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

Shukla Tritiya is the 3rd of the 30 tithis, the bright fortnight’s 3rd. A panchang names a day by the tithi running at sunrise, and between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2027 Shukla Tritiya was the tithi at sunrise in New Delhi on 26 days: 12 in 2026 and 14 in 2027. Once it began after one sunrise and ended before the next, so it named no day at all (between the sunrises of 4 August 2027 and 5 August 2027), and twice it held two sunrises in a row, naming two consecutive days (10 January 2027 and 11 January 2027; 30 December 2027 and 31 December 2027).

Its number, 3, 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 Tritiya held sunrise most often on Mondays and Fridays (5 times) and least on Sundays (2): Sunday 2, Monday 5, Tuesday 4, Wednesday 3, Thursday 3, Friday 5, 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 Tritiya day: Hariyali Teej (15 August 2026), Ganesh Chaturthi (14 September 2026), Hartalika Teej (14 September 2026) and Hartalika Teej (3 September 2027).

In the cycle Shukla Tritiya comes after Shukla Dwitiya and before Shukla Chaturthi; 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 तृतीया तिथि.