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Raksha Bandhan 2027: Date and Tithi Timings (रक्षा बंधन)

Raksha Bandhan 2027Tuesday, 17 August 2027Tithi 10:29 AM, 16 Aug 2027 to 12:59 PM, 17 Aug 2027 (IST, New Delhi)

Raksha Bandhan 2027 is on Tuesday, 17 August 2027. Shravana Purnima; rakhi is tied outside Bhadra.

Raksha Bandhan dates

YearDateTithi window (IST)
2026Friday, 28 August 20269:09 AM, 27 Aug 2026 – 9:49 AM, 28 Aug 2026
2027Tuesday, 17 August 202710:29 AM, 16 Aug 2027 – 12:59 PM, 17 Aug 2027

Raksha Bandhan date in other cities

Calculated with each city's own sunrise, sunset and time zone. Outside India the festival can fall on a different calendar day.

City20262027Aparahna muhurta (2026, local time)
Delhi28 Aug 202617 Aug 2027—
Mumbai28 Aug 202617 Aug 2027—
Chennai28 Aug 202617 Aug 2027—
Kolkata28 Aug 202617 Aug 2027—
Hyderabad28 Aug 202617 Aug 2027—
Edison, New Jersey27 Aug 202616 Aug 20272:19 PM – 4:58 PM
Dallas27 Aug 202616 Aug 20272:46 PM – 5:22 PM
Toronto27 Aug 202616 Aug 20272:39 PM – 5:21 PM
London27 Aug 202617 Aug 20272:25 PM – 5:12 PM
Sydney28 Aug 202617 Aug 20271:04 PM – 2:19 PM

Highlighted rows fall on a different date from New Delhi in at least one year.

How the date is decided

Raksha Bandhan falls on Shravana Purnima. A tithi rarely matches a calendar day, so the festival is kept on the day the tithi prevails in the afternoon (aparahna, the fourth fifth of daytime). If Purnima is present at sunrise and lasts at least six ghatis (about 2 hours 24 minutes) after it, that morning is chosen, because the inauspicious Bhadra has then ended.

Dates for New Delhi. In other cities the tithi times shift with the local sunrise and sunset, and occasionally the date changes. See today's panchang for your city.

Other festivals

Dates are calculated for New Delhi with the Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa) using the Smarta rules followed by most North Indian panchangs: each festival is kept on the day its tithi prevails at the prescribed time of day, with the classical tie-break rules for Raksha Bandhan, Holika Dahan, Janmashtami and Akshaya Tritiya. All 57 of our 2026–2027 dates that could be checked match independently published panchang dates. Regional and sectarian (Vaishnava/ISKCON) dates can differ by a day; dates can also differ outside India.