42 PM to 12:32 AM.
2028: Monday, 2 October 2028
Sharad Purnima muhurat
11:42 PM – 12:32 AM
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Thursday, 14 October 2027
Sharad Purnima is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla paksha tithi 15 of Ashwin in the amanta reckoning, and the Gregorian day it lands on moves by up to a month between years because twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year.
Nishita in New Delhi falls at 12:07 AM on that day, and that is the instant the tithi has to be running at for the day to carry the observance. It is computed for this city rather than assumed, because it is what decides the date.
The two instants above are the astronomy and are not in dispute. The day is an interpretation of them: this observance is decided at nishita, so it belongs to the day whose nishita the tithi carries — not simply to the day the tithi begins.
Sharad Purnima, the full moon of Ashwin, is the night the moon is said to shine with all sixteen of its kalas: Lakshmi is worshipped with a night vigil (Kojagari), kheer is set out in the moonlight, and in Braj the night is Krishna's Maharaas. Sharad Purnima 2027 is on Thursday, 14 October 2027 in New Delhi, and the moon rises at 4:57 PM. Set the kheer out in the moonlight (4:57 PM to 12:32 AM (15 Oct)) and do the Kojagara Lakshmi puja in the midnight window (11:42 PM to 12:32 AM (15 Oct)).
| Muhurat | Time in New Delhi | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Kheer under moonlight | 4:57 PM to 12:32 AM (15 Oct)From moonrise to the end of nishita kaal on the Purnima night. | From moonrise to the end of the midnight (nishita) window. Set the covered kheer out in open moonlight once the moon is up, and bring it in after this window closes to offer it and eat it as prasad — at midnight, or the next morning after keeping it cool. |
| Kojagara Puja (Nishita) | 11:42 PM to 12:32 AM (15 Oct)Nishita kaal on the Purnima night, while Purnima runs. | The midnight muhurta of the Purnima night, when, an old verse says, Lakshmi goes about asking 'ko jagarti?' — 'who is awake?'. It is the window for the Kojagara Lakshmi puja and the high point of the night's vigil, and it is the window that decides which night is Sharad Purnima. |
| Moonrise | 4:57 PMThe first moonrise after this sunrise and before the next. | The full moon rises close to sunset. Offer arghya to the moon after it rises, and set the kheer out from this time; those who fasted break the fast after the moon puja. |
| Pradosh Kaal | 5:53 PM to 8:22 PMFrom sunset for three night muhurtas (a fifth of the night). | The twilight after sunset, when many families — Bengali homes especially — begin the Lakshmi puja, draw the alpana and light the lamps before the vigil. |
| Nishita Kaal | 11:42 PM to 12:32 AM (15 Oct)The 8th of the night's fifteen muhurtas, around the middle of the night. | The eighth muhurta of the night, around local midnight, the core of the Kojagara window; keep a ghee lamp burning and the vigil going through it. |
| Window | Time in New Delhi | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:43 AM to 12:30 PM | Auspicious |
| Amrit Kaal | 5:24 PM to 7:06 PM | Most Auspicious |
| Brahma Muhurat | 4:41 AM to 5:31 AM | Auspicious |
These are the spans classical muhurta sets aside for beginnings. They are descriptions of a convention, not warnings: the observance is kept on its day regardless, and nothing here needs to be bought, corrected or remedied.
| Window | Time in New Delhi |
|---|---|
| Rahu Kaal | 1:33 PM to 3:00 PM |
| Yamaganda Kaal | 6:20 AM to 7:47 AM |
| Durmuhurta First | 10:11 AM to 10:57 AM |
| Durmuhurta Second | 2:48 PM to 3:34 PM |
| Varjyam | 7:12 AM to 8:54 AM |
Every time above is computed for New Delhi around Thursday, 14 October 2027, from the sunrise, sunset and the positions of the Sun and Moon for this city. The Vedic day runs sunrise to sunrise, so a window whose clock time falls after midnight still belongs to the evening before; a time on another date carries that date.
Bathe early — a holy dip if you live by a river — clean the house and the puja place, and, if you are fasting, take the sankalp for the Sharad Purnima vrat with water and rice in your hand.
In the evening, simmer full-fat milk with a little rice until it thickens, add sugar and cardamom, and, if you like, saffron and dry fruit. Use a clean steel, glass, silver or earthen bowl you can cover with a fine cloth.
Set up a chowki with a red or white cloth and a picture of Lakshmi (with Vishnu if you wish), a kalash with mango leaves, and a ghee lamp. In Bengali homes, draw alpana with rice paste, with Lakshmi's footprints leading into the house.
