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May 2027 Hindu Calendar
Use this monthly guide for Hindu date planning in May 2027. It explains the likely lunar-month overlap, observance windows, and Panchang checks to verify before you choose a civil date.
At a glance
What is the Hindu calendar for May 2027?
May 2027 Hindu calendar starts with Krishna Dashami and Shatabhisha Nakshatra on 1 May 2027. It ends with Krishna Dashami and Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra on 31 May 2027. Samvat flags 12 tithi checkpoints for Mumbai, including 2 May 2027 (Krishna Ekadashi), 4 May 2027 (Krishna Trayodashi), 6 May 2027 (Krishna Amavasya), 10 May 2027 (Shukla Chaturthi), 13 May 2027 (Shukla Ashtami). The month has 4 calculated festival dates, including Akshaya Tritiya, Parashurama Jayanti, Narasimha Jayanti.
May often overlaps Vaishakha and Jyeshtha
Vaishakha and Jyeshtha emphasize punya, water-giving, Ekadashi, and full-moon observances.
Check Purnima and Ekadashi end times, especially when vrata or dana timing matters.
Festival dates in May 2027
These are the annual festivals calculated inside this civil month. Open the festival page for its rule, or the date for that day's full Panchang.
| Festival | Date | Hindu date |
|---|---|---|
| Akshaya Tritiya | Shukla Tritiya, Vaishakha | |
| Parashurama Jayanti | Shukla Tritiya, Vaishakha | |
| Narasimha Jayanti | Shukla Chaturdashi, Vaishakha | |
| Buddha Purnima | Shukla Purnima, Vaishakha |
May 2027 tithi, nakshatra, and sunrise
This month table uses Mumbai as the reference Panchang location. Open a city page before planning an observance that depends on local timings.
Vaishakha 2084
Jyeshtha 2084
Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks
What to watch in May
These observances often appear around this civil month, but exact dates must be calculated for 2027. Lunar tithis can shift across sunrise, evening, moonrise, or night windows.
How to use this month
Civil dates do not always line up neatly with Hindu lunar days. A tithi can begin or end during the civil day, so important observances depend on which tithi prevails at the rule-specific time such as sunrise, pradosha, madhyahna, or nishita.
- 1.Open the interactive calendar and switch to May 2027.
- 2.Select candidate dates and compare tithi, paksha, nakshatra, sunrise, and sunset.
- 3.For festivals, confirm the rule moment: sunrise, madhyahna, pradosha, moonrise, or nishita.
- 4.Open the full Panchang for the chosen day before using it for a vrata, puja, travel, or ceremony.
Why the table still needs local verification
Hindu calendar dates are calculated from the Sun, Moon, and local day. A single civil month can contain parts of two Hindu lunar months, and a festival window may move into the previous or next civil month depending on the year.
Treat this Mumbai-based table as a readable reference for May 2027. Use it to understand the likely Hindu-calendar context, then rely on the city Panchang and festival pages when a vrata, puja, or ceremony depends on local sunrise, moonrise, pradosha, madhyahna, or nishita timing.
Paksha and Hindu month pages
Zoom into the fortnight windows or the underlying Hindu lunar months for May 2027. Each date in the table above also opens a full daily Panchang page.