Are Narali Purnima and Raksha Bandhan the same day?

Same day, Shravana Purnima, but they're different festivals. Coastal Maharashtra keeps Narali Purnima, when the Koli fishing community offers a coconut to the sea and the fishing season reopens after the monsoon. Narali bhaat, sweet coconut rice, is the dish. Rakhi is observed on the same day in the same households, so many families do both.

Narali Purnima

Marathi

नारळी पूर्णिमा · નારળ-પૂર્ણિમા

Next date

17 August 2027

Tuesday · Shukla Purnima

Tithi begins10:29 AM · 16 Aug

Tithi ends12:58 PM

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About

Maharashtra coconut festival. Coconuts are offered to the sea (Varuna) marking the end of the monsoon fishing ban.

Falls on: Shravana Purnima, the same day as Raksha Bandhan

What it is

The Koli fishing communities offer a coconut to the sea and formally reopen the fishing season, which has been closed through the monsoon. Boats are decorated and blessed. It is a working festival, the monsoon ban lifts and the fleet goes out.

Food

Narali bhaat, sweet coconut rice with jaggery, is the signature dish.

Common questions

Are Narali Purnima and Raksha Bandhan the same day?: Same day, Shravana Purnima, but they're different festivals. Coastal Maharashtra keeps Narali Purnima, when the Koli fishing community offers a coconut to the sea and the fishing season reopens after the monsoon. Narali bhaat, sweet coconut rice, is the dish. Rakhi is observed on the same day in the same households, so many families do both.

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Aug28FriFridayShukla PurnimaTithi begins09:09 AM · 27 AugTithi ends09:48 AM

2027

Aug17TueTuesdayNextShukla PurnimaTithi begins10:29 AM · 16 AugTithi ends12:58 PM