Purnima

Festivals

• Kartik Poornima, is celebrated on the full moon day of Kartik. It is also called Tripura Purnima.
• Shravan Poornima, is the full moon day in Shravan. This day has a number of different names. Hayagriva Jayanti is also celebrated on Shravana Purnima. It is also known as Narali Purnima
• Vat Purnima is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Jyeshta. Women pray for their husbands by tying threads around a banyan tree on this day. It honors Savitri, the legendary wife of Satyavan who escaped death for her husband's life. It is the chosen day for worshipping Yama deva
• Guru Purnima, devotees offer puja to their Guru, on the full moon day of Ashadha. This is well known as Vyasa Purnima after the birthday of the celebrated author of Mahabharata who is declared as the guru of all in the Shiva Purana.
• Sharad Purnima or Kojagiri purnima, the Autumn Harvest Festival, on the full moon day of Ashvina.
• Buddha Purnima, the day of birth, enlightenment and passing away of Gautama Buddha, on the full moon day of Vaishakha. Kurma Jayanti is also celebrated on the day.
• Holi/Phalgun Purnima, the Spring Festival of Colours in Hinduism/Buddhism/Jainism, the full moon day in Phalgun.
• Dattātreya Jayanti is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Margashira.
• Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated on the full moon of the lunar month Chaitra. However, this is celebrated on different days in different states. While Orissa celebrates this as Vaisakha Sankranti, Andhra Pradesh celebrates Vaisakha shukla paksha dashami, Kerala celebrates it in a previous month Margashira Amavasya coinciding with Mula Nakshatra. Chaitra Purnima is the chosen day for donation of rice to please Sri Chandra Deva, Moon god.
• Shakambhari Purnima is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Pausha
• Madhu Purnima is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Bhaadra. On this day Uma Maheswara Vrata as well as Shakra Vrata where Indra is worshiped for children and well-being.
• Satyanarayan Puja vrata is observed on all full moon days