Varalakshmi Vrat as it falls in 2032.

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Varalakshmi Vrat 2032

Friday, 20 August 2032, in Ahmedabad

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Panchang on the day

August 2032Shravan · Vikram 2088 Rudhirodgari

20

Friday

Waxing Fourteenth

until 11:12

Capricorn

  • ખKha
  • જJa
Sunrise
06:16
Sunset
19:08
Moonrise
18:25
Nakshatra
Shravana
until 14:09
Yoga
Saubhagya
until 08:52
Karana
Vanija
until 11:12
  • Rahu Kalam 11:06 to 12:42
  • Yamaganda 15:55 to 17:32
  • Abhijit muhurat 12:17 to 13:08

Why this date

Shravan Full Moon, taken at sunrise

Runs from 20 Aug 11:12 IST to 21 Aug 07:16 IST.

In short

Varalakshmi Vrat is a vrat observed according to the Hindu calendar. Its date and customary practices can vary by region and local Panchang.

The story

Varalakshmi Vrat is a Lakshmi observance especially prominent among families in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. In its familiar vrat-katha, Charumati is a devoted woman who cares for her family and treats others with kindness. Lakshmi appears in her dream and asks her to worship Varalakshmi, the giver of blessings, on an auspicious Friday of the Shravan season. Charumati gathers other women, decorates a sacred kalasha and follows the prescribed prayers. The narrative says that her household receives prosperity and well-being.

Families invoke Lakshmi in a pot decorated with flowers, leaves and sometimes a symbolic face; they offer food, light lamps, listen to the story and tie a sacred thread where customary. These observances link prosperity with generosity and family responsibility, not a guaranteed material or medical result. Practices and participation vary between communities, and rigorous fasting need not be compulsory.

The observance is commonly celebrated on the Friday before Shravan Purnima, but solar and lunar month conventions and local Friday selection differ. The database currently lacks a rule, so a Friday-based regional calendar rule needs source checking and preview before it can be saved.

Why it matters

The Charumati dream narrative presents Lakshmi's blessings as linked to thoughtful family care, generosity and devotion. Friday observance rules differ across South Indian regions.

What people do

Decorate a kalasha, invoke Lakshmi, offer flowers, recite the Charumati katha and tie a sacred thread where customary.

Told differently elsewhere

This app has no rule for it yet. The date is a weekday relative to a purnima and `festival_rule` cannot express a weekday, so the entry carries no date rather than a wrong one.

Questions people ask

When is Varalakshmi Vrat in 2032?
On Friday, 20 August 2032 in India. Runs from 20 Aug 11:12 IST to 21 Aug 07:16 IST.
Why does the date change every year?
It is kept by the lunar calendar, so its day on the civil calendar moves from year to year.
Is the date the same everywhere?
Usually. Where sunrise falls at a different moment the day can differ by one, and the dates here are worked out for India.

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