Shravana Pournami · Jandhyala Pournami · Raksha Bandhan Festival The full moon of Shravana: the sacred thread is changed at the Upakarma, the year's Vedic study is begun again, and the rakhi is tied by a sister on her brother's wrist.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Shravana Pournami · Jandhyala Pournami · Raksha Bandhan
- తెలుగు
- జంధ్యాల పౌర్ణమి · రాఖీ పౌర్ణమి
- ಕನ್ನಡ
- ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ · ಉಪಾಕರ್ಮ
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
Looking for the calendar this day belongs to
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: the sacred thread is changed at the Upakarma, the year's Vedic study is begun again, and the rakhi is tied by a sister on her brother's wrist. In coastal Andhra fishermen keep the same day as Narali Pournami and offer a coconut to the sea before the fishing season opens.
- Deity
- Varuna, Brahma, Gayatri
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
The Pournami at sunrise. The Upakarma is done in the morning, before midday; the rakhi is tied during the day, avoiding the Bhadra hour that some almanacs name.
The fast
Those doing the Upakarma fast until the rite is finished. The meal is vegetarian; payasam and garelu are made.
Where the regions differ
Telugu families call it Jandhyala Pournami, Kannada families Upakarma, Tamil families Aavani Avittam, and the north Raksha Bandhan. Rigvedins and Samavedins keep the Upakarma on other days, so one extended family can keep three.
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.