Overview
- Drik Panchang lists Vat Purnima Purnima tithi for New Delhi as beginning at 03:06 AM on Monday, June 29, 2026 and ending at 05:26 AM on June 30, 2026, so the vrat is observed on June 29 where the udaya tithi falls on that day.
- The core observance is a nirjala (waterless) fast by married women who worship the Vat or banyan tree, offer flowers and grains, circumambulate the tree, and tie raw cotton threads around its trunk while reciting the Savitri–Satyavan vrat katha.
- Times Now provides practical muhurta and visibility windows for the day including Brahma Muhurta 04:06–04:46 AM, Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 AM–12:52 PM, Vijay Muhurta 02:44–03:40 PM, moon visibility at about 7:16 PM, and Amrit Kaal 08:53–10:40 PM.
- The festival is widely observed in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka and parts of South India, and Drik Panchang notes a calendrical nuance: the Amanta and Purnimanta lunar systems can place Vat Savitri on different lunar days in some regions.
- Devotees are advised to confirm local tithi and muhurta before performing rituals because the published timings are for New Delhi and local sunrise or calendar systems can shift the correct day and fasting window.