Vasanta Purnima Thursday 1st March 2018
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 8:57 AM on 1-March-2018
Purnima Tithi Ends = 6:21 AM on 2-March-2018
Vasanta Purnima Thursday 21st March 2019
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 10:44 AM on 20-March-2019
Purnima Tithi Ends = 7:12 AM on 21-March-2019
Vasanta Purnima Monday 9th March 2020
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 3:03 AM on 9-March-2020
Purnima Tithi Ends = 11:16 PM on 9-March-2020
Vasanta Purnima Sunday 28th March 2021
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 3:26 AM on 28-March-2021
Purnima Tithi Ends = 12:17 AM on 29-March-2021
Vasanta Purnima Friday 18th March 2022
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 1:29 PM on 17-March-2022
Purnima Tithi Ends = 12:46 PM on 18-March-2022
Vasanta Purnima Tuesday 7th March 2023
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 4:16 PM on 6-March-2023
Purnima Tithi Ends = 6:09 PM on 7-March-2023
Vasanta Purnima Monday 25th March 2024
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 9:54 AM on 24-March-2024
Purnima Tithi Ends = 12:29 PM on 25-March-2024
Vasanta Purnima Friday 14th March 2025
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 10:35 AM on 13-March-2025
Purnima Tithi Ends = 12:23 PM on 14-March-2025
Vasanta Purnima Tuesday 3rd March 2026
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 5:55 PM on 2-March-2026
Purnima Tithi Ends = 5:06 PM on 3-March-2026
Vasanta Purnima Monday 22nd March 2027
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 6:20 PM on 21-March-2027
Purnima Tithi Ends = 4:12 PM on 22-March-2027
Vasanta Purnima Friday 10th March 2028
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 10:20 AM on 10-March-2028
Purnima Tithi Ends = 6:34 AM on 11-March-2028
Vasanta Purnima Wednesday 28th February 2029
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 2:03 AM on 28-February-2029
Purnima Tithi Ends = 10:38 PM on 28-February-2029
Vasanta Purnima Tuesday 19th March 2030
Vasanta Purnima Timings:
Purnima Tithi Starts = 2:01 AM on 19-March-2030
Purnima Tithi Ends = 11:25 PM on 19-March-2030
About Vasanta Purnima Festival:
Vasanta Purnima is the full moon day, which occurs in the middle of the spring season in India. It is a day of substantial significance because it coincides with Holi, the festival of colors. Spring is the wonderful season when nature displays various colors, and Holi is also the festival of colors that synchronizes with nature.
As per legends, the ritual of playing Holi with colors began in the time of Lord Krishna. It is believed that Lord Krishna played Holi with Radha and her female friends commonly known as Gopis. As per Vedic astronomy there are six seasons or Ritu in a year, which are Vasanta (spring), Grishma (summer), Varsha (monsoon), Sharad (autumn), Hemant (pre-winter) and Shishir (winter).
Vasanta Ritu in India is between February 19 and April 19 and hence all Hindu festivals celebrated during this period are related to Vasanta Ritu.
Phalguna Purnima falls during the period of Vasanta Ritu and hence it is known as Vasanta Purnima. Hindu festivals are not linked with seasons as the festivals and seasons will not coincide because of precession. It may take several hundreds of years to identify the seasonal change of Hindu festivals, and hence suitable names are assigned to the festivals, corresponding to the season they currently coincide with.
The festival of Vasanta Panchami enlightens us that there is no strict relation between Hindu festivals and seasons. Mostly, Vasanta Panchami is celebrated before February 19, which is much before the beginning of Vasanta Ritu. Hence, the better name to Vasanta Panchami can be Shri Panchami, which is its alternate name. Nevertheless, Vasanta Panchami proclaims the arrival of both Vasanta Ritu and Vasanta Purnima. Holi usually falls in the middle of Vasanta Ritu and hence we can say that Holi is Vasanta festival. Undoubted fully, Holi would keep on coinciding with Vasanta Ritu for more than thousands of years because it takes thousands of years to make a significant change of phase between festivals and seasons.
As per Hindu calendar, all the festival days like Holi Purnima, Phalguna Purnima and Vasanta Purnima occur on the same day. It is a coincidence that Vasanta Purnima day is also the birth anniversary of Goddess Lakshmi as well as Saint Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
