Festival

Ganesh Chaturthi

Lord Ganesha's birthday on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, with ten days of worship from sthapana to the grand visarjan on Anant Chaturdashi.

Next: Saturday, 4 September 2027Dates for Delhi

Upcoming dates

for Delhi

04SATSat, 4 September 2027Saturday, 4 September 2027Ganesh ChaturthiBhadrapada Shukla tithi till 12:26 PM · Vinayaka Chaturthi

Panchang for 4 September 2027

Each date opens that day’s panchang for Delhi. Dates follow the tithi at the moment each festival’s rule names, usually local sunrise, so they can shift by a day in another city.

Significance

Ganesha, remover of obstacles and lord of beginnings, was born (or fashioned by Parvati) at midday on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, which is why the sthapana muhurat is Madhyahna, the midday period. The festival runs up to ten days, ending with immersion on Anant Chaturdashi.

Observance

A clay murti is installed with pranapratishtha at midday
Daily worship with durva grass, red flowers and modak, Ganesha's favourite
Visarjan after 1.5, 3, 5, 7 or 10 days by family tradition

Sarvajanik utsav

Lokmanya Tilak turned the household festival into a public celebration in 1893. Maharashtra's pandals, Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja among them, remain its heart, with the three-day Jyeshtha Gauri worship woven into the same week.

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