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Magh Mela 2027: Dates and Bathing Days

KumbhMela.info Editorial TeamChecked on Mon 19 Oct 2026

Magh Mela 2027 at the Sangam in Prayagraj is expected from Friday 15 January (Makar Sankranti) to Saturday 6 March 2027 (Mahashivratri): 51 days, counting both ends, with six main bathing days. The mela authority has not yet published its list for 2027.

ExpectedChecked on Mon 19 Oct 2026

The six days on this page come from the Hindu calendar (Tirth panchang) and are marked Expected. A Government of India tourism listing gives the same window, 15 January to 6 March 2027. On 18 October 2026 we found no list of 2027 bathing days from the Prayagraj Mela Authority, the Prayagraj district or the Uttar Pradesh government, and no PIB release on the dates. The meanings of the days are traditional beliefs, mostly as the mela authority describes them.

This is the yearly Magh Mela, not a Kumbh. Prayagraj's last Kumbh was the Maha Kumbh, from 13 January to 26 February 2025. Its next Ardh Kumbh is expected in 2031.

Also asked as Magh Mela kab hai? 15 January se 6 March 2027 tak, Sangam, Prayagraj mein.

What is the Magh Mela?

The Kumbh tent city at Prayagraj in 2019, seen from Shastri BridgePhoto: Balone21, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The tent township on the mela ground at Prayagraj, seen from Shastri Bridge during the 2019 Kumbh

For the Sangam, its temples and its history, read our Prayagraj Kumbh guide.

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Photo credits

Photo: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Photo: Vanshiikaa, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; Photo: Lokankara, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Photo: Shak.On, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Some temple locations from Wikidata (CC0).

Magh Mela 2027 bathing days

Expected dates from the Hindu calendar, one leaf for each day: its tithi, sunrise at the Sangam and its status. Each day stays Expected until the mela authority lists it.

15 JanStarts with the Makar Sankranti bath
6 MarEnds with the Mahashivratri bath
51 daysCounting both ends
6Main bathing days
  1. January 2027
    15Fri
    Makar Sankrantiमकर संक्रांतिPausha Shukla SaptamiSangamSunrise 6:50 am
    Expected
  2. January 2027
    22Fri
    Paush Purnimaपौष पूर्णिमाPausha PurnimaSangamSunrise 6:49 am
    Expected
  3. February 2027
    6Sat
    Mauni Amavasyaमौनी अमावस्याMagha AmavasyaSangamSunrise 6:43 am
    Expected
  4. February 2027
    11Thu
    Basant Panchamiबसंत पंचमीMagha Shukla PanchamiSangamSunrise 6:40 am
    Expected
  5. February 2027
    20Sat
    Maghi Purnimaमाघी पूर्णिमाMagha Shukla Chaturdashi at sunriseSangamSunrise 6:34 am
    Expected
  6. March 2027
    6Sat
    Mahashivratriमहाशिवरात्रिPhalguna Krishna Trayodashi at sunriseSangamSunrise 6:21 am
    Expected

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

What is confirmed, and what is not yet

For each detail still to come, what happened at the last Kumbh and when it was announced.

Confirmed

Not announced yet

Checked on Tue 20 Oct 2026. Each item is added here, with its source, the day it is announced.

Get every date in your calendar

Before you book

  1. Wait for the official listBook nothing you cannot cancel until the mela authority publishes its list of bathing days. Until then, all six days stay Expected.
  2. Check who runs a siteSome websites with “Magh Mela” in their name are private booking sites, not the government. Check who runs a site before you pay: how to check a Kumbh booking.
  3. Pack for cold morningsEarly-morning baths in January and February are cold. Carry warm layers and a dry change of clothes; our packing list helps.
  4. On the dayBathe only at the ghats the police and mela staff direct you to, and follow their instructions. New to a river bath at a mela? Read the Kumbh snan guide first.

A ready-made plan

Two days at the Sangam with Varanasi or Ayodhya, step by step. The full page has one-day and three-day plans too.

Bathe at the Sangam during the Magh Mela, see the old shrines beside it, then go on to Kashi Vishwanath in Varanasi and the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The three cities form a triangle linked by rail and road. Fix your Sangam bathing day first and fit the other two cities after it.

