Labh Pancham · Saubhagya Pancham Festival The fifth day of the Gujarati year, when the shops and workshops that closed for the Diwali week open again and the trader writes the first entry of the year in the new account book.
Labh Pancham · Saubhagya Pancham 2026 falls on Saturday, 14 November, computed for Chennai.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
- English
- Labh Pancham · Saubhagya Pancham
- ગુજરાતી
- લાભ પાંચમ · સૌભાગ્ય પાંચમ
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
Gujarat calendar, computed for Chennai
- Saturday, 14 November 2026
- Wednesday, 3 November 2027
- Sunday, 22 October 2028
Where Labh Pancham · Saubhagya Pancham falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2026: 14 Nov
- 2027: 3 Nov
- 2028: 22 Oct
The dates, year by year
Gujarat calendar, computed for Chennai
| Year | Labh Pancham · Saubhagya Pancham |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Sunday, 26 October 2025 |
| 2026 | Saturday, 14 November 2026 |
| 2027 | Wednesday, 3 November 2027 |
| 2028 | Sunday, 22 October 2028 |
| 2029 | Saturday, 10 November 2029 |
| 2030 | Thursday, 31 October 2030 |
| 2031 | Wednesday, 19 November 2031 |
| 2032 | Monday, 8 November 2032 |
| 2033 | Friday, 28 October 2033 |
| 2034 | Thursday, 16 November 2034 |
| 2035 | Monday, 5 November 2035 |
| 2036 | Friday, 24 October 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 fifth day of the Gujarati year, when the shops and workshops that closed for the Diwali week open again and the trader writes the first entry of the year in the new account book. Labh means gain and saubhagya good fortune, and the day is held to carry both without any further reckoning, which makes it one of the standing muhurtas of the Gujarati year: a business is begun, a contract signed and a new venture named on it without asking the panchang anything else. Families who could not reach the temple on Bestu Varas go on this morning instead.
- Deity
- Lakshmi, Ganesha, Saraswati
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
Clock times for Saturday, 14 November 2026 at Chennai
Kartak sud Pancham, the tithi running at sunrise. The shop is opened and the first entry written in the forenoon, before trade begins.
| Instant | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 06:07 | the udaya tithi, the tithi running as the sun comes up |
| Purvahna | 09:35 | the forenoon, three tenths of the daylight after sunrise |
Sunrise 06:07, sunset 17:39, 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 is kept. A sweet is eaten before the first entry is written and given to the first customer who comes.
Where the regions differ
Gujarat keeps it as the day business resumes; the rest of India keeps the same tithi quietly, and in Saurashtra the day is also called Saubhagya Pancham and kept by women for the household's good fortune.
The dates above are the Gujarat 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.
Fixing a day for it
The muhurtham rules that go with this festival
Opening a shop or starting a new venture. Abhijit, the eighth muhurtham of the day, is the standing fallback for an opening and is marked on the windows below. The lagna rule here is the general one for a new undertaking, a fixed sign for best and a dual sign for acceptable, since almanacs do not agree on a single list for a shop.
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.