Panchak 2027: Start and End Dates with Time

Panchak is the period when the moon passes through the last five nakshatras: the second half of Dhanishta, Shatataraka, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada and Revati. It comes around once a month and lasts about five days. Traditional households avoid starting a roof, buying wood or fuel, making a cot, or travelling south during Panchak, and some funeral rites need an extra ritual if a death happens in this period.

Panchak 2027 start and end times

The calendar prints a start (प्रारंभ / प्रा.) and an end (समाप्ती / प.) for each period. "उ.रात्री" means in the small hours after midnight of that date.

Panchak and festivals in 2027

Panchak ends at 6:25 pm on Gudi Padwa, 7 April, so morning rituals that day fall inside the period. The Mahashivratri Panchak starts at 5:33 pm on 6 March. In August it begins at 1:03 pm on 17 August, the day of Raksha Bandhan and a Mangalagaur Tuesday.

Panchak does not stop festivals or daily puja. It mainly matters for the specific tasks listed above. The monthly pages show the nakshatra for every day, which is how you can tell when the moon is in the Panchak nakshatras.