Day 1

  1. Dawn
    Triveni Sangam

    Pilgrims bathe where the Ganga and the Yamuna meet, with the unseen Saraswati in tradition. Boats leave from the ghat near the fort, and priests on small platforms in midstream help with the ritual bath.

    About 7.9 km by road; OpenStreetMap estimates 15 minutes on a clear road. From Prayagraj Junction. The district puts the Sangam about 7 km from Civil Lines.
  2. Morning
    Bade Hanuman Temple

    Pilgrims have darshan of the reclining Hanuman at Daraganj, on the bank of the Ganga. The district says the image is about 20 feet long, and by tradition Hanuman lay down here to rest on his way back from Lanka.

    About 1.3 km on foot, roughly 15 minutes (OpenStreetMap foot route).
  3. Morning
    Akshayavat and Patalpuri Temple

    Inside the fort, pilgrims visit the Akshayavat, the banyan held to be undying, beside the underground Patalpuri temple.

    About 0.7 km on foot, roughly 10 minutes (OpenStreetMap foot route).The district says permission has to be sought from Army officials to visit the tree.
  4. Afternoon
    Nag Vasuki Temple

    Temple of Vasuki, the serpent king, on the Ganga bank in the northern corner of Daraganj, north of the Sangam. A big fair is held here on Nag Panchami.

    About 3.9 km by road; OpenStreetMap estimates 5 minutes on a clear road.

Day 2

  1. Morning
    Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple

    Pilgrims have darshan of Kashi Vishwanath, Shiva as the presiding deity of Varanasi. By tradition the city is where the first jyotirlinga broke through the earth.

    By train, NTES listed 78 trains from the Prayagraj stations to Varanasi, 20 of them daily, taking about 1 hour 45 minutes to 5.5 hours; daily trains such as the 12562 (Prayagraj Junction 05:25, Varanasi 08:05) take about 2.5 hours. By road it is 121 km via NH 19 by the mela authority's 2025 guide, or 128 km by the Varanasi district's table; OpenStreetMap estimates about 2 hours on a clear road.The trust says mobile phones, smart watches, cameras and other electronic devices are not allowed inside the temple. From Varanasi Junction the temple is about 5.6 km by road (OpenStreetMap), with the last stretch on foot.
  2. Afternoon
    Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple

    A temple of Hanuman by the Assi stream, founded by Goswami Tulsidas, the district says. UP Tourism says Tulsidas wrote parts of the Ramcharitmanas here.

    About 4.5 km by road; OpenStreetMap estimates 5 minutes on a clear road.
  3. Evening
    Dashashwamedh Ghat and the evening Ganga aarti

    More people bathe in the Ganga at Dashashwamedh than at any other ghat of Kashi, UP Tourism says, and a grand Ganga aarti is held here every evening.

    About 4.2 km by road; OpenStreetMap estimates 5 minutes on a clear road.No trust or district source publishes the aarti time.
See the 1, 2 and 3 day plans

The six bathing days, one by one

What each day means by tradition, mostly as the Prayagraj Mela Authority describes it. Each day also has its own page.

Makar Sankranti

Friday 15 January 2027. Makar Sankranti marks the Sun’s move into Makara (Capricorn). The Prayagraj Mela Authority describes it as the day when charitable giving (daan) begins at the mela, with pilgrims giving as much as they wish.

By the calendar, the Sun enters Makara on the night of 14 January 2027, so the festival is kept on Friday 15 January. Haridwar’s Kumbh website lists 14 January for its first bathing day. More about this day

Paush Purnima

Friday 22 January 2027. The full moon of the month of Paush. The mela authority calls it the unofficial opening of the mela and the start of kalpvas.

According to tradition, kalpvasis then live in tents near the Sangam for a month, until Maghi Purnima, keeping a simple life with vows of celibacy and daily prayer. In 2027 Makar Sankranti comes a week earlier, so the mela’s first bath falls before kalpvas begins. More about this day

Mauni Amavasya

Saturday 6 February 2027. The new moon of Magha. Maun means silence, and by tradition sadhus, saints and kalpvasis keep a vow of silence on this day, as a way to turn the mind inward.