In the pradosh window, offer Lakshmi kumkum, rice, lotus or white and red flowers, incense, the lamp and naivedya; chant 'Om Shrim Mahalakshmyai Namah' 108 times or recite the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam, and sing the aarti.
When the moon has risen, offer water mixed with a little raw milk, rice and white flowers from a lota, looking at the moon, with the Chandra shloka; light a lamp and pray for a calm mind and the family's well-being.
Place the kheer in open moonlight on a terrace, balcony or courtyard, raised off the ground and covered with a muslin cloth or net to keep insects and dust out, and keep it there through the kheer window.
Stay awake into the night with bhajans, the Lakshmi stotras, the vrat katha and family games, as the Kojagari custom asks; keep a ghee lamp burning.
In the Kojagara window, offer flowers and the lamp to Lakshmi again; Bengali families blow the conch and read the Lakshmi Panchali. Offer the kheer to Lakshmi, and in Krishna households to Radha-Krishna.
Those who fasted break it after the moon puja, with fruit or the kheer prasad. Bring the kheer in after the window closes; eat it at midnight, or keep it in the refrigerator and share it as prasad in the morning.
Share the kheer with family and neighbours, and give rice, milk, sugar or white cloth to someone in need, the traditional daan of the full moon.
ॐ श्रीं महालक्ष्म्यै नमः
Om Shrim Mahalakshmyai Namah
Meaning: Om, salutations to Mahalakshmi, with her seed syllable 'shrim'.
When and how: At the evening and midnight Lakshmi puja: 108 times on a lotus-seed or crystal mala, or with each offering.
नमस्तेऽस्तु महामाये श्रीपीठे सुरपूजिते ।
शङ्खचक्रगदाहस्ते महालक्ष्मि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
Namastestu Mahamaye Shripithe Surapujite, Shankhachakragadahaste Mahalakshmi Namostu Te
Meaning: Salutations to you, great Maya, seated on the throne of prosperity, worshipped by the gods, holding conch, discus and mace — Mahalakshmi, salutations to you.
When and how: The first verse of the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam, a hymn traditionally ascribed to Indra in the Padma Purana; recite the whole hymn, or this verse eleven times, during the vigil.
दधिशङ्खतुषाराभं क्षीरोदार्णवसम्भवम् ।
नमामि शशिनं सोमं शम्भोर्मुकुटभूषणम् ॥
Dadhishankhatusharabham Kshirodarnavasambhavam, Namami Shashinam Somam Shambhormukutabhushanam
Meaning: I bow to the Moon, white as curd, conch and frost, born of the ocean of milk, the jewel on Shiva's crown.
When and how: The Moon's verse from the Navagraha Stotram: say it while offering arghya to the rising moon, three times.
ॐ सों सोमाय नमः
Om Som Somaya Namah
Meaning: Om, salutations to Soma, the Moon.
When and how: A short mantra to the Moon: 108 times on the full-moon night, after the arghya.
कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय हरये परमात्मने ।
प्रणतक्लेशनाशाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥
Krishnaya Vasudevaya Haraye Paramatmane, Pranataklesanashaya Govindaya Namo Namah
Meaning: To Krishna, son of Vasudeva, to Hari, the supreme Self, who ends the sorrows of those who bow to him — to Govinda, salutations again and again.
When and how: Bhagavata Purana, book 10, chapter 73, verse 16. For Krishna households on Raas Purnima: recite it while offering the kheer to Radha-Krishna.
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता।
तुमको निशिदिन सेवत, हरि विष्णु विधाता॥
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता॥
उमा, रमा, ब्रह्माणी, तुम ही जग-माता।
सूर्य-चन्द्रमा ध्यावत, नारद ऋषि गाता॥
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता॥
दुर्गा रूप निरंजनी, सुख सम्पत्ति दाता।
जो कोई तुमको ध्यावत, ऋद्धि-सिद्धि धन पाता॥
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता॥
तुम पाताल-निवासिनि, तुम ही शुभदाता।
कर्म-प्रभाव-प्रकाशिनी, भवनिधि की त्राता॥
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता॥
जिस घर में तुम रहतीं, सब सद्गुण आता।
सब सम्भव हो जाता, मन नहीं घबराता॥
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता॥
तुम बिन यज्ञ न होते, वस्त्र न कोई पाता।
खान-पान का वैभव, सब तुमसे आता॥
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता॥
शुभ-गुण मन्दिर सुन्दर, क्षीरोदधि-जाता।
रत्न चतुर्दश तुम बिन, कोई नहीं पाता॥
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता॥
महालक्ष्मीजी की आरती, जो कोई जन गाता।
उर आनन्द समाता, पाप उतर जाता॥
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता॥
Om jai Lakshmi Mata, maiya jai Lakshmi Mata.
