Chaturmas 2027: Start and End Dates, Vows and Festivals

Chaturmas, the four holy months of the monsoon, runs in 2027 from Wednesday, 14 July (Ashadhi Ekadashi) to Thursday, 11 November. The calendar marks the start on Devshayani Ekadashi and the end on Kartik Shuddha Dwadashi, the day after Kartiki Ekadashi, when Tulsi Vivah begins.

Chaturmas 2027 dates

What people do during Chaturmas

Chaturmas is a time for discipline, and every family keeps it a little differently. Common vows include:

• giving up one food for the four months, such as onion and garlic, brinjal, or a favourite sweet
• eating one meal a day on certain days, or fasting on all Ekadashis
• reading a fixed text daily, such as the Dnyaneshwari, Gurucharitra or a chapter of the Gita
• lighting a lamp at the tulsi every evening

Sanyasis stay in one place through the monsoon and give discourses. Some traditions count a two-month Chaturmas for them, which the calendar shows ending on 15 September.

No weddings in these months

The 2027 calendar has no vivah muhurat between 12 July and 21 November, and no vastu shanti dates from July to October. Engagements (sakharpuda) and javal still have dates through most of the period. See Vivah muhurat 2027 and Sakharpuda and Javal muhurat 2027.

Festivals inside Chaturmas 2027

Almost every major festival of the year falls in these four months: Guru Purnima (18 July), the whole of Shravan, Gokulashtami (24 August), Ganeshotsav (4 to 14 September), Pitru Paksha (16 to 29 September), Navratri and Dasara (30 September to 9 October) and Diwali (26 to 31 October). The links are on the Marathi Calendar 2027 page and in the Festivals section.

All Ekadashis of the year are in Ekadashi 2027, and the closing days in Tulsi Vivah 2027.