Labh Pancham 2027 Date
Labh Pancham 2027 is on Wednesday, 3 November 2027, on Panchami tithi.
Dates are for India (IST). Tithi timings for your city are on the Labh Pancham page.
About Labh Pancham
Five days after Diwali, Gujarati traders reopen shops with a fresh ledger — writing 'Shubh' on the left page, 'Labh' on the right, and a sathiya (svastika) in the middle. The same Kartika Shukla Panchami is Jnana Panchami for Shvetambara Jains, who bring out and worship their scriptures.
The day carries two very different meanings. For Gujarati merchants it is the first working morning of the new Vikram Samvat year. The new account book — called chopda or khata — is consecrated before any business is recorded: 'Shubh' (auspiciousness) on the left, 'Labh' (profit) on the right, and a sathiya drawn at the centre of the first page, with Lakshmi invoked over it. Shvetambara Jains observe the same tithi as Jnana Panchami, literally 'Knowledge Fifth', falling five days after they mark Mahavira's nirvana at Diwali. Manuscripts and Agamas kept in temple bhandars are taken out, dusted, displayed and worshipped — an annual airing of the scriptural collection. Digambara Jains do not use this date; their parallel festival, Shruta Panchami, falls in Jyeshtha (May–June) instead.
