Rishi Panchami 2027
ऋषि पंचमीSaturday 4 September 2027 · in 308 days
Rishi Panchami is a quiet day of gratitude to the Saptarishi, the seven sages remembered as the first teachers of wisdom. It comes the day after Ganesh Chaturthi.
Pujas for Rishi Panchami, in order
Rishi Panchami 2027: date and timings
- Date
- Saturday 4 September 2027
- Tithi
- Bhadrapad Shukla Chaturthi
- Chaturthi begins
- 2:20 PM, 3 September
- Chaturthi ends
- 12:26 PM, 4 September
- Sunrise
- 6:00 AM
- Sunset
- 6:39 PM
Times for New Delhi (IST). Use the city button above for your own city.
Other years
Rishi Panchami 2026: date and timings
- Date
- Tuesday 15 September 2026
- Tithi
- Bhadrapad Shukla Panchami
- Panchami begins
- 7:45 AM, 15 September
- Panchami ends
- 9:00 AM, 16 September
- Sunrise
- 6:06 AM
- Sunset
- 6:26 PM
How to observe
- An early bath is taken, and some women follow the custom of bathing with herbs.
- At midday, the seven sages and Arundhati are drawn with turmeric, kumkum and rice, or set up as seven betel nuts.
- They are worshipped with flowers, incense, a lamp and food offerings, and the vrat katha is read.
- The day's food is kept simple, often grains and vegetables grown without the plough.
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About Rishi Panchami
Rishi Panchami falls on the fifth day of the bright half of Bhadrapada. It honours the Saptarishi, the seven great sages: Kashyapa, Atri, Bharadvaja, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Vasishtha, along with Arundhati, the wife of Vasishtha, who is remembered for her devotion. The sages are held in memory as the ones who carried knowledge, prayer and right conduct down the generations, and the day is a way of thanking them.
The fast is kept mostly by women, especially in Maharashtra and Nepal, and in many homes across North and West India. Many women keep it every year for a set number of years and then complete it with a small closing ceremony, the udyapan. It is a calm, personal observance rather than a public festival.
The day starts with an early bath, sometimes in a river, or at home with a little Ganga water added. Some women follow the old custom of cleaning their teeth with a twig of the apamarga plant and bathing with herbs. The main puja is done at midday. The seven sages are drawn on a clean place with turmeric, kumkum and rice, or represented by seven betel nuts, and are worshipped with flowers, incense, a lamp and food offerings. The story of the vrat is then read or heard.
Food on this day is simple. Many women eat only grains and vegetables grown without the plough. In Maharashtra a mixed vegetable dish, Rishi Panchami bhaji, is cooked for the day. Others keep the fast with fruit and milk, or with a single meal.
Customs differ from family to family, and each home follows what its elders have passed on. The date shown above is based on the Panchami tithi at midday, the time for the main puja.