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Kartik Purnima 2026: Date, Dev Deepawali & Vedic Significance

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What you need to know

Kartik Purnima 2026 falls on Thursday, 5 November 2026. It is the full moon that closes the holiest month of the Vedic calendar — celebrated as Dev Deepawali in Kashi, and observed with snan (holy bath), deep-daan (lamp offering), and charity. The Moon at full strength in its own bright fortnight makes this Purnima especially significant for Chandra-related remedies and for anyone with a weak or afflicted Moon in the birth chart.

Why Kartik Purnima matters

Kartik is called the month dearest to Vishnu; its Purnima is the crescendo. Scriptures attach snan-daan on this day with multiplied merit — a bath in a holy river (or invoking Ganga in home water), deep-daan of 365 or 11 or 5 lamps, and annadaan. It is also Guru Nanak Jayanti, and in Kashi the ghats hold Dev Deepawali — the ‘Diwali of the gods’.

Astrology of the Kartik full moon

The Moon is at maximum strength on Purnima, typically in Krittika/Rohini-Bharani belt in early Vrishabha or late Mesha. For charts with Chandra-dosha (Moon-Saturn, Moon-Rahu, or a debilitated Moon), Kartik Purnima is among the year’s best days for Chandra remedies: white daan (rice, milk, silver per capacity), Som upasana, and moonlight meditation. Emotional-health sankalpa taken on this day carries the month’s momentum.

What to do on 5 November 2026

Early snan (before sunrise if possible), Vishnu/Satyanarayan katha, deep-daan at a temple or water body in the evening, Tulsi puja (the Tulsi-vivah window concludes around this Purnima), and daan of food or warm clothes as winter begins. Avoid tamasic food and conflict; the day is for completion and gratitude.

Common Questions

2026 event guides: August Grahan · Pitru Paksha (7-21 Sep) · Diwali & Lakshmi Puja (20 Oct) · Kartik Purnima (5 Nov)