Is Vat Savitri on Purnima or Amavasya?

Both, depending on region, and this is a genuine split, not an error. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka keep it on Jyeshtha Purnima. UP, Bihar and most of North India keep it on Jyeshtha Amavasya, a fortnight earlier. Same story, same ritual around the banyan tree, two different days.

Vat Purnima

Marathi

वट पूर्णिमा · વટ પૂર્ણિમા

2026

29 June 2026

Monday · Shukla Purnima

Tithi begins03:07 AM

Tithi ends05:26 AM · 30 Jun

Full panchang for this day

About

Married women tie threads around a Banyan tree and pray for their husband's long life, like Savitri did for Satyavan.

Falls on: Jyeshtha Purnima or Jyeshtha Amavasya, this is the same festival on two different days

What it is

Savitri followed Yama when he took her husband Satyavan's soul, and argued with him so persistently and so well that he returned it. Married women tie a thread around a banyan (vat) tree, long-lived, and so a symbol of endurance, circling it seven times, and fast for their husbands' long life.

Food

A fast, often nirjala; broken after the tree worship.

Common questions

Is Vat Savitri on Purnima or Amavasya?: Both, depending on region, and this is a genuine split, not an error. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka keep it on Jyeshtha Purnima. UP, Bihar and most of North India keep it on Jyeshtha Amavasya, a fortnight earlier. Same story, same ritual around the banyan tree, two different days.

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