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Event · Nashik 2027

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ThursdayJuly 2027

Nagar Pradakshina नगर प्रदक्षिणा

Tithi: Ashadha Krishna Dashami

ProvisionalCM meeting via Patrika
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Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Simhastha · Event

Nashik Kumbh Nagar Pradakshina: Thursday 29 July 2027

KumbhMela.info Editorial TeamChecked on Sun 18 Oct 2026

The Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Simhastha's Nagar Pradakshina is on Thursday 29 July 2027: a procession around the city of Nashik, four days before the first Amrit Snan.

ProvisionalChecked on Sun 18 Oct 2026

The date was announced by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after a meeting in Nashik with seers of the 13 akharas and the Purohit Sangh, as reported by PTI and Patrika on 1 and 2 June 2025, and news reports still gave it in October 2026. The Kumbh Mela Authority's plan of 15 June 2026 does not list it, and no official notice describes the procession. Tithi: Ashadha Krishna Dashami (amanta), from the Tirth panchang.

It is not a bathing day. The three Amrit Snans follow on 2 August, 31 August and 11 and 12 September 2027. No route, start time or list of participants has been published.

The day, hour by hour

  1. The evening before

    Dashami tithi begins.

  2. Road closures and police notices for 29 July 2027 are not yet issued.1

    Not announced yet
  3. Sunrise

    Sunrise. The tithi at sunrise is Dashami.

  4. Morning

    Dashami tithi ends.

  5. The procession's starting point, start time and route are not yet published.1,2

    Not announced yet
  6. Sunset

    Sunset.

  7. An evening Goda aarti is held at Ramkund; Maharashtra Tourism gave 7 to 8 pm daily in 2024.3,4

    In 2024

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 (4)
  1. Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority, Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik, Government of Maharashtra: Kumbh Mela Plan, Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2027 (first edition, interim): bathing-day timelines not yet set (2026)
  2. Press Trust of India, via The Week: Simhastha Kumbh Mela to begin in Nashik-Trimbakeshwar on Oct 31 next year (PTI): the Nagar Pradakshina date (2025)
  3. Department of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra (official Threads account): Goda Aarti (official post) (2024)
  4. Lokmat (Lokmat News Network): गंगा आरतीच्या धर्तीवर गोदावरी आरती (A Godavari aarti on the lines of the Ganga aarti) (2019)

What Nagar Pradakshina means

Pradakshina means walking around something sacred as an act of worship. The Nashik district gazetteer of 1883 lists walking round the image, pradakshina, among the rites of worship it describes for the Godavari. A nagar pradakshina is a procession around the nagar, the town itself, and Nashik has its own place in tradition: it is believed to be part of Dandakaranya, where Lord Rama lived during his exile, and Ramkund is believed to be where he used to bathe.

For 2027 the Nagar Pradakshina was announced after the Chief Minister’s meeting with the akharas on 1 June 2025, as a procession through Nashik four days before the first Amrit Snan. A Marathi news channel described it as saints of the akharas going round the city in procession in the traditional royal style. It is not a bathing day.

What the Nagar Pradakshina is

Pradakshina means walking around something sacred as an act of worship. The Nashik district gazetteer of 1883 lists walking round the image, pradakshina, among the rites of worship of the Godavari. A nagar pradakshina is a procession around the nagar, the town itself.

Go deeperHow the date was set, and where it is recorded1 min read

The date was set at a meeting in Nashik on 1 June 2025, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and attended by seers of all 13 akharas and representatives of the Purohit Sangh. The same meeting fixed the opening on 31 October 2026 and the three Amrit Snans. PTI reported that the Nagar Pradakshina will be held at Nashik on 29 July 2027, and gave no route, time or list of participants.

The Kumbh Mela Authority’s plan of 15 June 2026 charts the significant dates of the Simhastha for Nashik and for Trimbakeshwar, and the Nagar Pradakshina is not among them. So far the procession is known only from the June 2025 announcement and from news reports that still gave the date in October 2026.

What happens on the day

  1. The processionA procession around Nashik, as announced in June 2025. Its starting point, start time, route and participants have not been published by the Kumbh Mela Authority, the Nashik Municipal Corporation or the police.
  2. RoadsRoad closures for processions in Nashik are planned by the city police. Before the procession of 30 October 2026, for example, they planned a rehearsal of their arrangements along its route for 15 October. No notice has been issued for 29 July 2027.
  3. Four days laterThe first Amrit Snan, on Monday 2 August 2027, at Ramkund in Nashik and Kushavarta in Trimbakeshwar.

The tithi and its end time are in the panchang below.

Not the same as the procession of 30 October 2026

What30 October 202629 July 2027
What it isA procession of sadhus, mahants and mahamandaleshwars; police reports call it a dharma dhwaja shobhayatra and nagar pradakshinaThe Nagar Pradakshina, a procession around the city
RouteFrom Modi Ground in Tapovan through the city to Ramkund, ending with a maha aartiNot published
Where it sitsOn the eve of the flag hoisting, in the Simhastha’s opening weekJust before the bathing season, four days before the first Amrit Snan

See the flag hoisting page for the opening week.

