Choose your place on Drikganitha to load Vinayaka Caturthi 2026 dates, then use favourable horas while avoiding Rāhu Kālam, Yamagaṇḍam, and Guḷikai.
Do not begin the main ritual or light the stove for ceremonial cooking during these daily malefic intervals:
Worship or vrata per the calendar marker — local temple custom may differ.
Vināyaka Caturthī — year’s principal Gaṇeśa installation and worship.
Pan-regional listing across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali calendars in Drikganitha.
Related tithi, nakṣatra, or weekday from local sunrise.
On the Panchang the civil date follows śukla Caturthī of the relevant lunar month at local sunrise. Because tithi and nakṣatra boundaries are reckoned from local sunrise, the same observance can fall a day earlier or later in another city.
Vināyaka Caturthī — year’s principal Gaṇeśa installation and worship.
Worship or vrata per the calendar marker — local temple custom may differ.
Dates below for 2026 are computed from sunrise at your selected place. The same vrata can fall on an adjacent civil day in another city.
What is the exact date of Vinayaka Caturthi 2026 in Mumbai?
Vinayaka Caturthi 2026 date for Mumbai is computed from local sunrise on Drikganitha.
Why are Rāhu Kālam, Yamagaṇḍam, and Guḷikai avoided?
In classical muhūrta practice these segments are treated as inauspicious for starting sacred rites or ceremonial cooking. Favourable Guru, Sūrya, Śukra, or Chandra horas that do not overlap them are preferred.
What is Vinayaka Caturthi?
Vināyaka Caturthī (Gaṇeśa Caturthī) is the year's principal Gaṇeśa festival. Clay or metal mūrtis are installed at home or in public mandapas and worshipped with modaka and traditional offerings.
When is Vinayaka Caturthi in 2026?
On the Panchang the civil date follows śukla Caturthī of the relevant lunar month at local sunrise. Because tithi and nakṣatra boundaries are reckoned from local sunrise, the same observance can fall a day earlier or later in another city.
How is Vinayaka Caturthi observed?
Worship or vrata per the calendar marker — local temple custom may differ.
Who observes Vinayaka Caturthi?
Pan-regional listing across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali calendars in Drikganitha.