Vat Savitri Vrat 2026
Vat Savitri Vrat 2026 falls on Monday, Monday, June 29, 2026. Observed on: jyeshtha shukla 15.
Exact date, puja muhurat & city-wise timings for Vat Savitri Vrat 2026
Key Information
Festival Date
Monday, June 29, 2026
2026 Calendar Context
Weekday
Monday
Vikram Samvat
2083
Shaka Samvat
1948
This year Vat Savitri Vrat falls on a Monday, 19 days later than 2025 (2025-06-10) — typical lunar-calendar drift.
Falling on a Monday brings a Chandra emphasis — lunar rites and milk/rice offerings carry extra weight, especially for the moon-sensitive nakshatras.
The 2025 observance fell on Tuesday, 2025-06-10 — this year arrives 19 days later in the Gregorian calendar, the Adhika-masa pattern when an intercalary lunar month pushes the cycle forward.
Looking ahead to 2027, Vat Savitri Vrat will fall on Friday, 2027-06-18 (11 days earlier than this year). So planning ritual schedules across years means anchoring to the tithi rather than the Gregorian date.
Astronomical context for Vat Savitri Vrat 2026
On Monday, June 29, 2026, sunrise in Delhi (the reference city for this page) falls at 05:26 IST and sunset at 19:22 IST — a daylight span of 13h 56m. Across the six pan-Indian cities tabulated below, sunrise on this date varies from 04:54 (Kolkata) at the eastern edge to 06:03 (Mumbai) in the west — a 69-minute difference that drives the city-by-city muhurat shift you see in the table.
For Vat Savitri Vrat 2026, the central rite of udaya tithi (sunrise) depends on the Jyeshtha Shukla 15 being present during that window on 2026-06-29 — confirmed across 6 reference cities in this year's computation pass. Cities further east (Kolkata, Chennai) see the window open ~15-25 minutes before Delhi; cities west of Delhi (Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore) see it start later by a similar margin.
City-Wise Timings for Vat Savitri Vrat 2026
| City | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 5:26 AM | 7:22 PM |
| Mumbai | 6:03 AM | 7:19 PM |
| Bangalore | 5:56 AM | 6:49 PM |
| Chennai | 5:45 AM | 6:38 PM |
| Kolkata | 4:54 AM | 6:25 PM |
| Pune | 6:01 AM | 7:14 PM |
Why This Date?
Vat Savitri Vrat follows the Udaya Tithi rule – the festival is observed on the day when the required tithi prevails at sunrise. This is the default Dharmasindhu convention for festivals without a special time-window requirement.
Deity
Savitri / Lord Yama / Brahma
Legend & History
Princess Savitri followed Yama (the god of death) when he took her husband Satyavan's soul. Through her devotion and wit, she won back his life by extracting boons from Yama without him realizing. She… Read full legend →Show less ↑
Princess Savitri followed Yama (the god of death) when he took her husband Satyavan's soul. Through her devotion and wit, she won back his life by extracting boons from Yama without him realizing. She is the ideal of wifely devotion.
How to Observe
Married women tie sacred threads around a Vat (banyan) tree and circumambulate it seven times. Observe a strict fast from sunrise. Offer prayers for the longevity and well-being of their husbands. Listen to the Savitri-Satyavan story.
Significance
Celebrates the power of a devoted wife's love. The banyan tree symbolizes immortality (it never truly dies). Savitri's story teaches that true devotion and wisdom can conquer even death.
Fasting
Strict fast from sunrise to next sunrise. Married women only.
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