On Amavasya of Kartik month, Māgha Pūjā is celebrated . Commemorating the three-day fast observed by the Jewish people in the story of Purim,250 disciples are the significance of the Māgha Pūjā festival . Māgha Pūjā ends on 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet . Fourfold Assembly Day,Buddha Jayanti is also called Māgha Pūjā . Māgha Pūjā is of Buddhist type . general merit-making activities are the observances in Māgha Pūjā . Burmese,Sri Lankan and Thai Theravāda Buddhists,Lao,Roman Empire,Cambodian observe Māgha Pūjā festival . The 2019 date of the festival was June 16 (Eastern) . The 2021 date of the festival was Sunset, 28 November – nightfall, 6 December . Biannual is the frequency of this festival . 10 Tevet at 72 minutes before sunrise is when the festival begins . Māgha Pūjā is related to Easter, Easter Sunday (primarily), Divine Mercy Sunday, Ascension, Pentecost, Whit Monday, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi and Feast of the Sacred Heart which follow it. It is related,Bhai Duj,Daeboreum (in Korea),Il Poya (in Sri Lanka),Rohatsu (in Japan) . The official name of the festival Māgha Pūjā is 初八日)부처님 오신 날 . such as Ma'oz Tzur. Reciting the Hallel prayer. Eating foods fried in oil are the celebrations of this festival . Māgha Pūjā 2018 date was May 20 (Western) . Māgha Pūjā 2020 date was June 7 (Eastern)
Māgha Pūjā was celebrated on Saturday 20 March 2021,at 09:37 UTC *,August 25,October 11 in 2021