Sankashti Chaturthi

Traditional variation

This is the date given by the rule shown above for the selected place. It is not the only valid date: regional Panchangs, family customs and sampradayas may observe it on a different day.

Rule source: Krishna Chaturthi at moonrise (the vrata ends after moonrise), the tithi-kaal rule of the Dharmashastra digests. Moonrise: the first in the Hindu day, the Moon's centre at the horizon without refraction (the Rashtriya Panchang prints the refracted upper limb, about 4 min earlier). Chaturthi at one day's moonrise: that day. At two: the first, Tritiya-joined day ("caturthi gananathasya matrividdha prashasyate", as quoted for Ganesh Chaturthi). At neither: the Hindu day on which Chaturthi prevails longest, the platform's general fallback, no rule of its own cited. Rashtriya Panchang (Government of India) daily pages, Saka 1946-1948: all 16 printed Sankashtis are this rule's days at its central station, including both moonrises (3 Jun 2026) and neither (24 Feb 2027). On 26 Dec 2026 this moonrise is 14 s after Chaturthi begins, giving the printed day; by the almanac's own moonrise Chaturthi is at neither and the fallback would give 27 Dec by seconds, so it does not support the fallback.

Traditions may vary by region and Panchang convention. Times are shown for the selected place, time zone and calculation profile.

Calculated with engine 1.4.2 · rules rules-2026-09-29-a0a4505e · profile north-lahiri-calibrated v1 · ayanamsa lahiri_drik_compat · astronomy-engine@2.1.19 · Asia/Kolkata