Saints of Maharashtra: Jayanti and Punyatithi Dates 2027

Jayanti and punyatithi dates for 2027 of Sant Tukaram, Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Eknath, Muktabai, Gadge Baba, Tukdoji Maharaj, Swami Samarth, Gajanan Maharaj, Sai Baba and others.

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Wooden palkhis with padukas, tulsi garlands, saffron flags and a veena in a temple

The Marathi calendar keeps the birth and samadhi days of the saints of Maharashtra, most of them from the Varkari tradition of Pandharpur. Many of these dates follow the tithi, so they move in the English calendar every year. The table below has 32 dates for 2027, in date order.

Saint dates in 2027

Date	Day	Saint	Observance
11 February	Thu	Sant Tukaram Maharaj	Birthday, Dehu
20 February	Sat	Sant Rohidas	Jayanti
21 February	Sun	Sant Nivruttinath	Jayanti
23 February	Tue	Sant Gadge Baba	Jayanti (by date)
23 February	Tue	Sant Narhari Sonar	Punyatithi
27 February	Sat	Shri Gajanan Maharaj	Prakat din, Shegaon
1 March	Mon	Samarth Ramdas Swami	Dasnavami (punyatithi)
1 March	Mon	Sant Muktabai	Yatra, Muktainagar
24 March	Wed	Sant Tukaram Maharaj	Tukaram Beej, Dehu
28 March	Sun	Sant Eknath Maharaj	Eknath Shashthi, Paithan
8 April	Thu	Shri Swami Samarth	Prakat din
15 April	Thu	Samarth Ramdas Swami	Jayanti (Ram Navami)
22 April	Thu	Shridhar Swami	Punyatithi, Sajjangad
30 April	Fri	Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj	Jayanti
4 May	Tue	Sant Gora Kumbhar	Punyatithi
4 May	Tue	Shri Swami Samarth	Punyatithi
31 May	Mon	Sant Muktabai	Punyatithi, Muktainagar
18 June	Fri	Sant Kabir	Jayanti
1 July	Thu	Sant Nivruttinath	Punyatithi
31 July	Sat	Sant Namdev Maharaj	Sanjeevan samadhi sohala
1 August	Sun	Sant Savta Mali	Punyatithi
14 August	Sat	Sant Narhari Sonar	Jayanti
24 August	Tue	Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj	Mauli Janmashtami
29 August	Sun	Sant Sena Maharaj	Punyatithi
4 September	Sat	Shri Gajanan Maharaj	Punyatithi, Shegaon
30 September	Thu	Sant Muktabai	Jayanti
9 October	Sat	Shri Sai Baba	Punyatithi, Shirdi
20 October	Wed	Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj	Punyatithi
10 November	Wed	Sant Namdev Maharaj	Jayanti
26 November	Fri	Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj	Sanjeevan samadhi sohala, Alandi
5 December	Sun	Sant Rohidas	Punyatithi
20 December	Mon	Sant Gadge Baba	Punyadin

The Varkari saints

Sant Dnyaneshwar (13th century) wrote the Dnyaneshwari, a Marathi commentary on the Gita, and took sanjeevan samadhi at Alandi at the age of 21. The samadhi sohala on Kartik Vadya Trayodashi, 26 November in 2027, is the biggest event of the year at Alandi. His brothers Nivruttinath and Sopandev and his sister Muktabai are also remembered as saints, and Nivruttinath's samadhi is at Trimbakeshwar.

Sant Namdev, Gora Kumbhar, Savta Mali, Narhari Sonar, Sena Maharaj and Chokhamela were contemporaries of Dnyaneshwar. Their punyatithis fall mostly in Ashadh and Shravan. Sant Eknath of Paithan (16th century) and Sant Tukaram of Dehu (17th century) came later. Tukaram Beej, the day Tukaram Maharaj is believed to have left for Vaikuntha, is on 24 March 2027.

Other saints in the list

Samarth Ramdas Swami, guru of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, has his punyatithi, Dasnavami, on Magh Vadya Navami (1 March 2027) at Sajjangad. Sant Gadge Baba and Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj, both from Vidarbha, are remembered for their work on cleanliness and village reform. Shri Swami Samarth of Akkalkot, Shri Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon and Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi have large followings across the state; their 2027 dates are covered in more detail in Shirdi, Akkalkot and Shegaon 2027.

Wari and yatra dates

The palkhi departures from Dehu and Alandi in June and the Pandharpur yatras are in Pandharpur wari 2027. Village yatras and urus across Maharashtra are in Jatra and yatra 2027. Each date above links to the day on the monthly calendar, where the full panchang is listed.