Pohela Boishakh 2027
पोइला बैसाखThursday 15 April 2027 · in 166 days
Pohela Boishakh, also called Noboborsho, opens the Bengali year with songs at dawn, new clothes, fresh account books in the shops and plenty of sweets.
Pujas for Pohela Boishakh, in order
Other mantras for the day
- ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं श्रीं कमले कमलालये... Lakshmi mantra
- ॐ ह्रीं ज्येष्ठायै नमः om hreem jyeshthayai namah
- ॐ ह्रीं नमो भगवती माहेश्वरी अन्नपूर्णे... Annapurna mantra
Pohela Boishakh 2027: date and timings
- Date
- Thursday 15 April 2027
- Sun enters the sign
- 2:58 PM (14 April)
- Sunrise
- 5:56 AM
- Sunset
- 6:46 PM
Times for New Delhi (IST). Use the city button above for your own city.
Other years
Pohela Boishakh 2026: date and timings
- Date
- Wednesday 15 April 2026
- Sun enters the sign
- 9:02 AM (14 April)
- Sunrise
- 5:56 AM
- Sunset
- 6:46 PM
How to observe
- Join a prabhat pheri or sing songs to welcome the new year at dawn.
- Wear new clothes and seek the blessings of elders.
- Draw alpana at the door and greet friends with Shubho Noboborsho.
- If you keep a shop, worship Ganesha and Lakshmi and open the new haal khata.
- Share a festive lunch and sweets with family.
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About Pohela Boishakh
Pohela Boishakh is the first day of Boishakh, the first month of the Bengali calendar. In West Bengal and Tripura it is kept the day after the Sun enters Mesha. The old year closes the day before with Chaitra Sankranti, when many villages hold the Gajan and Charak festivities. Bengalis everywhere, across faiths, in India and in Bangladesh, celebrate it as a day of fresh starts.
The morning often begins with a prabhat pheri, a dawn procession of people singing songs that welcome Boishakh. Homes are cleaned, alpana is drawn at the door, and everyone wears new clothes, women often in white saris with red borders and men in kurta or panjabi. Children touch the feet of elders for blessings, and the greeting heard everywhere is Shubho Noboborsho.
For traders, this is the day of haal khata, the new ledger. Shopkeepers worship Ganesha and Lakshmi, many at temples such as Kalighat or Dakshineswar, mark a fresh red-bound account book with a swastika in vermilion, and open it for the new year. Regular customers are invited in to settle old accounts and are offered sweets and a calendar for the year. It is as much about goodwill between shop and customer as about the books.
Food is at the heart of the day. Families sit down to a long lunch of rice, fish, mutton or vegetarian dishes, followed by sweets such as rosogolla and sandesh. Cultural programmes, fairs and music evenings carry on through the day.
Because the Bengali calendar follows the Sun, the new year is set by the Sankranti, and in West Bengal the day after Chaitra Sankranti is Pohela Boishakh. Each family and community marks it in its own style.