Festival dates · 2027
Also Saraswati Puja (Shree Panchami)
Magha Shukla Panchami. The date in 21 cities, computed for local sunrise, with the tithi times.
The cities split across Thu, 11 Feb and Fri, 12 Feb this year: the tithi boundary falls between their sunrises. The table shows every city.
| City | Date | Tithi (local time) | Kathmandu date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia and New Zealand | |||
| Sydney | Friday 12 February 2027 | Thu, 11 Feb, 8:36 am → Fri, 12 Feb, 8:49 am | Thu, 11 Feb |
| Melbourne | Friday 12 February 2027 | Thu, 11 Feb, 8:36 am → Fri, 12 Feb, 8:49 am | Thu, 11 Feb |
| Brisbane | Friday 12 February 2027 | Thu, 11 Feb, 7:36 am → Fri, 12 Feb, 7:49 am | Thu, 11 Feb |
| Perth | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Thu, 11 Feb, 5:36 am → Fri, 12 Feb, 5:49 am | same day |
| Adelaide | Friday 12 February 2027 | Thu, 11 Feb, 8:06 am → Fri, 12 Feb, 8:19 am | Thu, 11 Feb |
| Canberra | Friday 12 February 2027 | Thu, 11 Feb, 8:36 am → Fri, 12 Feb, 8:49 am | Thu, 11 Feb |
| Hobart | Friday 12 February 2027 | Thu, 11 Feb, 8:36 am → Fri, 12 Feb, 8:49 am | Thu, 11 Feb |
| Darwin | Friday 12 February 2027 | Thu, 11 Feb, 7:06 am → Fri, 12 Feb, 7:19 am | Thu, 11 Feb |
| Auckland | Friday 12 February 2027 | Thu, 11 Feb, 10:36 am → Fri, 12 Feb, 10:49 am | Thu, 11 Feb |
| Nepal | |||
| Kathmandu | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Thu, 11 Feb, 3:21 am → Fri, 12 Feb, 3:34 am | — |
| United States | |||
| New York | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Wed, 10 Feb, 4:36 pm → Thu, 11 Feb, 4:49 pm | same day |
| Dallas–Fort Worth | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Wed, 10 Feb, 3:36 pm → Thu, 11 Feb, 3:49 pm | same day |
| Houston | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Wed, 10 Feb, 3:36 pm → Thu, 11 Feb, 3:49 pm | same day |
| Chicago | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Wed, 10 Feb, 3:36 pm → Thu, 11 Feb, 3:49 pm | same day |
| Washington DC | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Wed, 10 Feb, 4:36 pm → Thu, 11 Feb, 4:49 pm | same day |
| Boston | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Wed, 10 Feb, 4:36 pm → Thu, 11 Feb, 4:49 pm | same day |
| Atlanta | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Wed, 10 Feb, 4:36 pm → Thu, 11 Feb, 4:49 pm | same day |
| San Francisco Bay Area | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Wed, 10 Feb, 1:36 pm → Thu, 11 Feb, 1:49 pm | same day |
| Los Angeles | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Wed, 10 Feb, 1:36 pm → Thu, 11 Feb, 1:49 pm | same day |
| Seattle | Thursday 11 February 2027 | Wed, 10 Feb, 1:36 pm → Thu, 11 Feb, 1:49 pm | same day |
Rule: the day the tithi is current at local sunrise (udaya tithi).
The fifth day of the bright fortnight of Magha: Saraswati Puja, the day of the goddess of learning, music and speech, and the first day of spring. In Nepal it is Shree Panchami, when children are brought to the Saraswati shrine at Swayambhu to write their first letters; across North India yellow is worn and books and instruments are placed before the goddess.
Yellow clothes and food, the worship of books, pens and instruments, and the first letters of the youngest.
In the glossary: saraswati.
Friday 12 February 2027. Magha Shukla Panchami; the tithi runs Thu, 11 Feb, 8:36 am to Fri, 12 Feb, 8:49 am Sydney time. Kathmandu keeps it on Thursday 11 February 2027.
Thursday 11 February 2027 in Kathmandu. Magha Shukla Panchami; the tithi runs Thu, 11 Feb, 3:21 am to Fri, 12 Feb, 3:34 am Nepal time.
Thursday 11 February 2027 in New York (the same day across the US cities listed). US sunrises fall ten to fifteen hours behind Kathmandu's, so when the tithi ends in that gap the US keeps the festival a day earlier than Nepal.
Because the day is decided by which civil day the tithi (lunar day) is current at local sunrise. Sydney's sunrise is four to six hours ahead of Kathmandu's and New York's ten hours behind, so a tithi that ends between two sunrises gives a different day. In 2027 the cities split across Thu, 11 Feb and Fri, 12 Feb.
Sun and Moon positions from Meeus' algorithms with the Lahiri ayanamsa, amanta lunar months named by the solar ingress inside them, and the day on which the tithi is current at local sunrise (udaya tithi). Tithi boundaries are accurate to a few minutes; a boundary within minutes of sunrise is worth checking against your temple's panchang.
Other years: Vasant Panchami 2026. Nearby: Kartika Purnima · Makar Sankranti · all festivals.
See also: the full-year calendar by city · why festival dates differ between Nepal, India and Australia.
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