Fulpati

What Fulpati is

Fulpati is Ashwin Shukla Saptami, the seventh day of Dashain. Fulpati means flowers and leaves: nine sacred plants, among them banana, sugarcane, pomegranate and bel, are brought into the puja room where the jamara is growing. The main days of Dashain begin, and families travel to be together.

How families keep it

The fulpati is carried in and worshipped beside the kalash. In Kathmandu it arrives from Gorkha and is received at Hanuman Dhoka with a parade.

The days of Dashain

• Ghatasthapana

  Friday, October 1, 2027 · Ashwin 14, 2084

  The first day of Dashain: the kalash is set up and the jamara is sown.

• Fulpati

  Wednesday, October 6, 2027 · Ashwin 19, 2084

  The seventh day of Dashain, when the fulpati is brought into the house.

• Maha Ashtami

  Thursday, October 7, 2027 · Ashwin 20, 2084

  The eighth day of Dashain, given to Goddess Durga in her fiercest form.

• Maha Navami

  Saturday, October 9, 2027 · Ashwin 22, 2084

  The ninth day of Dashain and the last of Navaratri.

• Vijaya Dashami

  Sunday, October 10, 2027 · Ashwin 23, 2084

  The tenth and greatest day of Dashain, when elders give tika, jamara and their blessing.

• Kojagrat Purnima

  Thursday, October 14, 2027 · Ashwin 27, 2084

  The full moon that closes Dashain, a night of wakefulness for Goddess Laxmi.

Fulpati in the coming years

• 2026Saturday, October 17, 2026Ashwin 31, 2083
• 2027Wednesday, October 6, 2027Ashwin 19, 2084
• 2028Monday, September 25, 2028Ashwin 9, 2085
• 2029Sunday, October 14, 2029Ashwin 28, 2086
• 2030Thursday, October 3, 2030Ashwin 16, 2087
• 2031Wednesday, October 22, 2031Kartik 5, 2088

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.