Guru Purnima 1992
Honouring the guru, on the full moon of Ashadha — Vyasa Purnima.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:16
- Sunset18:51
- Fasting window (tithi)1992-07-13 · 22:39 → 1992-07-15 · 00:39
- Parana (tithi ends)00:391992-07-15
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Guru Purnima puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaGuru Purnima — Frequently Asked Questions
When is Guru Purnima celebrated?
On the full moon (Purnima) of the month of Ashadha, at the start of the monsoon — the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight. For this year's date, see the date shown above.
Why is Guru Purnima also called Vyasa Purnima?
It is kept as the birthday of Veda Vyasa, who divided the Veda into four, composed the Mahabharata and the Puranas, and is honoured as the archetypal guru of the tradition. Honouring the guru today is honouring the whole line of teaching reaching back to him.
How is Guru Purnima observed?
Disciples honour their guru — offering flowers, dakshina and respect, and touching the feet — or, where the teacher is absent, worship the Guru Paduka or image. Vyasa and the parampara are worshipped, and a resolve to study or practise is taken up.
What does the word guru mean?
By the traditional derivation, gu means darkness and ru the one who dispels it — the guru is the one who removes the darkness of ignorance. Guru Purnima is the day to acknowledge those from whom one has received true knowledge.
Other major festivals in 1992
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1992
- Vasant Panchami — 9 February 1992
- Maha Shivaratri — 2 March 1992
- Holika Dahan — 18 March 1992
- Holi — 19 March 1992
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 4 April 1992
- Ram Navami — 11 April 1992
- Akshaya Tritiya — 5 May 1992
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 2 July 1992
- Nag Panchami — 3 August 1992
- Raksha Bandhan — 13 August 1992
- Krishna Janmashtami — 21 August 1992
- Hartalika Teej — 30 August 1992
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 31 August 1992
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 1992
- Pitru Paksha begins — 13 September 1992
- Sharad Navratri begins — 27 September 1992
- Durga Ashtami — 4 October 1992
- Maha Navami — 5 October 1992
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 5 October 1992
- Karwa Chauth — 15 October 1992
- Dhanteras — 23 October 1992
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 24 October 1992
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 25 October 1992
- Govardhan Puja — 26 October 1992
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 1992
- Chhath Puja — 31 October 1992
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 10 November 1992
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 10 November 1992
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