Vivah Panchami is a Hindu festival celebrating the wedding of Rama and Sita. It is observed on the fifth day of the Shukla paksha or waxing phase of the moon in the Agrahayana month (November – December) as per the Maithili calendar and in the month of Margashirsha in Hindu Calendar. The day is observed as the Vivah Utsav of Sita and Rama in temples and sacred places associated with Sri Rama in the Mithila region of India and Nepal.