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Upakarma 2027: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rigveda, Yajur and Samaveda Upakarma dates for your city
Updated October 13, 2026 · Pundit Mahesh Shastri, Panchanga Siddhanti
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, America (United States)
Upakarma · 2027
📍 Minneapolis, Minnesota, America (United States)
Rigveda Upakarma
Repeating
August 16, 2027
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Rigveda Upakarma
First-timer
August 16, 2027 (parihara)
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Shukla Yajurveda
Yajur Upakarma · Repeating
August 16, 2027
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Shukla Yajurveda
Yajur Upakarma · First-timer
August 16, 2027 (parihara)
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Krishna Yajurveda
Yajur Upakarma · Repeating
August 16, 2027
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Krishna Yajurveda
Yajur Upakarma · First-timer
August 16, 2027 (parihara)
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Samaveda Upakarma
Repeating
September 2, 2027
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Samaveda Upakarma
First-timer
September 2, 2027 (Parihara)
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Samaveda Upakarma (Tamil Sampradaya)
Repeating
September 2, 2027
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Samaveda Upakarma (Tamil Sampradaya)
First-timer
September 2, 2027 (Parihara)
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Rigveda, Yajur and Samaveda Upakarma dates for your city
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Rigveda Upakarma Full page →
Repeating
August 16, 2027
Shravana Nakshatra
First-timer
With parihara: August 16, 2027
Guru Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.
Shukra Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.
🌅 Previous Sunrise
Aug 15
06:16:39 AM
⭐ Nakshatra Begins
Aug 15
09:57:28 AM
🌅 Sunrise
Aug 16
06:17:50 AM
⭐ Nakshatra Ends
Aug 16
01:03:39 PM
🌇 Sunset
Aug 16
08:17:22 PM
🌅 Next Sunrise
Aug 17
06:19:02 AM
Yajur Upakarma Full page →
Shukla Yajurveda
Repeating
August 16, 2027
Shravana Purnima
First-timer
With parihara: August 16, 2027
Guru Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.
Shukra Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.
Krishna Yajurveda, Baudhayana Sutra
Repeating
August 16, 2027
Shravana Purnima
First-timer
With parihara: August 16, 2027
Guru Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.
Shukra Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.
Krishna Yajurveda, Apastamba Sutra
Repeating
August 16, 2027
Shravana Purnima
First-timer
With parihara: August 16, 2027
Guru Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.
Shukra Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.
Krishna Yajurveda, Hiranyakeshi Sutra
Repeating
August 16, 2027
Shravana Purnima
First-timer
With parihara: August 16, 2027
Guru Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.
Shukra Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.
Gayatri Japam
August 17, 2027
🌅 Previous Sunrise
Aug 15
06:16:39 AM
🌕 Purnima Begins
Aug 15
11:58:53 PM
🌅 Sunrise
Aug 16
06:17:50 AM
🌇 Sunset
Aug 16
08:17:22 PM
🌖 Purnima Ends
Aug 17
02:28:22 AM
☀️ Sankranti
Aug 17
03:37:28 AM
🌅 Next Sunrise
Aug 17
06:19:02 AM
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Samaveda Upakarma
Repeating
September 2, 2027
Bhadrapada Hasta Nakshatra
First-timer
With Parihara: September 2, 2027
Perform the Yajnopavita Dharana (thread replacement) on this day regardless, reciting the standard mantra and discarding the old thread; this keeps daily duties like Sandhyavandanam valid even when the full Upakarma cannot be performed at an auspicious time.
Observe a fast (Upavasa) or Prajapatya Krichchhra as Parihara for the missed rite, per Nirnayasindhu.
Bathe in a river or sacred water body and offer simple Rishi Tarpana; this is said to purify the remaining defect.
🌅 Previous Sunrise
Sep 1
06:36:49 AM
🌅 Sunrise
Sep 2
06:38:00 AM
⭐ Nakshatra Begins
Sep 2
07:05:42 AM
🌇 Sunset
Sep 2
07:47:58 PM
⭐ Nakshatra Ends
Sep 3
05:23:12 AM
🌅 Next Sunrise
Sep 3
06:39:11 AM
Eclipse or Sankranti within 48 hours of Upakarma
- 🌕 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: Tue, Aug 17, 2027, 12:25 AM to 4:03 AM CDT · Madhya 2:14 AM · In the Upakarma panchang day (Aug 16, 2027) · Moon is up in this city
Penumbral eclipses are not considered in Dharmashastra. - ☀️ Simha Sankranti: Tue, Aug 17, 2027, 3:37 AM CDT · In the Upakarma panchang day (Aug 16, 2027)
Both after midnight, so no dosha (परतश्चेन्न दोषकृत्).
About Upakarma
About
Upakarma
Upakarma is the annual renewal of the sacred thread (yajnopavita) and the resumption of Vedic study. Each Veda observes it on its own day: Rigveda Upakarma, Yajur Upakarma (Shravani Upakarma, Aavani Avittam) and Samaveda Upakarma.
The dates above are for your city and year, for those repeating the observance and for those performing it for the first time. Each Veda's full page has the complete table.
Where the views of different sampradayas differ, please follow the convention observed by your own family or sampradaya.
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Tradition & Practice
Rigveda Upakarma
Anchored to Shravana Nakshatra in Shravana masa.
Yajur Upakarma
Anchored to Shravana Purnima, for Shukla Yajurveda and Krishna Yajurveda.
Samaveda Upakarma
Anchored to Hasta Nakshatra in Bhadrapada.
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