The mela authority says it is believed that the planets are most favourable for a river bath on this day, and links it with Rishabh Dev, whom it calls one of the first sages, who is said to have ended a long vow of silence by bathing at the Sangam. It treats Mauni Amavasya as the main bathing day of the season; follow police and mela instructions on the day. More about this day

Basant Panchami

Thursday 11 February 2027. The fifth day of the bright half of Magha. In tradition it marks the turn of the season towards spring and honours Saraswati, goddess of knowledge. It is kept across India as Saraswati Puja.

The mela authority says kalpvasis dress in yellow to mark the day. At Prayagraj the name Saraswati also belongs to the unseen river that, according to tradition, joins the Ganga and the Yamuna at the Sangam; read the Sangam guide. More about this day

Maghi Purnima

Saturday 20 February 2027. The full moon of Magha. The mela authority links it with the worship of Guru Brihaspati and with the belief that the Gandharvas of Hindu mythology come down to the Sangam on this day. By tradition it is also the last day of kalpvas, a month after Paush Purnima.

At sunrise on 20 February 2027 the tithi is still Shukla Chaturdashi; the Purnima begins later in the day. Go by the date the mela authority lists. More about this day

Mahashivratri

Saturday 6 March 2027. The great night of Shiva, kept on the night of Phalguna Krishna Chaturdashi, and the last of the six main bathing days. The mela authority links it with Lord Shankar (Shiva) and calls it the final holy bath of the kalpvasis, although by tradition the month of kalpvas itself ends on Maghi Purnima. More about this day

Pilgrims taking a dip at the Sangam, PrayagrajPhoto: Ninara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pilgrims taking a dip at the Sangam, where the Ganga and the Yamuna meet

Is there a Kumbh at Prayagraj in 2027?

Myth or fact?

There is a Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj in 2027Tap to check
Myth 2027 has the yearly Magh Mela at the Sangam, not a Kumbh. Prayagraj’s last Kumbh was the Maha Kumbh, held from 13 January to 26 February 2025, and its next Ardh Kumbh is expected in 2031, about six years later; its dates have not been announced. The Kumbhs in 2027 are at Haridwar (14 January to 20 April 2027) and Nashik and Trimbakeshwar (main bathing days in August and September 2027).
Magh Mela 2027 starts on 14 JanuaryTap to check
Partly By the Hindu calendar the first bath, Makar Sankranti, is on Friday 15 January 2027. The Sun enters Makara on the night of the 14th, and a newspaper report of the mela administration’s first planning meeting counted the mela from that day. The next section explains why lists differ.

If a tour is sold as “Prayagraj Kumbh 2027”, it is really the Magh Mela, or the seller has the year wrong. See every upcoming Kumbh on the next Kumbh Mela page and read what Kumbh, Ardh Kumbh and Maha Kumbh mean.

Why the start date differs

Three start dates are in circulation for 2027. They come from two different questions: when is the first bath, and when does the month by the river begin. The end date is not in dispute: every source we checked ends the season with Mahashivratri on 6 March 2027.

Go deeper15, 14 or 22 January, and how long the mela lasts1 min read

15 January: Makar Sankranti. The first main bath by the calendar. The Sun enters Makara a little after 9 pm on 14 January, after sunset, and panchangs such as Drik Panchang then move the festival’s punya kaal to sunrise on the 15th. The Makar Sankranti page explains this in full.

14 January: the day of the Sun’s entry. Some lists use it. Amar Ujala’s report of the mela administration’s first planning meeting gave the mela as 52 days from 14 January, with Makar Sankranti on 14 or 15 January, and Haridwar’s official list uses 14 January for its own Makar Sankranti bath.

22 January: Paush Purnima. The Prayagraj Mela Authority calls Paush Purnima the unofficial opening of the mela and the start of kalpvas, so people who count the mela by kalpvas start here.

Why the order changes. Makar Sankranti follows the Sun and Paush Purnima follows the Moon. In 2026 the Magh Mela opened with the Paush Purnima bath on 3 January and ran to Mahashivratri, a 43-day mela in All India Radio’s count. In 2027, as at the 2019 Kumbh, Makar Sankranti comes first: in 2019 it fell on 15 January and Paush Purnima on 21 January, according to PIB.

