Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi (madhyahna observance) · Deity: Ganesha
Monday, September 14, 2026
through Friday, September 25, 2026
Panchang that morning (IST): Shukla Tritiya tithi · Chitra pada 3 · Moon in Libra
Ganesh Chaturthi welcomes Ganesha home for ten days, from sthapana (installation) to visarjan (immersion) on Anant Chaturdashi. Maharashtra’s sarvajanik (community) celebrations, begun by Lokmanya Tilak, made it the great public festival it is today.
The murti is installed during the madhyahna window with pranapratishtha; modak offerings, daily aartis, and finally the visarjan procession — “Ganpati Bappa Morya, pudhchya varshi lavkar ya” — return him to the water.
Eco-clay murtis with home-bucket visarjan have become the diaspora norm — many US cities also now host public visarjan events at designated lakes.
| City | Sunrise | Sunset | Rahu Kaal (avoid) |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | 6:05 AM | 6:27 PM | 7:38 AM – 9:11 AM |
| New York | 6:35 AM | 7:06 PM | 8:09 AM – 9:43 AM |
| Los Angeles | 6:35 AM | 7:00 PM | 8:08 AM – 9:41 AM |
| Chicago | 6:29 AM | 7:01 PM | 8:03 AM – 9:37 AM |
| London | 6:33 AM | 7:17 PM | 8:09 AM – 9:44 AM |
| Toronto | 6:55 AM | 7:29 PM | 8:30 AM – 10:04 AM |
Times computed astronomically for each city on Monday, September 14, 2026. For today's full local almanac see panchang and Rahu Kaal by city.
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