Karthika Pournami · 2025
Falls on: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Full moon of Karthika masam, the holiest day of the month: a dawn river bath, lamps floated and lit at Shiva temples, and the jwala thoranam in the evening. Kept on the day Purnima prevails at sunrise.
Dates computed for New Delhi. Tithi boundaries shift with location — open your city's festival calendar for local dates.
Why this date
It is kept on the day its tithi is current at sunrise in New Delhi.
How it is observed
- Karthika deepam
- Jwala thoranam
- River bath
Regional calendars
Also known as: कार्तिक पूर्णिमा (Hindi) · கார்த்திகை பௌர்ணமி (Tamil) · కార్తీక పౌర్ణమి (Telugu)
- Amanta (month ends at the new moon; South and West India)
- Kartika · Shukla Paksha
- Purnimanta (month ends at the full moon; North India)
- Kartika · Shukla Paksha
- Tamil: Aippasi 20, 2056 (Thiruvalluvar)
- Bengali: Kartik 19, 1432 (Bangabda)
- Odia: Kartika 20, 1433 (Vilayati era)
- Malayalam: Thulam 19, 1201 (Kollam era)
Computed for New Delhi. Each solar calendar starts its month by its own region's rule.
Karthika Pournami 2025
Shiva
- Wednesday, November 5, 2025View day panchang →Tithi window: Tue, Nov 4, 10:36 PM – Wed, Nov 5, 6:49 PM IST
Frequently asked questions
- What is Karthika Pournami?
- Full moon of Karthika masam, the holiest day of the month: a dawn river bath, lamps floated and lit at Shiva temples, and the jwala thoranam in the evening. Kept on the day Purnima prevails at sunrise.
- When is Karthika Pournami 2025?
- Karthika Pournami falls on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.