Vasant Panchami 2026 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Saraswati Puja muhurat 05:24–12:18, Fri 23 Jan
Festival · times in SAST
When is Vasant Panchami 2026 in Maclear?
Vasant Panchami Saraswati Puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Vasant Panchami on Fri 23 Jan in Maclear?
Vasant Panchami is on Fri 23 Jan: Panchami holds all of purvahna that morning, and no other.
Panchami holds all of purvahna, 05:24–12:18. Panchami: 22:58 Thu to 22:16.
Panchami ended at 22:16 Fri; purvahna is Shashthi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Box: Purvahna. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.
Saraswati Puja is done in purvahna, the first half of the day. Panchami runs from 22:58 on Thu 22 Jan to 22:16 on Fri 23 Jan, so only Friday’s purvahna (05:24–12:18) falls within it. No text giving Vasant Panchami’s time was found; purvahna is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Magha Shukla Panchami
Saraswati Puja is done in purvahna, the first half of the day.
- Smarta
- the morning whose purvahna Panchami holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.