Sonth · Kashmiri Spring Festival The Kashmiri spring, kept on the day the Sun enters Meena, a few weeks before Navreh.
Sonth · Kashmiri Spring 2027 falls on Monday, 15 March, computed for Chennai.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
- English
- Sonth · Kashmiri Spring
- कॉशुर
- सोंथ
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
Kashmir calendar, computed for Chennai
- Monday, 15 March 2027
- Tuesday, 14 March 2028
- Wednesday, 14 March 2029
Where Sonth · Kashmiri Spring falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2027: 15 Mar
- 2028: 14 Mar
- 2029: 14 Mar
The dates, year by year
Kashmir calendar, computed for Chennai
| Year | Sonth · Kashmiri Spring |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Friday, 14 March 2025 |
| 2026 | Saturday, 14 March 2026 |
| 2027 | Monday, 15 March 2027 |
| 2028 | Tuesday, 14 March 2028 |
| 2029 | Wednesday, 14 March 2029 |
| 2030 | Thursday, 14 March 2030 |
| 2031 | Saturday, 15 March 2031 |
| 2032 | Sunday, 14 March 2032 |
| 2033 | Monday, 14 March 2033 |
| 2034 | Tuesday, 14 March 2034 |
| 2035 | Thursday, 15 March 2035 |
| 2036 | Friday, 14 March 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 Kashmiri spring, kept on the day the Sun enters Meena, a few weeks before Navreh. The thaal is filled and looked at a second time, the first ploughing is done, and the almond blossom at Badamwari in Srinagar is the sign the day is kept by. Sonth is simply the Kashmiri word for spring, and the day is the agricultural new year where Navreh is the calendar one. Families who keep both say the first is for the field and the second for the house.
- Deity
- Surya, Sharika
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
Clock times for Monday, 15 March 2027 at Chennai
The sunrise to sunrise day in which the Meena sankranti falls; an ingress between midnight and sunrise belongs to the day before by this reckoning.
| Instant | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 06:17 | the udaya tithi, the tithi running as the sun comes up |
Sunrise 06:17, sunset 18:19, 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. The thaal is eaten after it has been seen, and the first greens of the year are cooked.
Where the regions differ
Kashmiri Pandits keep it as Sonth; the same sankranti is kept in the Tamil country as the beginning of Panguni and in Bengal as the last month of the year, without a festival in either.
The dates above are the Kashmir 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
A temple visit, or the first darshan at a new temple. No weekday is ruled out: Tuesday belongs to Murugan and the Amman, Saturday to Perumal and Sani, so the day usually follows the deity rather than the almanac. Ashtami and Chaturdasi are the two tithis held back for darshan, with the standing exceptions of Sivaratri on Krishna Chaturdasi and Kala Bhairava Ashtami, which are kept on those very days. Rahu kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika kaal are not scored here; the panchangam page prints them for the day you pick, and most families simply wait them out.
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.