Govardhan Puja 2026

Govardhan Puja 2026 falls on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. The day is Kartika Shukla Pratipada, and the tithi is tested at pratah — the first fifth of the daylight.

The date, and how it was decided

Govardhan Puja 2026 falls on Tuesday, 10 November 2026.

The day is Kartika Shukla Pratipada. The tithi alone does not fix the date: a tithi rarely fills a civil day, so a festival names the period its tithi has to be running in. For Govardhan Puja that period is pratah, the first fifth of the daylight. This is the window the puja is kept in.

Annakut is usually described as the day after Diwali, and in 2026 it is not. The amavasya does not end until 12:32 on 9 November, so shukla pratipada never touches the morning of the 9th at all — the first pratahkala it covers is the 10th. Lists that print the five days as five consecutive dates will show the 9th; the tithi does not support it.

Pratah in your city

This is the window the puja is kept in. It is set by the Sun at your own horizon, so it is not the same time across the country — the spread below is about forty minutes end to end.

This is the whole of pratah, computed as the first fifth of the daylight at that city's own sunrise and sunset. Almanacs often also print a narrower muhurat inside it, chosen for a fixed sign rising rather than for the tithi; if you have seen a shorter window elsewhere, that is what it was, and it sits inside this one.

Other dates in 2026

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How a tithi is computed · Why the day starts at sunrise