Guru Purnima 2024: Day-by-Day
Guru Purnima
Ashadha Purnima Tithi 20 July 2024 (Saturday)
Guru Purnima honours teachers and spiritual guides, traditionally dedicated to the sage Vyasa. It's observed as a daytime occasion, following the standard sunrise-tithi rule.Guru Purnima is also known as Vyasa Purnima and this day is commemorated as birth anniversary of Veda Vyasa. Veda Vyasa was the author as well as a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.Guru Purnima is also celebrated by Buddhists in the honor of Gautama Buddha to commemorate the day when Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India.