How long it lasts. From Friday 15 January to Saturday 6 March 2027 is 51 days, counting both ends; counted from 14 January, as in the planning meeting report, it is 52. The Prayagraj district describes the Magh Mela’s important bathing dates as spread over about 45 days, beginning with Makar Sankranti. Kalpvas is shorter than the mela: a month, from Paush Purnima to Maghi Purnima.

What each authority has published

What we found when we checked on 18 October 2026, and what is still to come.

Go deeperAnnounced and not announced, source by source1 min read
  • Prayagraj Mela Authority: no published list of 2027 bathing days. The authority, set up under a 2017 Uttar Pradesh law, organises the Magh Mela as well as the Kumbh. Its website, kumbh.gov.in, still showed the 2025 Maha Kumbh and had no Magh Mela 2027 section, and the Prayagraj district website had no Magh Mela 2027 page.
  • Government of India: the Incredible India listing of the Ministry of Tourism, credited to Uttar Pradesh Tourism, gives Magh Mela 2027 as 15 January to 6 March 2027. We found no PIB release on the 2027 dates.
  • Mela administration planning (27 August 2026): Amar Ujala reported the first meeting on preparations, chaired by the Divisional Commissioner and the Police Commissioner at the Mela Authority office. Its report gives the mela as 52 days, 14 January to 6 March 2027, with Makar Sankranti on 14 or 15 January, Mauni Amavasya on 6 February, Maghi Purnima on 20 February and Mahashivratri on 6 March, and says the mela area will grow from 844 hectares to 900 to 925 hectares, in eight sectors instead of seven.
  • Railways (8 August 2026): ETV Bharat reported that Indian Railways had begun planning for a mela from 15 January to 6 March, listing the same six bathing days as the calendar.

Not announced yet: the Prayagraj Mela Authority’s official list of 2027 bathing days; bathing times (muhurat) for each day; the ghats and sectors in use on each day; traffic, parking and vehicle rules around each bathing day; and camp and land arrangements for kalpvasis. We will add each one, with its source, when it is published.

To see what is official, provisional or expected for every Kumbh, see the date status board.

Weather in these months

Over these months nights average about 9°C in January, and days about 34°C in March. Little rain falls in these months.

17 mm23°9°Jan18 mm28°13°Feb9 mm34°17°Mar
  • Average high
  • Average low
  • Average rainfall
MonthDay (average high)Night (average low)RainRainy days (2.5 mm or more)
January22.6°C9.2°C17 mm1.6
February27.6°C12.7°C17.6 mm1.5
March34°C17.2°C8.8 mm1

IMD climatological normals 1991-2020, Prayagraj station at Bamrauli. about 16 km west of the Sangam. These are long-term averages, not a forecast. Check the IMD forecast in the week you travel. IMD Climatological Tables 1991-2020, p. 309

Where the bathing happens

The bathing happens at the Sangam, where the Ganga and the Yamuna meet, and along the mela ground’s ghats. The map also shows the railway stations and the bus stands.

Prayagraj: the Sangam and arrival pointsGangaYamuna123456781 kmN
Prayagraj: the Sangam and arrival points
  1. 1Triveni SangamGhat · Bathing place
  2. 2Akshayavat and Bade Hanuman, by the FortTemple
  3. 3Nag Vasuki TempleTemple
  4. 4Prayagraj JunctionRailway
  5. 5Prayag JunctionRailway
  6. 6Prayagraj Sangam stationRailway
  7. 7Civil Lines bus stationBus
  8. 8Zero Road bus standBus

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.

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

How the dates are set

  1. 1
    Tradition and the sky

    A Kumbh falls when Jupiter and the Sun reach the signs tradition links with each place. The panchang turns that into tithis and days.

  2. 2
    The seers and the akharas

    The akharas and the seers' council meet the administration to agree the main bathing days, above all the Amrit Snans.

  3. 3
    The government notice

    The state or the mela authority announces the days on its website or through the district, often months ahead and sometimes with later changes.

  4. 4
    Our check

    We mark each day official, provisional or expected, with its source and the date we checked, and change it the day a notice changes.

What the labels mean: how we mark dates.

What changed, and when

Every dated change to these dates, newest first, with its source.

