Raksha Bandhan · Rakhi Festival The full moon of Shravana, when a sister ties a rakhi on her brother's wrist and he promises to look after her.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Raksha Bandhan · Rakhi
- हिन्दी
- रक्षाबंधन
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.
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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
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This day does not fall again in the next three years at this place. A few days are tied to the solar month rather than to the civil year, so a year can hold two of them or none.
What the day is
The full moon of Shravana, when a sister ties a rakhi on her brother's wrist and he promises to look after her. The same day is the Upakarma, when the sacred thread is changed, and in coastal Maharashtra it is Narali Purnima, when a coconut is given to the sea before the fishing boats go out again.
- Deity
- Vishnu, Lakshmi, Varuna
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
Shravana Purnima at sunrise; the rakhi is tied during the day, and most almanacs name the Bhadra hour of that morning as the one to keep clear of.
The fast
Many sisters fast until the rakhi is tied. The meal after is a feast; ghewar and coconut sweets are the ones of the season.
Where the regions differ
The rakhi is the northern and western face of the day; Tamil, Telugu and Kannada families keep the same full moon for the Upakarma, and Odisha keeps Gamha Purnima for the cattle.
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.