Tumko nishidin sevat, Hari Vishnu Vidhata.
Om jai Lakshmi Mata.
Uma, Rama, Brahmani, tum hi jag-mata.
Surya-Chandrama dhyavat, Narad rishi gata.
Om jai Lakshmi Mata.
Durga roop niranjani, sukh sampatti data.
Jo koi tumko dhyavat, riddhi-siddhi dhan pata.
Om jai Lakshmi Mata.
Tum patal-nivasini, tum hi shubhdata.
Karm-prabhav-prakashini, bhavnidhi ki trata.
Om jai Lakshmi Mata.
Jis ghar mein tum rahtin, sab sadgun aata.
Sab sambhav ho jata, man nahin ghabrata.
Om jai Lakshmi Mata.
Tum bin yagya na hote, vastra na koi pata.
Khan-paan ka vaibhav, sab tumse aata.
Om jai Lakshmi Mata.
Shubh-gun mandir sundar, kshirodadhi-jata.
Ratna chaturdash tum bin, koi nahin pata.
Om jai Lakshmi Mata.
Mahalakshmi ji ki aarti, jo koi jan gata.
Ur anand samata, paap utar jata.
Om jai Lakshmi Mata.
Text as it is commonly sung. The Gita Press Aarti Sangrah prints 'Har-Vishnu-Dhata' for 'Hari Vishnu Vidhata', 'jis ghar tum rahti, tahan sab sadgun aata' for 'jis ghar mein tum rahtin, sab sadgun aata', 'vastra na ho pata' for 'vastra na koi pata' and 'jo koi nar gata' for 'jo koi jan gata'. Printed text
The vrat katha told on Sharad Purnima is of a moneylender's two daughters who both kept the full-moon fast — the elder completely, the younger always leaving it unfinished. After marriage, the younger sister's children did not survive. Wise men told her the reason was her incomplete Purnima fasts, so she kept the Sharad Purnima vrat with full care.
When her next child too died soon after birth, she laid him on a low stool, covered him with a cloth, and asked her elder sister to sit there. As the elder sister's garment brushed the child, he began to cry. The startled sister scolded her, but the younger explained that the child had come back to life by the merit of her sister's complete fasts — and from then on the full Purnima vrat was kept by all.
Kojagari takes its name from an old verse: on the full-moon night of Ashwin, Lakshmi wanders the earth asking 'ko jagarti?' — 'who is awake?' — and blesses the home where the lamp is lit and the family is awake in devotion. And in Braj the Bhagavata's autumn nights 'with the jasmine in bloom', when Krishna played his flute and the gopis came to dance the Raas, are kept on this full moon as Raas Purnima.
Sharad Purnima is the full moon of the clear autumn sky after the monsoon, the night tradition says the moon is complete with all sixteen kalas. Its light is held to carry amrit, which is why kheer — milk, rice and sugar, all 'white' foods of the Moon — is set out under it and eaten as prasad.
It is a night of three devotions: Lakshmi, worshipped with a vigil (Kojagara); the Moon, worshipped with arghya; and, in Braj, Krishna, whose Maharaas with the gopis is remembered. Ashwin Purnima is also kept as the birth anniversary of the sage Valmiki, author of the Ramayana.
The date of Sharad Purnima follows the midnight, not the sunrise: it is the night the full moon is up, which can be a day earlier than the Purnima fast some calendars list.
Kheer kept in the moonlight and offered to Lakshmi is traditionally believed to bring health and contentment to those who eat it. Eat it with gratitude as prasad; it is a devotional custom, not a medicine.
Keeping the Kojagari vigil with a lamp lit and Lakshmi's name on the lips is the night's central custom; it is believed that Lakshmi blesses the homes she finds awake and bright.
In jyotish the Moon stands for the mind, and offering it water with milk and white flowers on the full moon is a traditional practice for calm and emotional balance.
Giving rice, milk, sugar, curd or white cloth to someone in need on Purnima is the traditional daan of the Moon's day.
A ghee lamp at the tulsi plant and at the entrance on Sharad Purnima night is an old way of welcoming Lakshmi into a clean, lit home.
Many families read Adi Shankaracharya's Kanakadhara Stotram or the Shri Sukta during the vigil, traditional hymns to Lakshmi for the home's prosperity.
Two years back, this year, and two ahead. Past years are kept rather than dropped so you can check the engine against a calendar you already have.
| Year | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wednesday, 16 October 2024 | past |
| 2025 | Monday, 6 October 2025 | past |
| 2026This year | Sunday, 25 October 2026 | past |
| 2027 | Thursday, 14 October 2027 | upcoming |
| 2028 | Monday, 2 October 2028 | upcoming |
Every row is computed for New Delhi from the same ephemeris, not looked up. Sunrise decides which day a tithi names, and sunrise differs across India by more than an hour, so a date computed for Delhi can be a day out elsewhere.