  1. Re-checked: still no list of 2027 bathing days from the Prayagraj Mela Authority.Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 official website, Prayagraj Mela Authority
  2. No Magh Mela trains yet, and the winter flight schedule is not out. We found no Indian Railways notice of special trains for Magh Mela 2027. AAI's schedule for Prayagraj Airport was the summer one, which runs until 24 October 2026 at the latest, with direct flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar. The winter schedule, which covers the mela, was not yet posted.Flight Schedule, Prayagraj Airport, Airports Authority of India
  3. When we checked, the Government of India's Incredible India listing gave 15 January to 6 March 2027. The mela authority had published no list of bathing days.Magh Mela 2027, Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism (listing credited to Uttar Pradesh Tourism)
  4. 50 electric shuttle buses planned for the mela. The roadways plan to run 50 electric buses as a shuttle in the mela area, linking the main railway stations, temporary bus stations, main parking sites and the Sangam bank, with more trips on the bathing days. If needed, 25 more e-buses may come from Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi in early January, Amar Ujala reported.Prayagraj: 50 electric buses to ease pilgrims' journeys at the Magh Mela; shuttle service (Hindi), Amar Ujala, 25 Sep 2026
  5. Bigger mela ground, more ghats and parking proposed. The mela administration plans to enlarge the mela area to 925 hectares and is preparing to allot plots to more than 5,000 institutions and others. Proposals include 31 bathing ghats and 42 parking sites over 250 hectares, and the PWD was asked to map the main roads of the mela ground, Amar Ujala reported.Prayagraj: Magh Mela preparations; map of mela roads to be prepared (Hindi), Amar Ujala, 30 Aug 2026
  6. The first preparation meeting gave the mela as 52 days, 14 January to 6 March 2027, with Makar Sankranti on 14 or 15 January.Magh Mela 2027 first preparation meeting (Hindi), Amar Ujala, 27 Aug 2026
  7. Indian Railways began planning for a Magh Mela from 15 January to 6 March 2027, with six bathing days.Railways makes plans for Magh Mela 2027, ETV Bharat, 8 Aug 2026

More on the Magh Mela

Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
History and Sacred GeographyXuanzang at Prayag: the 7th-century account often linked to the KumbhXuanzang, also written Hiuen Tsang, described Prayag in the 640s as a holy place where a king gave away five years of wealth by the rivers.…5 min read
Photo: Vanshiikaa, CC0
Akharas and Kumbh CultureKalpvasi, sadhu or naga: who is who at the KumbhA kalpvasi is a householder keeping a month of vows, a sadhu has renounced home life, and a Naga is an initiated ascetic of an akhara.…6 min read
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Akharas and Kumbh CultureJuna Akhara in brief: its tradition, seat and place at the KumbhThe Shri Panch Dashnam Juna Akhara is a Shaiva order of Dashnami sannyasis and the largest of the 13 akharas. Its tradition, its seat in Varanasi,…4 min read

The mela ground from space

Satellite image of the same area, Magh Mela, 17 February 2024Satellite image of the same area, No mela, 22 May 2024
Satellite image of the same area, Maha Kumbh, 11 February 2025
Magh Mela, 17 February 2024Maha Kumbh, 11 February 2025
The Sangam from space: an ordinary month, the Magh Mela and the Maha KumbhThe Ganga comes in from the top and the Yamuna from the left; they meet at the Sangam, right of centre. In February 2024 the Magh Mela camps stood on the city side and the Jhunsi side (right). In February 2025 the Maha Kumbh camps also covered the Arail side (bottom), which was empty a year earlier.Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021 to 2025), processed by KumbhMela.info. Imagery from the Microsoft Planetary Computer. 10 m per pixel. Copernicus legal notice · Scenes: 2025-02-11 2024-02-17 2024-05-22

Questions people ask

Magh Mela 2027 kab shuru hoga?

On Friday 15 January 2027, with the Makar Sankranti bath, by the Hindu calendar. Some lists give 14 January, and some count from Paush Purnima on 22 January, when kalpvas begins. The Prayagraj Mela Authority has not yet published its list.

Has the government announced the Magh Mela 2027 dates?

Not as a published list. On 20 October 2026 we found no list from the Prayagraj Mela Authority. A Government of India tourism listing gives 15 January to 6 March 2027, and a newspaper report of the mela administration’s first planning meeting gives 14 January to 6 March 2027.

