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Festival · 2074

Buddha Purnima 2074

Falls on 11 May 2074 in Chandigarh, as computed from the real sky for that city.

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In 17,376 days

The sky that day

The Moon
Shukla Purnima
The Sun is in
Mesha
The Moon is in
Tula, in Vishakha

What the day is

Birth, awakening and parinirvana on one full moon. The Buddha is not outside this tradition — he is its most rigorous internal critic, and the tradition kept him.

How to keep Buddha Purnima

One act for the day

Eat simply, harm nothing today, and sit for as long as you honestly can.

The day, for Chandigarh

11 May 2074

Tithi
Shukla Purnima · until 07:48
Nakshatra
Vishakha
Sunrise – Sunset
05:30 – 19:08
Abhijit Muhurta
11:52 – 12:46
The full day →

The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.

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