Bagwal at Devidhura Festival The stone fight of the Varahi Devi temple at Devidhura in Champawat, kept on the morning the rest of the country ties the rakhi.
Bagwal at Devidhura 2027 falls on Tuesday, 17 August, computed for Chennai.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
- English
- Bagwal at Devidhura
- कुमाउँनी
- बग्वाल · देवीधुरा बग्वाल
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+5:30
The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
Himachal · Uttarakhand calendar, computed for Chennai
- Tuesday, 17 August 2027
- Saturday, 5 August 2028
- Friday, 24 August 2029
Where Bagwal at Devidhura falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2027: 17 Aug
- 2028: 5 Aug
- 2029: 24 Aug
The dates, year by year
Himachal · Uttarakhand calendar, computed for Chennai
| Year | Bagwal at Devidhura |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Saturday, 9 August 2025 |
| 2026 | Friday, 28 August 2026 |
| 2027 | Tuesday, 17 August 2027 |
| 2028 | Saturday, 5 August 2028 |
| 2029 | Friday, 24 August 2029 |
| 2030 | Tuesday, 13 August 2030 |
| 2031 | Sunday, 3 August 2031 |
| 2032 | Saturday, 21 August 2032 |
| 2033 | Wednesday, 10 August 2033 |
| 2034 | Tuesday, 29 August 2034 |
| 2035 | Saturday, 18 August 2035 |
| 2036 | Wednesday, 6 August 2036 |
Worked out for Chennai, Lahiri ayanamsa. A date is a function of the place: set yours above and the next three come back for where you are.
What the day is
The stone fight of the Varahi Devi temple at Devidhura in Champawat, kept on the morning the rest of the country ties the rakhi. The four khams of Chamyal, Walik, Lamgaria and Gaharwal take the four sides of the temple court and throw at each other behind round shields of bhakar wood, and the priest stops it when he judges that blood to the measure of one man has been given. It stands in place of the human offering the goddess is said once to have taken, and the stones have in recent years largely been replaced by fruit and flowers on the administration’s order.
- Deity
- Varahi Devi, Durga
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
Clock times for Tuesday, 17 August 2027 at Chennai
Shravana Purnima at sunrise, which a purnimanta hill panchang prints as the full moon closing Savan. The Bagwal is fought in the forenoon, before the feast.
| Instant | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 05:57 | the udaya tithi, the tithi running as the sun comes up |
| Purvahna | 09:43 | the forenoon, three tenths of the daylight after sunrise |
Sunrise 05:57, sunset 18:29, UTC+5.5. These are the instants the rule is read at, not the temple's own puja times, which every temple prints for itself.
The fast
No fast for the spectators. The khams prepare through the fortnight, and the day ends in a feast at the temple.
Where the regions differ
Kumaon’s own, and the one thing on this calendar kept on the Rakshabandhan morning that is not the thread or the rakhi. The word Bagwal means something else in Garhwal, where it is the name of Diwali itself, which is why the two entries on this calendar are keyed apart.
The dates above are the Himachal · Uttarakhand reckoning, because that is the calendar this key belongs to. Switch the tradition on the calendar page to see how another one dates the same day.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.