🪷 शरद पूर्णिमा · Śarad Pūrṇimā / Kojāgarī Pūrṇimā

📅 When is Śarad Pūrṇimā / Kojāgarī Pūrṇimā?

YearDateDay
20252025-10-07Tuesday
2026 (this year)2026-10-26Monday
20272027-10-15Friday
Krishna's Mahā-rāsa with the gopīs at Vṛndāvana. Lakṣmī wakes ("ko jāgartti?")
Associated deity: Krishna + Lakṣmī

Tradition

Tradition: Vaishnava

Vrata: Yes (fasting day)

Primary observance: Night-long jāgaraṇa; offering of pāyasa under moonlight

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "tithi_number": 15,
  "tithi_paksha": "Śukla",
  "lunar_month": "Āśvina"
}

Sources

Precedence: 2 (lower = higher priority on multi-festival days)
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output

Sources and Connected Observances

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Śarad Pūrṇimā / Kojāgarī Pūrṇimālocal festival mūrti-page · Vaishnava/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceŚarad Pūrṇimā / Kojāgarī Pūrṇimā computed on Tuesday, 2025-10-072026 occurrenceŚarad Pūrṇimā / Kojāgarī Pūrṇimā computed on Monday, 2026-10-262027 occurrenceŚarad Pūrṇimā / Kojāgarī Pūrṇimā computed on Friday, 2027-10-15ŚB 10.29local Bhāgavata route mirrored from festival source text: Bhāgavata 10.29-33BG 10.35Krishna as Mārgaśīrṣa among months and kusumākara among seasonsBG 10.30kālaḥ kalayatām aham · Krishna as Time among reckoners/jyotisha-referencetithi, nakshatra, vāra, and pañchāṅga element source layer/cosmic-timekalpa, manvantara, yuga, and annual-cycle time context/lagna-tithi-lokaMātṛ-Vidyā source layer for tithi, loka, and reader-local kṣetra/samskara-muhurtaoperational muhūrta doorway for dharmic timing decisions/bindufestival time as Bindu-touch aperture in the dharmic year/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundationtextual witnessesBhāgavata 10.29-33