Vat Savitri 2027

Vat Savitri in 2027: the Pūrṇimā vrat and the Amāvasyā form, each on the day the texts give, with the three nights, the time to break the fast and the rite, for your city.

Two forms

Vat Savitri 2027 in Delhi

4 June and 18 June

The Amāvasyā form is in 229 days.

Amāvasyā formFri 4 Jun
Pūrṇimā formFri 18 Jun

Both forms in Delhi

Delhi time
FormPūjā dayThe three nightsFast broken after
Pūrṇimā formkept by the southerners. NS pp. 146⁠–⁠147; DS p. 41 Friday, 18 JunePūrṇimā Fri 18 Jun, 04:35 to Sat 19 Jun, 06:14 Wed 16 Jun, Thu 17 Jun, Fri 18 Jun Sat 19 Jun, 06:14
Amāvasyā formkept by the westerners, with the worship at the root of the banyan. NS p. 147 (the Bhaviṣya) Friday, 4 JuneAmāvasyā Fri 4 Jun, 04:05 to Sat 5 Jun, 01:10 Wed 2 Jun, Thu 3 Jun, Fri 4 Jun Sat 5 Jun, 01:10
  • Pūrṇimā form: The Pūrṇimā begins after sunset on Thursday, 17 June, the Caturdaśī-joined day, so the fast is kept on the later day, Friday, 18 June.
  • Amāvasyā form: The Amāvasyā begins after sunset on Thursday, 3 June, the Caturdaśī-joined day, so the fast is kept on the later day, Friday, 4 June.

How the day is chosen

Women everywhere keep a pūjā without the fast, the Dharmasindhu notes, and its day is the date shown. It falls on the fast day, unless the Caturdaśī lasts eighteen nāḍīs (7 h 12 min) or more after that day’s sunrise: then the pūjā moves to the next day, and the three-night fast stays where it was. DS p. 41 The Amāvasyā form is dated the same way, reading the Nirṇaya-sindhu’s “this decision holds for the Amāvasyā too” as covering the pūjā: our reading. NS p. 148

In 2027, the pūjā and the fast fall on the same day in every city here.

Unlike the other Pūrṇimā and Amāvasyā fasts, the Sāvitrī fast keeps the Caturdaśī-joined day, even with eighteen nāḍīs of Caturdaśī after sunrise, provided the tithi runs more than three muhūrtas before that day’s sunset; if it does not, the fast keeps the later day. Its three nights end on that day, and the fast is broken at the end of the tithi. NS pp. 147⁠–⁠148; DS p. 41

The texts do not say which new moon. We take the one before the Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā, the end of pūrṇimānta Jyeṣṭha’s dark fortnight (amānta Vaiśākha): our reading.

Neither form in an adhika month: no vow is begun or completed in it. DS p. 4

The rite

A woman fasts the three nights from the Trayodaśī; one who cannot takes one meal at night on the Trayodaśī, unasked-for food on the Caturdaśī and a full fast on the day itself. A prastha of sand goes in a bamboo vessel, with an image of Sāvitrī and Satyavat in gold or clay, worshipped with fruit, lamps, turmeric, a saubhāgya thread, kuṅkuma and saffron. The Sāvitrī story is read, a night vigil kept, and at dawn the image is given to a brāhmaṇa. NS pp. 147⁠–⁠148 (the Bhaviṣya)

Popularly, Shani Jayanti is kept on the same new moon. It is not in the texts read.

Vat Savitri 2027 around the world

Each city’s own sunset
CityAmāvasyā formPūrṇimā form
Delhi Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Mumbai Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Kolkata Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Chennai Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Bengaluru Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Hyderabad Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Ahmedabad Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Pune Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Jaipur Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Lucknow Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
London Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
New York City Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Toronto Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Sydney Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Dubai Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun
Singapore Fri 4 Jun Fri 18 Jun

Other years: Vat Savitri 2028, Vat Savitri 2029; all Vat Savitri dates.

Questions

From the Nirṇaya-sindhu and the Dharmasindhu, with the page for each.

When is Vat Savitri 2027?

In Delhi, the Pūrṇimā form is on Friday, 18 June 2027 and the Amāvasyā form on Friday, 4 June 2027. The Amāvasyā form’s new moon, the one before the Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā, is our reading. NS pp. 147⁠–⁠148; DS p. 41

Why are there two dates, Amavasya and Purnima?

The Nirṇaya-sindhu records both: the southerners keep the vow on the Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā, and the westerners on the new moon, quoting the Bhaviṣya, with the worship at the root of the banyan. The Dharmasindhu gives the Pūrṇimā. Which new moon the Bhaviṣya means is not said; we take the one before the Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā. NS pp. 146⁠–⁠147; DS p. 41

When is the fast broken?

At the end of the tithi, the Pūrṇimā or the Amāvasyā. Each form’s time is in the table, for your city. NS p. 148

Why is the date different in the US or UK?

The tithi begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but sunrise and sunset come at different hours. The test of three muhūrtas before sunset can then pick a different day in another city, and so can the eighteen nāḍīs after sunrise that move the pūjā. DS p. 41

How the day is found

Read the methodology
The date
The pūjā women everywhere keep: the fast day, or the next day when the Caturdaśī lasts eighteen nāḍīs or more after the fast day’s sunrise (DS p. 41; for the Amāvasyā form, NS p. 148: our reading).
The fast
The fast keeps the Caturdaśī-joined day when the Pūrṇimā (or Amāvasyā) runs more than three muhūrtas before its sunset, and otherwise the later day (NS pp. 147⁠–⁠148; DS p. 41).
The nights
The fast day and the two before it (NS p. 148).
Pāraṇa
After the tithi ends (NS p. 148).
The new moon
The one before the Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā (pūrṇimānta Jyeṣṭha): our reading, since the texts do not say.
Sunrise and sunset
At the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, for the chosen city. Every date is that city’s own.

Sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method