Kharmas is an inauspicious month in Hindu calendar followed in North India. In 2024, Kharmas is marked from December 16, 2024 to January 14, 2025. Another Kharmas period is from from March 14, 2025 to April 14, 2025. The period is considered to be a bad period and marriages, housewarming are not held. Kharmas is followed mainly in Bihar, Jharkhand and in parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Importance of Kharmas
Annually, Kharmas is the period from mid December to mid January and also from mid March to mid April.
It is believed that there is no sun transition during this
inauspicious month called Kharmas and, as such, Hindus refrain from commencing
or doing anything new and auspicious during the period. It is only after the
sun starts its Uttarayan journey for the next six months after Kharmas that the
period becomes pious for devout Hindus.
Kharmas is not followed in southern, western and eastern parts of India.
Visit of Holy Places
Taking bath in tirths - sacred rivers, ponds, lakes and water bodies
Donating medicines to poor and needy in the month will help in early cure of diseases.
Donating dals in this month will help in achieving profit and financial gains.
Which Hindu Gods Are Worshipped in Kharmas?
- Surya
- Bhagavan Vishnu
What To Do In Kharmas?
Daan - Donation and CharityVisit of Holy Places
Taking bath in tirths - sacred rivers, ponds, lakes and water bodies
Donating medicines to poor and needy in the month will help in early cure of diseases.
Donating dals in this month will help in achieving profit and financial gains.