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

Shukla Trayodashi is the 13th of the 30 tithis, the bright fortnight’s 13th. A panchang names a day by the tithi running at sunrise, and between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2027 Shukla Trayodashi was the tithi at sunrise in New Delhi on 26 days: 13 in 2026 and 13 in 2027. It never fell between two sunrises without holding one, and once it held two sunrises in a row, naming two consecutive days (14 August 2027 and 15 August 2027).

Its number, 13, is among the tithis the muhurat filter favours, so on its 26 days the tithi is no obstacle. 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 26 Days, Month by Month

By weekday, Shukla Trayodashi held sunrise most often on Saturdays (6 times) and least on Thursdays (2): Sunday 3, Monday 3, Tuesday 3, Wednesday 5, Thursday 2, Friday 4, Saturday 6. 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 Trayodashi day: Narasimha Jayanti (18 May 2027).

In the cycle Shukla Trayodashi comes after Shukla Dwadashi and before Shukla Chaturdashi; 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 त्रयोदशी तिथि.