Skip to content
The clock tower at Har Ki Pauri lit up against a deep blue evening sky, with crowds along the ghats.
Har Ki Pauri at blue hour. Photo: Crater11, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bathing day · Haridwar 2027

20
TuesdayApril 2027

Chaitra Purnima चैत्र पूर्णिमा

ProvisionalOfficial Haridwar Kumbh website
163 days to go
All dates

Haridwar Kumbh 2027 · Bathing day

Chaitra Purnima Snan: Tuesday 20 April 2027

KumbhMela.info Editorial TeamChecked on Sun 18 Oct 2026

The Chaitra Purnima snan of Haridwar Kumbh 2027 falls on Tuesday 20 April 2027. It is one of the eleven bathing days on the official Haridwar Kumbh website, not an Amrit Snan.

ProvisionalChecked on Sun 18 Oct 2026

The date is listed on the official Haridwar Kumbh website (checked 18 October 2026); the mela administration first announced it in April 2026, as reported by PTI. No dated government notice listing it was found online. Tithi at sunrise: Chaitra Purnima, from the Tirth panchang.

Chaitra Purnima is the full moon of Chaitra. Many in North India keep it as Hanuman Jayanti. It is the last of the eleven bathing days, and closes the Haridwar Kumbh season.

The day, hour by hour

  1. Before sunrise

    2021: devotees bathed at Har Ki Pauri from Brahma muhurta until 9 am.1

    In 2021
  2. Sunrise

    Sunrise. The tithi at sunrise is Purnima.

  3. Morning

    2021: the Niranjani and Anand akharas took the first shahi snan at Brahmakund at 9:20 am.1

    In 2021

  4. 2021: about 670 seers had taken the bath by 10:45 am, PTI reported.2

    In 2021

  5. The 2027 arrangements for Chaitra Purnima are not yet published; it is not listed as an Amrit Snan.3,4

    Not announced yet
  6. Afternoon

    2021: about 1,000 saints of the Bairagi anis bathed: Nirmohi, then Digambar, then Nirvani.1,5

    In 2021
  7. Sunset

    Sunset.

  8. Shri Ganga Sabha holds the Ganga aarti at Har Ki Pauri every day at sunset.6,7

    In 2026

Times in grey type are from the Tirth panchang for the bathing place. Bathing times are set by the mela administration, not by the panchang.

Sources for these rows (7)
  1. Amar Ujala: Haridwar Maha Kumbh 2021: last shahi snan of all akharas on Chaitra Purnima (Hindi) (2021)
  2. Press Trust of India (via The Week): Kumbh Mela: Seers keep last Shahi Snan symbolic affair (2021)
  3. Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand: Official Haridwar Kumbh 2027 website: public data for snan days, main snan ghats, spiritual activities and types of snan (read 20 October 2026)
  4. Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand: Snan and Events · Haridwar Kumbh 2027 (official website)
  5. Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand: Kumbh Administrative Report 2021, chapter 'Shahi Snan' (pp. 220 to 229): bathing order, agreements and time-tables
  6. Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (Utsav portal; details supplied by Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board): Haridwar Ganga Aarti (Live Darshan)
  7. Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand: Rituals of Kumbh: Ganga Aarti, the Procession and Satsang (Haridwar Kumbh 2027 official website)

What Chaitra Purnima means

Chaitra Purnima is the full moon of Chaitra, the first month of the Hindu year. In 2027 calendars keep Hanuman Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Lord Hanuman, on the same day. On Hanuman Jayanti devotees go to Hanuman temples, where the Hanuman Chalisa, the Sundar Kand and the Akhand Ramayan are recited.

The official Haridwar Kumbh website calls Chaitra Purnima the full-moon bathing day that closes the major snan calendar of the Kumbh, with a sacred dip, charity and prayers under the full moon. At past Kumbhs it was also a shahi snan. In 2021 the head of the Juna Akhara described it as the one in which, by tradition, only the Bairagi seers take part, with the other akharas represented symbolically.

How the day runs

  1. Before the dayAs for every bathing day, the mela administration and the district police publish the day’s arrangements, road diversions and parking shortly before it. None had been published for 20 April when we checked.
  2. Through the dayPilgrims bathe at Har Ki Pauri and the other ghats. The official Haridwar Kumbh website describes Chaitra Purnima as the full-moon bathing day that closes the major snan calendar, with a dip, charity and prayers.
  3. The akharasAt the 2021 Kumbh, Chaitra Purnima (27 April 2021) was the last shahi snan, by tradition the bath of the Bairagi akharas. For 2027 the official website lists it as a bathing day, not an Amrit Snan, and no akhara procession has been announced.
  4. At sunsetShri Ganga Sabha holds the evening Ganga aarti at Har Ki Pauri every day, after the morning aarti at sunrise; no special timing has been published for 20 April. See the Ganga aarti at Har Ki Pauri.
Rows of aarti lamps glowing at Har Ki Pauri after dark, reflected in the Ganga with a lit temple behind.Photo: pavankunar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The evening Ganga aarti at Har Ki Pauri, which Shri Ganga Sabha holds every day

Before and after this day

  1. April 2027
    15Thu
    Ram Navamiराम नवमीChaitra Shukla NavamiHar Ki PauriSunrise 5:51 am
    Provisional

Sunrise at the bathing place, from the Tirth panchang. Bathing times are set by the mela administration, not by the panchang.

Where the bathing happens

Har Ki Pauri is the main bathing ghat, where the akharas bathe on an Amrit Snan. The map also shows the railway station and the bus stand.

Haridwar: main ghats, temples and arrival pointsGangaGanga canal12345671 kmN
Haridwar: main ghats, temples and arrival points
  1. 1Har Ki Pauri and BrahmakundGhat · Bathing place
  2. 2Mansa Devi TempleTemple
  3. 3Chandi Devi TempleTemple
  4. 4Maya Devi TempleTemple
  5. 5Daksh Mahadev Temple, KankhalTemple
  6. 6Haridwar railway stationRailway
  7. 7Haridwar Roadways bus stationBus

A guide to where places are, not a route plan. During the mela, roads and ghats open and close by the official plan; follow police and mela directions. How to use the official Haridwar map.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Some temple locations from Wikidata (CC0). openstreetmap.org/copyright

The panchang, and a card to share

Tue 20 Apr 2027For Haridwar, in IST
  • Sunrise5:46 am
  • Tithi at sunrisePurnima until 3:56 am the next day
  • From 3:56 amPratipada until 3:30 am the next day
  • Paksha and monthShukla paksha, Chaitra
  • Observed asHanuman Jayanti, Chaitra Purnima
  • Sunset6:48 pm

Calculated by the Tirth panchang (PyJHora 4.8.7) · open the panchang · checked on Sun 18 Oct 2026

The panchang gives the day's timings by tradition; it does not set bathing times. The mela administration decides when each ghat opens and the order of the akhara processions. Follow its plan, the police and mela instructions on the day.

Questions people ask

Haridwar Kumbh 2027 mein Chaitra Purnima snan kab hai?

On Tuesday 20 April 2027, according to the official Haridwar Kumbh website; the mela administration first announced it in April 2026 (PTI). It is provisional until a government notice lists it.

Is Chaitra Purnima a fourth Amrit Snan?

A Daily Jagran report of November 2025 listed it as one. The official Haridwar Kumbh website lists it as a bathing day, not an Amrit Snan. Its four Amrit Snans are 6 March, 8 March, 15 March and 14 April.

Where next

How to reachTrains, buses, roads and the last stretch
Where to stayAreas, camps and what to check
First visitA simple order for getting ready
Ghats and placesWhere the bathing happens

Sources

12 sources · checked 18 Oct 2026
  1. Dates announced for bathing festivals during Ardh Kumbh Mela in Haridwar · Press Trust of India (via The Week) ·
  2. Har Ki Pauri · District Haridwar, Government of Uttarakhand ·
  3. Snan and Events: Haridwar Kumbh 2027 (official website) · Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand ·
  4. Dhami meets Akhara Parishad; Ardh Kumbh 2027 Amrit Snan dates discussed · Press Trust of India (via The Week) ·
  5. Snan and Events: day descriptions in the 'View Details' panels (Haridwar Kumbh 2027 official website) · Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand ·
  6. Snan and Events: Mauni Amavasya and Vasant Panchami panels, and re-check of the Important Snan Dates list (Haridwar Kumbh 2027 official website) · Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand ·
  7. Panchang for Haridwar on five more 2027 bathing days: tithi end times (Tirth panchang) · Tirth.com (TravNext Tech Pvt Ltd) ·
  8. Shahi snan dates for Kumbh 2021 announced · Press Trust of India (via Business Standard) ·
  9. Covid: Joona Akhara announces end of its participation in Kumbh Mela · Press Trust of India (via Business Standard) ·
  10. Kumbh Mela: Seers keep last Shahi Snan symbolic affair · Press Trust of India (via The Week) ·
  11. Haridwar: Buddha Purnima snan traffic route diversion plan issued, heavy vehicles barred · Amar Ujala ·
  12. Haridwar Ganga Aarti (Live Darshan) · Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (Utsav portal; details supplied by Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board) ·