Kojagrat Purnima

What Kojagrat Purnima is

Kojagrat Purnima is the full moon of Ashwin and the last day of Dashain. Kojagrat means "who is awake?": Goddess Laxmi is said to walk the earth this night and bless those she finds awake. It is also the last day to receive the Dashain tika. The day is kept by the night the full moon holds.

How families keep it

Families worship Laxmi in the evening and stay up late. The jamara and the kalash of Dashain are taken to a river.

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.

Kojagrat Purnima in the coming years

• 2026Sunday, October 25, 2026Kartik 8, 2083
• 2027Thursday, October 14, 2027Ashwin 27, 2084
• 2028Monday, October 2, 2028Ashwin 16, 2085
• 2029Sunday, October 21, 2029Kartik 4, 2086
• 2030Thursday, October 10, 2030Ashwin 23, 2087
• 2031Wednesday, October 29, 2031Kartik 12, 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.