Vat Savitri Purnima 2026
Jyeshtha Purnima · Jyeshtha Purnima · Vikram Samvat 2083
Significance
Married women observe Vat Savitri fast for long life of husband.
Jyeshtha covers the peak of summer heat in India. Vat Savitri Purnima is observed when married women fast and worship the banyan (Vat) tree, re-enacting Savitri's fierce devotion that retrieved her husband from Yama, the god of death.
The 29.5-day synodic cycle arises because the Moon must "catch up" with the Sun as Earth advances along its own orbit. On Purnima night, the Moon rises near sunset and sets near sunrise — it is visible above the horizon all night. The IST peak time listed is the astronomically exact moment of 180° solar-lunar elongation as measured from Earth's geometric centre.
How to Observe Vat Savitri Purnima
Married women fast from sunrise through moonrise, breaking the fast after sighting the full moon. Tie 108 raw cotton threads around the banyan tree while narrating the story of Savitri. Offer vermilion, bangles, and sweets. Husbands traditionally gift a sari or jewellery to mark the occasion.