How it leads into the bathing season

The Simhastha opens with the flag hoisting on 31 October 2026 and runs into 2028, but the authority’s plan puts its core mela period in June to September 2027. The Nagar Pradakshina comes four days before the first of the three Amrit Snans:

By an arrangement the Nashik district traces to the Peshwas, the Vaishnava akharas bathe at Nashik and the Shaiva and Udasin akharas at Trimbakeshwar. See every date, with its status and source, on the Nashik Simhastha timeline.

What is not announced yet, and planning for late July

  • The route, starting point and start time of the procession
  • Who takes part
  • Road closures in Nashik on the day

Check the Kumbh Mela Authority’s pages on the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik website (divcomnashik.maharashtra.gov.in) and Nashik police notices. We add details here, with the source, when they are published.

Late July is the monsoon in Nashik; read what rain means for the Amrit Snans.

If you plan to stay on for the first Amrit Snan on 2 August, book stays you can cancel: the authority marks its plan as interim and subject to change.

Where it is

The route has not been published. The map shows Panchavati, where Ramkund is, Tapovan, where the akharas camp, and the places where trains and buses arrive in Nashik.

Nashik: Panchavati ghats, Tapovan and arrival pointsGodavari123451 kmN
Nashik: Panchavati ghats, Tapovan and arrival points
  1. 1Ramkund and PanchavatiGhat
  2. 2TapovanPlace
  3. 3Nashik Road railway stationRailway
  4. 4Mela bus standBus
  5. 5Nimani 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.

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

The panchang, and a card to share

Thu 29 Jul 2027For Nashik, in IST
  • Sunrise6:09 am
  • Tithi at sunriseDashami until 7:33 am
  • From 7:33 amEkadashi until 5:12 am the next day
  • From 5:12 amDwadashi until 2:18 am the next day
  • Paksha and monthKrishna paksha, Ashadha (amanta) or Shravana (purnimanta)
  • Observed asKamika Ekadashi
  • Sunset7:14 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

Nashik Nagar Pradakshina kab hai?

On Thursday 29 July 2027, as announced after the Chief Minister’s meeting with the akharas in June 2025. The route and timing are not announced.

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

14 sources · checked 18 Oct 2026
  1. Nashik Kumbh Mela 2027 Dates Announced · Patrika (Patrika Desk) ·
  2. Simhastha Kumbh Mela to begin in Nashik-Trimbakeshwar on Oct 31 next year (PTI): the Nagar Pradakshina date · Press Trust of India, via The Week ·
  3. Kumbh Mela Plan (First Edition), Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha 2027: section 1.2 'Significant Dates' charts (page 8) · Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority ·
  4. सिंहस्थ कुंभमेळ्याच्या तयारीला गती; मंत्रोच्चाराच्या घोषात त्र्यंबकेश्वर येथे विधिवत ध्वजस्तंभ पूजन (Flagstaff worship at Trimbakeshwar; the Simhastha dates) · ETV Bharat Marathi ·
  5. Panchang for Nashik on 29 July 2027, the Nagar Pradakshina day (Tirth panchang) · Tirth.com (TravNext Tech Pvt Ltd) ·
  6. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume XVI: Nasik (1883), Nasik town: worship of the Godavari (p. 530, footnotes) · Government of Bombay, Government Central Press; scan by Cornell University Library on the Internet Archive ·
  7. Nashik Kumbh Mela: 25 October Shankhanad ceremony aiming for a world record (Marathi report on the Simhastha opening programme) · Sakal (Sakal news service, esakal.com) ·
  8. ‘सिंहस्थ’ ध्वजारोहणाची उद्या रंगीत तालीम (Police rehearsal tomorrow for the Simhastha flag hoisting) · Sakal (eSakal), Sakal news service ·
  9. Kumbh Mela Plan (First Edition): Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2027 · Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority, Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik, Government of Maharashtra ·
  10. Kumbh Mela Plan (First Edition), Nashik Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2027: schedule, framework, chapters and financial outlays · Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority, Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik, Government of Maharashtra ·
  11. Culture and Heritage: Simhastha Kumbhamela, the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh and its astrological aspect (Nashik district) · District Administration, Nashik, Government of Maharashtra ·
  12. Ramkund Nashik · Nashik District, Government of Maharashtra ·
  13. Kushavart Tirtha: Trimbakeshwar · Nashik District, Government of Maharashtra ·
  14. Divisional Commissioner Office Nashik website: Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela 2027 Authority menu and linked accounts · Divisional Commissioner Office, Nashik, Government of Maharashtra (hosted by National Informatics Centre) ·