In 2027, for New Delhi: Some calendars print moonrise about 4 minutes later, at 5:01 PM: the moment the centre of the Moon reaches the horizon, with no allowance for refraction. The time here is when its upper edge first shows, which is when it can be seen.
There is no single authority that settles a Hindu festival date, and the divergence is genuine rather than sloppy. Three causes account for almost all of it.
So this page shows its working. If your pandit or your family almanac gives a different day, the instants above will usually show you exactly why — and that is more useful than a date asserted without one.
Sharad Purnima 2027 is on Thursday, 14 October 2027 in New Delhi. Purnima tithi runs 6:49 PM to 7:17 PM (15 Oct); the moon rises at 4:57 PM, and the Kojagara midnight window is 11:42 PM to 12:32 AM (15 Oct).
Because Purnima can span two days. Sharad Purnima is the night whose midnight Purnima holds — that is when the moon is watched and the kheer set out — while some calendars list the Purnima fast on the next day, whose sunrise Purnima holds. In New Delhi Purnima runs 6:49 PM to 7:17 PM (15 Oct).
Kheer under moonlight: 4:57 PM to 12:32 AM (15 Oct) on Thursday, 14 October 2027, in New Delhi. From moonrise to the end of the midnight (nishita) window. Set the covered kheer out in open moonlight once the moon is up, and bring it in after this window closes to offer it and eat it as prasad — at midnight, or the next morning after keeping it cool.
Set it out after the moon has risen and keep it there through the window 4:57 PM to 12:32 AM (15 Oct) in New Delhi — moonrise to the end of the midnight muhurta. Cover it with a fine cloth, then bring it in to offer and eat at midnight, or refrigerate it and eat it in the morning.
In New Delhi the moon rises at 4:57 PM on Thursday, 14 October 2027, close to sunset as a full moon does. Moonrise moves by well over an hour across India, so check your own city; offer the arghya once the moon is clear of the horizon.
It is the story of a moneylender's two daughters: the elder kept the full-moon fast completely, the younger left it unfinished and lost her children. When she finally kept the Sharad Purnima fast fully, her dead child came back to life at the touch of her sister's garment, by the merit of complete fasts. The katha is told in full above.
It is the night worship of Lakshmi on Sharad Purnima, kept with a vigil, because an old verse says she wanders asking 'who is awake?'. Bengali homes begin it at dusk with alpana and the Lakshmi Panchali; the central puja is in the midnight window, 11:42 PM to 12:32 AM (15 Oct) in New Delhi.
Tradition holds that on this night the moon is full with all sixteen kalas and that its rays carry amrit; kheer, made of milk, rice and sugar, the Moon's own white foods, is set under it to receive that blessing and then eaten as prasad.
No scientific study shows that moonlight changes kheer or makes it medicinal; the custom is devotional and seasonal — a light milk dish shared in the cool autumn night. Enjoy it as prasad, keep it covered and clean, and don't use it in place of any medicine.
Bathe and take a sankalp in the morning, worship Lakshmi at dusk, offer arghya to the rising moon, set kheer out in the moonlight, keep the night's vigil with a lamp and Lakshmi's name, do the midnight puja, and share the kheer prasad and give to the needy the next morning.
For Lakshmi, 'Om Shrim Mahalakshmyai Namah' 108 times, or the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam; for the Moon, the Chandra shloka 'Dadhi shankha tusharabham' at the arghya, or 'Om Som Somaya Namah'. All are given above with their meaning.
It is the full moon tradition holds to be complete with sixteen kalas, the night Lakshmi blesses those who keep awake, and in Braj the night of Krishna's Maharaas; it is also Valmiki's birth anniversary. Families keep it with Lakshmi puja, the moon's arghya, the kheer and a vigil.
Take a sankalp in the morning and stay on fruit, milk and water, or one meal, through the day. Worship Lakshmi in the evening, offer arghya to the moon after it rises, and break the fast after the moon puja with fruit or the kheer prasad. Fast only as your health allows.
Kojagiri, from 'ko jagarti' (who is awake?), is the Marathi name for Sharad Purnima, after the night vigil for Lakshmi; Bengal calls the night Kojagori and Mithila Kojagara. In Maharashtra it is kept with masala milk under the moon, and many families also perform an aukshan for the eldest child.
No. Guru Purnima is the full moon of Ashadha, in June or July, dedicated to Vyasa and to one's teachers; Sharad Purnima is the full moon of Ashwin, in September or October, dedicated to Lakshmi, the Moon and, in Braj, Krishna's Raas.
