Vaikuntha Chaturdashi
Shiva and Vishnu worshipped together at midnight.
Celebrated everywhere
Dates
| Year | Date |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday, 23 November 2026 |
| 2027 | Friday, 12 November 2027 |
| 2028 | Tuesday, 31 October 2028 |
| 2029 | Monday, 19 November 2029 |
| 2030 | Friday, 8 November 2030 |
| 2031 | Thursday, 27 November 2031 |
Dates are for Mumbai. A tithi that changes close to sunrise or sunset can fall a day earlier or later in another city, so for your own town open the festival in the app.
When it falls
14th day of the waxing moon, in Kartika. Like every lunar festival it lands on a different Gregorian date each year. Muhurtha works the date out from the positions of the Sun and Moon, using the rule for this festival; see how every festival is dated.
The story
It is the one day on which Shiva and Vishnu are said to worship each other. Vishnu offered a thousand lotuses to Shiva at Kashi and, finding one short, offered his own eye; Shiva, pleased, gave him the Sudarshana Chakra.
How it is kept
Vishnu is worshipped at midnight with tulsi and Shiva with bel leaves, lamps are lit on river ghats and people bathe at dawn.
Common questions
When is Vaikuntha Chaturdashi in 2027?
In 2027, Vaikuntha Chaturdashi falls on Friday, 12 November 2027 in Mumbai. Dates for other years are in the table above.
How is the date of Vaikuntha Chaturdashi decided?
14th day of the waxing moon, in Kartika. Like every lunar festival it lands on a different Gregorian date each year. Muhurtha works the date out from the positions of the Sun and Moon, using the rule for this festival; see how every festival is dated.
How is Vaikuntha Chaturdashi kept?
Vishnu is worshipped at midnight with tulsi and Shiva with bel leaves, lamps are lit on river ghats and people bathe at dawn.
Other festivals nearby
- Prabodhini (Devutthana) Ekadashi
- Tulsi Vivah
- Guru Nanak Jayanti · Gurpurab
- Kartik Purnima · Dev Deepawali
Open the Muhurtha app to see Vaikuntha Chaturdashi for your own town, with the exact time its tithi begins and ends. How every festival is dated.
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