When is Raksha Bandhan?
Raksha Bandhan 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027.
Dates follow the Hindu calendar for New Delhi, India. In North America some festivals are kept one day earlier because of the time difference; check with your temple.
Sisters tie a rakhi, a sacred thread, on their brothers’ wrists, and brothers promise to protect them and give a gift.
How the date is set: The full moon of Shravana (July or August).
The date in other years
A short history
Raksha Bandhan is a popular and traditionally Hindu annual rite or ceremony that is central to a festival of the same name celebrated in South Asia, and among people around the world influenced by Hindu culture. On this day, sisters of all ages tie a talisman or amulet, called the rakhi, around the wrists of their brothers. The sisters symbolically protect the brothers, receive a gift in return, and traditionally invest the brothers with a share of the responsibility of their potential care. Raksha Bandhan is observed on the last day of the Hindu lunar calendar month of Shravana, which typically falls in August.
From Wikipedia’s article Raksha Bandhan, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sources
- Drik Panchang festival calendar (New Delhi) Dates
- Wikipedia: Raksha Bandhan Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)