Sankashti Chaturthi in January 2027
The Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī of January 2027: the day kept, its moonrise, and the Chaturthī across the evenings, for your city’s moonrise.
Sankashti in Delhi
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:12
Sankashti in Mumbai
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:32
Sankashti in Kolkata
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 20:27
Sankashti in Chennai
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:02
Sankashti in Bengaluru
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:13
Sankashti in Hyderabad
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:09
Sankashti in Ahmedabad
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:33
Sankashti in Pune
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:28
Sankashti in Jaipur
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:19
Sankashti in Lucknow
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 20:57
Sankashti in London
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:03
Sankashti in New York City
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:14
Sankashti in Toronto
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:37
Sankashti in Sydney
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:51
Sankashti in Dubai
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:14
Sankashti in Singapore
- Pausha / MaghaMonday, 25 January, moonrise 21:57
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 08:10 to Tue 26 Jan, 06:00, Delhi time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 08:10 to Tue 26 Jan, 06:00, Mumbai time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 08:10 to Tue 26 Jan, 06:00, Kolkata time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 08:10 to Tue 26 Jan, 06:00, Chennai time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 08:10 to Tue 26 Jan, 06:00, Bengaluru time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 08:10 to Tue 26 Jan, 06:00, Hyderabad time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 08:10 to Tue 26 Jan, 06:00, Ahmedabad time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 08:10 to Tue 26 Jan, 06:00, Pune time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 08:10 to Tue 26 Jan, 06:00, Jaipur time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 08:10 to Tue 26 Jan, 06:00, Lucknow time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 02:40 to Tue 26 Jan, 00:30, London time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Sun 24 Jan, 21:40 to Mon 25 Jan, 19:30, New York City time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at the moonrise on neither Sunday nor Monday, so it is kept on the later day, Monday. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Sun 24 Jan, 21:40 to Mon 25 Jan, 19:30, Toronto time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at the moonrise on neither Sunday nor Monday, so it is kept on the later day, Monday. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 13:40 to Tue 26 Jan, 11:30, Sydney time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 06:40 to Tue 26 Jan, 04:30, Dubai time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Monday, 25 January
Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 25 Jan, 10:40 to Tue 26 Jan, 08:30, Singapore time.
Kept on Monday, 25 January: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Sakat Chauth: this is the Saṅkaṣṭī of Māgha, popularly Sakat Chauth, with the Vratarāja’s vow and the moonrise in 75 cities on its own page.
Questions
Rules from the Nirṇaya-sindhu and the Vīramitrodaya, with the page for each.
When is Sankashti Chaturthi in January 2027?
In Delhi: Monday, 25 January, moonrise at 21:12.
What is Sankashti Chaturthi?
A vow to Gaṇeśa on the Chaturthī, the fourth tithi, of the dark half of the lunar month, kept on the day the Chaturthī is current at moonrise. The dark half is common practice; the texts read do not state the fortnight. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Why does the date differ between cities?
Each date is worked out for the city’s own moonrise. The Chaturthī begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but whether it is current at a city’s moonrise depends on the city, so cities far apart can keep different days.
What is Sankatahara Chaturthi?
Saṅkaṭahara Caturthī is the South Indian name for the same vow, and the dates here apply to it.
What is Angaraki Sankashti?
A Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī that falls on a Tuesday. Śātātapa says a Caturthī on a Tuesday “gives fruit like the equinox”. The name Aṅgārakī is popular; the texts read do not use it. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 73
How the days are found
Read the methodology- The day kept
- The dark-fortnight Chaturthī current at moonrise. When it is current at both moonrises, the earlier day, joined with Tṛtīyā, is kept, with the later day noted, and at neither, the later day.
- Moonrise
- The visible rise: the Moon’s upper limb, with refraction, for the chosen city. The texts do not say; this is our convention.
- The fortnight
- Krishna paksha, by common practice. The texts read do not state the fortnight.
- Sources
- Nirṇaya-sindhu, 1898, pp. 47, 73; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 38.
Moonrise of the Moon’s upper limb, with refraction · Lahiri ayanamsa for month names · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method