Magh Mela 2027 snan dates

Six main bathing days are expected: 15 January, 22 January, 6 February, 11 February, 20 February and 6 March 2027. They come from the Hindu calendar and stay Expected until the mela authority lists them.

When is Mauni Amavasya 2027 at the Magh Mela?

Saturday 6 February 2027, the new moon of Magha. By tradition many pilgrims keep a vow of silence on this day.

When does kalpvas start in 2027?

By tradition kalpvas runs from Paush Purnima to Maghi Purnima: Friday 22 January to Saturday 20 February 2027, by the calendar.

Where next

How to reachTrains, buses, roads and the last stretch
Where to stayAreas, camps and what to check
Ghats and placesWhere the bathing happens

Sources

24 sources · checked 19 Oct 2026
  1. Culture & Heritage: Prayagraj (Annual Magh Mela) · District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh ·
  2. 43-day-long Magh Mela begins in Prayagraj, over 21 lakh devotees take holy dip at Sangam on the first day · News On AIR (All India Radio News, Prasar Bharati) ·
  3. The Beginning of Maha Kumbh 2025: A Grand Spiritual Spectacle · Press Information Bureau / Ministry of Culture, Government of India ·
  4. Magh Mela 2027 · Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (listing credited to Uttar Pradesh Tourism) ·
  5. Kumbh Mela and Sangam · District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh ·
  6. Prayagraj: Blending Tradition with Modernity: 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela to Set New Global Standards · Press Information Bureau / Ministry of Culture, Government of India ·
  7. Do's and Don'ts: Maha Kumbh 2025 · Prayagraj Mela Authority, Government of Uttar Pradesh ·
  8. Panchang: tithi, sunrise and lunar month · TravNext Tech Private Limited (Tirth.com) ·
  9. Bathing Dates: Maha Kumbh 2025, descriptions of Mauni Amavasya and Basant Panchami · Prayagraj Mela Authority, Government of Uttar Pradesh ·
  10. Bathing Dates: Maha Kumbh 2025, descriptions of Paush Purnima, Makar Sankranti, Maghi Purnima and Maha Shivaratri · Prayagraj Mela Authority, Government of Uttar Pradesh ·
  11. Mauni Amavasya 2026: साधु आखिर क्यों साध लेते हैं चुप्पी? (Why do sadhus keep silence on Mauni Amavasya?) · Navbharat Live (Preeti Sharma) ·
  12. President and Prime Minister extend greetings to the nation on occasion of Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja · News On AIR (All India Radio News, Prasar Bharati) ·
  13. Snan and Events: Haridwar Kumbh 2027 (official website) · Haridwar Kumbh Mela administration, Government of Uttarakhand ·
  14. Festivals 2027 (Tirth spiritual calendar): Makara Sankranti, Mauni Amavasya, Vasant Panchami and Maha Shivaratri, re-checked 18 October 2026 · TravNext Tech Private Limited (Tirth.com) ·
  15. Festivals 2027 and festival pages: Makara Sankranti, Maha Shivaratri, Chaitra Navratri, Mesha Sankranti, Rama Navami (Tirth spiritual calendar) · TravNext Tech Private Limited (Tirth.com) ·
  16. Prayagraj: Magh Mela 2027 first meeting sets the outline of preparations; 54 tenders, mela area to grow (Hindi) · Amar Ujala (Vinod Singh, Amar Ujala Network, Prayagraj) ·
  17. Railways makes plans for an expected 20 crore devotees to descend on Prayagraj for Magh Mela 2027 · ETV Bharat (ETV Bharat English Team; report by Chanchal Mukherjee) ·
  18. Makar Sankranti 2027 date and time for Allahabad (Prayagraj): Sankranti moment and punya kaal · Drik Panchang (drikpanchang.com) ·
  19. All set for Kumbh Mela 2019 at Prayagraj: first Shahi Snan of akharas on 15 January · Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Culture ·
  20. All set for second bathing festival of Paush Purnima at Prayagraj Kumbh Mela tomorrow · Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Culture ·
  21. Prayagraj Mela Authority · Division Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh ·
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  23. District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh: home page helplines and links · District Administration, Prayagraj (hosted by National Informatics Centre) ·
  24. Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020 (Ninth Edition) · India Meteorological Department, Climate Research and Services, Pune ·