Basanta Panchami (Saraswati Puja)

What Basanta Panchami (Saraswati Puja) is

Basanta Panchami is Magh Shukla Panchami, also called Shree Panchami. It welcomes spring and is the day of Saraswati, goddess of learning, music and the arts. Children write their first letters on this day, and students ask her blessing for their studies. Many families also choose it for weddings and other auspicious beginnings.

How families keep it

Books, pens and instruments are placed before Saraswati and worshipped, at home or at a temple. Families hold a Saraswati puja and begin a child's learning with a pandit.

Basanta Panchami (Saraswati Puja) in the coming years

• 2026Friday, January 23, 2026Magh 9, 2082
• 2027Thursday, February 11, 2027Magh 28, 2083
• 2028Monday, January 31, 2028Magh 17, 2084
• 2029Friday, January 19, 2029Magh 6, 2085
• 2030Thursday, February 7, 2030Magh 24, 2086
• 2031Monday, January 27, 2031Magh 13, 2087

Each date is the day Nepal keeps the festival. Nepal publishes its patro one year at a time, so a date further ahead can move by a day when that year's patro comes out. For a ceremony, Pandit Ji confirms the day and the muhurta.