Ritual dayगुरु पूर्णिमा
Guru Purnima
Local names:गुरु पूर्णिमा(Hindi)ଗୁରୁ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣିମା(Odia)গুরু পূর্ণিমা(Bengali)ગુરુ પૂર્ણિમા(Gujarati)குரு பௌர்ணமி(Tamil)ഗുരു പൗർണമി(Malayalam)
A day to honour gurus and teachers.
Gregorian date
18 July 2027
Sunday
Tithi
Shukla Purnima
Ashadha (June – July)
Duration
single-day
Significance
Honours Sage Vyasa, the compiler of the Vedas, and by extension all gurus. Anyone who has shaped your understanding deserves an offering today — spiritual teachers, school teachers, mentors.
What happens on the day
- •Visit / call your guru with an offering (flowers, fruit, dakshina)
- •Read Vyasa's Bhagavata Purana
- •Sankalpa for the year's study
Auspicious for
- ✓Beginning study under a teacher
- ✓Mantra deeksha
About the month of Ashadhaआषाढ़
Monsoon arrives. Hosts Devshayani Ekadashi (Vishnu sleeps for 4 months — Chaturmas begins), Guru Purnima, and the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath.