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Bathing day · Haridwar 2027

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WednesdayApril 2027

Nav Samvatsar नव संवत्सर

Tithi: Chaitra Shukla Pratipada

ProvisionalOfficial Haridwar Kumbh website
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Haridwar Kumbh 2027 · Bathing day

Nav Samvatsar Snan: Wednesday 7 April 2027

KumbhMela.info Editorial TeamChecked on Sun 18 Oct 2026

The Nav Samvatsar snan of Haridwar Kumbh 2027 falls on Wednesday 7 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 Shukla Pratipada, from the Tirth panchang.

Nav Samvatsar is the first day of the bright half of Chaitra. It is the Hindu new year in the Vikram Samvat calendar (Samvat 2084 begins in 2027) and the first day of Chaitra Navratri.

The day, hour by hour

  1. The evening before

    2021: vehicles barred from Haridwar city from 8 to 15 April, around the shahi snans.1,2

    In 2021
  2. Sunrise

    Sunrise. The tithi at sunrise is Pratipada.

  3. Shri Ganga Sabha holds the morning Mangala aarti at Har Ki Pauri at sunrise every day.3,4

    In 2026
  4. Morning

    2021: devotees bathed at Har Ki Pauri and the other ghats for Navratri and Nav Samvatsar.5

    In 2021

  5. Ghat timings and the traffic plan for 7 April 2027 are not yet published.6,7

    Not announced yet
  6. Sunset

    Sunset.

  7. Shri Ganga Sabha holds the Ganga aarti at Har Ki Pauri every day at sunset.3,4

    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. Aaj Tak: Haridwar Mahakumbh: entry of small and large vehicles banned from 8 to 15 April, traffic plan issued (2021)
  2. Amar Ujala: Haridwar: heavy vehicles barred from Kumbh area from 8 to 15 April for Shahi Snan (2021)
  3. Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (Utsav portal; details supplied by Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board): Haridwar Ganga Aarti (Live Darshan)
  4. Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand: Rituals of Kumbh: Ganga Aarti, the Procession and Satsang (Haridwar Kumbh 2027 official website)
  5. Amar Ujala: Chaitra Navratri 2021: devotees bathe at Har Ki Pauri and other ghats on Nav Samvatsar (Hindi) (2021)
  6. 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)
  7. Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand: Snan and Events · Haridwar Kumbh 2027 (official website)

What Nav Samvatsar means

Nav Samvatsar is the Hindu new year. It falls on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the first day of the bright half of Chaitra, which begins a new year of the Vikram Samvat calendar. The day began Samvat 2083 in March 2026, so 7 April 2027 begins Samvat 2084. The same day opens Chaitra Navratri, nine days of devotion that lead to Ram Navami. Across India the new year is kept under other names too, among them Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Cheti Chand and Navreh, festivals of the start of spring and of the new harvest.

The official Haridwar Kumbh website says pilgrims mark Nav Samvatsar with a holy bath in the Ganga, temple visits and prayers for prosperity and for good beginnings in the year ahead.

How the day runs

  1. Before the dayRoad diversions, parking and the day’s ghat arrangements are announced by the district police and the mela administration shortly before each bathing day; none had been published for 7 April when we checked.
  2. Through the morningPilgrims bathe at Har Ki Pauri and the other ghats. The official Haridwar Kumbh website says pilgrims mark the new year with a holy bath, temple visits and prayers for the year ahead.
  3. Morning and evening aartiShri Ganga Sabha holds the Ganga aarti at Har Ki Pauri at sunrise and at sunset; no special timing has been published for 7 April. See the Ganga aarti at Har Ki Pauri.
The red clock tower beside Brahmakund at Har Ki Pauri, with pilgrims on the ghat steps and the Ganga flowing past.Photo: mckaysavage, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pilgrims bathe at Har Ki Pauri; on Nav Samvatsar many mark the new year with a holy bath and temple visits

Before and after this day

  1. March 2027
    Amrit Snan
    15Mon
    Dev Doliदेव डोलीPhalguna Shukla SaptamiHar Ki PauriSunrise 6:28 am
    Provisional
  2. April 2027
    Amrit Snan
    14Wed
    Mesh Sankrantiमेष संक्रांतिChaitra Shukla AshtamiHar Ki PauriSunrise 5:52 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

Wed 7 Apr 2027For Haridwar, in IST
  • Sunrise6:00 am
  • Tithi at sunrisePratipada until 4:28 am the next day
  • From 4:28 amDwitiya until 3:10 am the next day
  • Paksha and monthShukla paksha, Chaitra
  • Observed asChaitra Navratri begins
  • Sunset6:40 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 Nav Samvatsar snan kab hai?

On Wednesday 7 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 7 April 2027 an Amrit Snan?

No. The four Amrit Snans are 6 March, 8 March, 15 March and 14 April 2027. This is a main bathing day.

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

9 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. Snan and Events: day descriptions in the 'View Details' panels (Haridwar Kumbh 2027 official website) · Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand ·
  5. 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 ·
  6. Panchang for Haridwar on five more 2027 bathing days: tithi end times (Tirth panchang) · Tirth.com (TravNext Tech Pvt Ltd) ·
  7. Festivals 2027 and festival pages: Makara Sankranti, Maha Shivaratri, Chaitra Navratri, Mesha Sankranti, Rama Navami (Tirth spiritual calendar) · TravNext Tech Private Limited (Tirth.com) ·
  8. Haridwar: Buddha Purnima snan traffic route diversion plan issued, heavy vehicles barred · Amar Ujala ·
  9. Haridwar Ganga Aarti (Live Darshan) · Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (Utsav portal; details supplied by Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board) ·