Vat Purnima Vrat 2027
वट पूर्णिमा व्रतFriday 18 June 2027 · in 230 days
Vat Purnima is the full moon day when married women in western India gather at the banyan tree, wind thread around it and remember Savitri's devotion to Satyavan.
Pujas for Vat Purnima Vrat, in order
Other mantras for the day
- ॐ श्रां श्रीं श्रौं सः चन्द्राय... Chandra mantra
- ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं श्रीं कमले कमलालये... Lakshmi mantra
- ॐ ह्रीं ज्येष्ठायै नमः om hreem jyeshthayai namah
- ॐ ह्रीं नमो भगवती माहेश्वरी अन्नपूर्णे... Annapurna mantra
Vat Purnima Vrat 2027: date and timings
- Date
- Friday 18 June 2027
- Tithi
- Jyeshtha Purnima
- Purnima begins
- 4:35 AM, 18 June
- Purnima ends
- 6:15 AM, 19 June
- Sunrise
- 5:23 AM
- Sunset
- 7:21 PM
Times for New Delhi (IST). Use the city button above for your own city.
Other years
Vat Purnima Vrat 2026: date and timings
- Date
- Monday 29 June 2026
- Tithi
- Jyeshtha Purnima
- Purnima begins
- 3:07 AM, 29 June
- Purnima ends
- 5:27 AM, 30 June
- Sunrise
- 5:26 AM
- Sunset
- 7:22 PM
How to observe
- Women bathe early and dress in a traditional saree with mangalsutra, bangles and kumkum.
- A thali is prepared with haldi, kumkum, flowers, rice, fruit, sweets and white cotton thread.
- Water and flowers are offered at the banyan's roots and thread is wound around the trunk while circling it.
- Women exchange haldi and kumkum and share fruit and small gifts with one another.
- The story of Savitri and Satyavan is heard and the fast is kept as the family's custom allows.
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About Vat Purnima Vrat
Vat Purnima carries the same story as the Vat Savitri Vrat of the North. Savitri married Satyavan knowing his life would be short. When the day came and Yama took his life, she walked after Yama, speaking with such faith and good sense that he granted her wishes and at last gave Satyavan back to her. For generations, women have kept this day as a prayer for their husband's long life and a happy married life.
It is kept on Jyeshtha Purnima, the full moon of Jyeshtha, in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and Karnataka. This is fifteen days after the North keeps Vat Savitri on Jyeshtha Amavasya. The gap comes from the custom each region has followed for generations, not from any difference in the vrat itself. The meaning, the story and the tree are shared.
On the morning of the day, women dress in traditional sarees, wear their mangalsutra, green bangles and kumkum, and walk with a puja thali to a banyan tree in a temple courtyard or the neighbourhood. The thali carries haldi, kumkum, flowers, rice, fruit, sweets and a spool of white cotton thread. After offering water and flowers at the roots, women walk around the trunk, winding the thread as they go, often seven times. They then apply haldi and kumkum to one another and share fruit and small gifts, so the morning becomes a gathering of friends and neighbours as much as a puja. The story of Savitri is told while everyone sits together in the shade.
Many women fast through the day, some taking only fruit or milk, and in some homes the vrat is kept for three days starting from Trayodashi. Where no banyan is close by, some women do the puja at home with a picture of the tree. The day is set by the Purnima tithi as it falls in your city, which is why the date shown above is the one to follow.