Shukla Shashthi Tithi: Every Day It Held Sunrise, 2026 and 2027

Shukla Shashthi is the 6th of the 30 tithis, the bright fortnight’s 6th. A panchang names a day by the tithi running at sunrise, and between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2027 Shukla Shashthi was the tithi at sunrise in New Delhi on 24 days: 12 in 2026 and 12 in 2027. It never fell between two sunrises without holding one, and it never held two sunrises in a row.

Its number, 6, is neither rikta nor among the tithis the muhurat filter favours. A list of the days a tithi held sunrise is not a list of vrat days: an observance tied to a tithi is fixed by its own rule, which the festival pages apply one by one.

The 24 Days, Month by Month

By weekday, Shukla Shashthi held sunrise most often on Tuesdays (5 times) and least on Wednesdays (1): Sunday 3, Monday 3, Tuesday 5, Wednesday 1, Thursday 4, Friday 4, Saturday 4. Over two years that spread is chance, not a pattern; the weekday and the tithi run on unrelated cycles.

Festivals that fell on a Shukla Shashthi day: Chhath Puja (15 November 2026) and Chhath Puja (4 November 2027).

In the cycle Shukla Shashthi comes after Shukla Panchami and before Shukla Saptami; all 30 are on the tithi index. For what the five limbs are and how a day’s panchang is read, see reading the panchang and the guide to choosing a day. This page in Hindi: शुक्ल षष्ठी तिथि.