Bathukamma 2026 Dates: All 9 Days (10–18 October)
Bathukamma 2026 begins on Saturday 10 October 2026 with Engili Pula Bathukamma (Mahalaya Amavasya) and ends on Sunday 18 October 2026 with Saddula Bathukamma: 9 evenings in Telangana (Hyderabad, IST).
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Bathukamma is Telangana's flower festival: for nine evenings women stack seasonal flowers (tangedu, gunugu, banti, chamanti) into the conical bathukamma, sing and circle it, and float it in the tank. It begins on Mahalaya Amavasya (Pethara Amavasya) with Engili Pula Bathukamma and ends on the ashtami evening, usually Durgashtami, with Saddula Bathukamma, the biggest evening, which is a Telangana public holiday. Each day has its own name and naivedyam (food offering), listed in the table below; on the sixth day, Aligina Bathukamma, there is no play and no offering.
All 9 days of Bathukamma 2026
| Day | Name | Date | Naivedyam (offering) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engili Pula Bathukamma ఎంగిలిపూల బతుకమ్మ | Saturday 10 October 2026 | sesame (nuvvulu), rice flour and broken rice (nookalu) |
| 2 | Atukula Bathukamma అటుకుల బతుకమ్మ | Sunday 11 October 2026 | boiled lentils (sappidi pappu), jaggery and flattened rice (atukulu) |
| 3 | Muddapappu Bathukamma ముద్దపప్పు బతుకమ్మ | Monday 12 October 2026 | muddapappu (soft-cooked lentils), milk and jaggery |
| 4 | Nanabiyyam Bathukamma నానబియ్యం బతుకమ్మ | Tuesday 13 October 2026 | soaked rice, milk and jaggery |
| 5 | Atla Bathukamma అట్ల బతుకమ్మ | Wednesday 14 October 2026 | atlu (dosa) |
| 6 | Aligina Bathukamma (rest day) అలిగిన బతుకమ్మ (విరామం) | Thursday 15 October 2026 | no offering; bathukamma is not played |
| 7 | Vepakayala Bathukamma వేపకాయల బతుకమ్మ | Friday 16 October 2026 | fried rice-flour balls shaped like neem fruits |
| 8 | Vennamuddala Bathukamma వెన్నముద్దల బతుకమ్మ | Saturday 17 October 2026 | sesame, butter or ghee and jaggery |
| 9 | Saddula Bathukamma సద్దుల బతుకమ్మ | Sunday 18 October 2026 | five rice dishes (saddulu): curd rice, tamarind pulihora, lemon rice, coconut rice, sesame rice |
Why Saddula Bathukamma is on 18 October 2026 and not on Durgashtami (19 October 2026): in 2026 the ashtami tithi begins on 18 October 2026 at 8:28 AM IST and ends on 19 October 2026 at 10:52 AM IST. Durgashtami goes by the tithi at sunrise, so it is on Monday 19 October 2026; Saddula Bathukamma is played and immersed in the evening, and the evening that has the ashtami is Sunday 18 October 2026. Counted this way Bathukamma 2026 has 9 evenings.
Sources: the Telangana government's 2026 holiday list has Saddula Bathukamma on Sunday 18 October 2026 as a general holiday (Vijayadashami 20 October, Maha Navami 19 October optional), and prokerala.com gives Bathukamma 2026 as 10–18 October. Some websites still print 19 October, the Durgashtami date.
Durgashtami 2026: Monday 19 October 2026.
Tithi timing
Bahula Amavasya begins 9 October 2026 at 9:36 PM IST and ends 10 October 2026 at 9:20 PM IST.
How the date is decided
Telangana: starts on Mahalaya Amavasya (amavasya in the afternoon) with Engili Pula Bathukamma and runs nine evenings to Saddula Bathukamma on the ashtami evening, usually Durgashtami.
Date by city
Different date in 100 of 215 cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Atlanta, Irving, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Coppell, Fort Worth and 88 more — the tithi is judged against each city's own sunrise and local time (daylight saving included), so the day can shift for cities far from India.
FAQ
When does Bathukamma 2026 start and end?
Bathukamma 2026 starts on Saturday 10 October 2026 with Engili Pula Bathukamma and ends on Sunday 18 October 2026 with Saddula Bathukamma (9 days, Hyderabad, IST). In Los Angeles it runs 9 October 2026 – 18 October 2026 (local dates).
When is Engili Pula Bathukamma 2026?
Saturday 10 October 2026, Mahalaya Amavasya (Pethara Amavasya), the first day of Bathukamma.
When is Saddula Bathukamma 2026?
Sunday 18 October 2026, the ashtami evening and the last day of Bathukamma. Durgashtami (ashtami at sunrise) is on Monday 19 October 2026.
What are the nine days of Bathukamma called?
1 Engili Pula Bathukamma, 2 Atukula Bathukamma, 3 Muddapappu Bathukamma, 4 Nanabiyyam Bathukamma, 5 Atla Bathukamma, 6 Aligina Bathukamma (rest day), 7 Vepakayala Bathukamma, 8 Vennamuddala Bathukamma, 9 Saddula Bathukamma. Day 6, Aligina Bathukamma, is a rest day without play or offering.
How is the date of Bathukamma decided?
Telangana: starts on Mahalaya Amavasya (amavasya in the afternoon) with Engili Pula Bathukamma and runs nine evenings to Saddula Bathukamma on the ashtami evening, usually Durgashtami.
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