Saraswati Puja 2026 Date: Saturday, 17 October

Saraswati Puja (Mula Nakshatram) in 2026 falls on Saturday 17 October 2026 in the Telugu states (Hyderabad, IST). In the USA: Friday 16 October 2026; tithi Sat 10 Oct 11:50 AM – Sun 11 Oct 12:01 PM EDT (8:50 AM – 9:01 AM PDT). In the UK: Friday 16 October 2026. Also called Saraswati Avahanam.

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During Sharad Navaratri Saraswati is invoked on the day Mula nakshatram prevails (Saraswati avahana) and the puja continues until Sravana nakshatram on Vijayadashami. Children's books, musical instruments and tools are placed before the goddess; at Basara temple, the Telugu Saraswati kshetram, aksharabhyasam of children is performed on this day.

Timings by city: India, USA, UK, Canada, Australia

Every time is computed for the city's own coordinates and time zone (daylight saving applied); nothing is converted from IST. The last column is the part of the day the rule judges, sunrise; the date is the day the tithi covers it. It is the window the tradition names for the observance, not a separately chosen muhurtham; we do not print other muhurthams because we have not verified them.

How the date is decided

The Navaratri day on which Mula nakshatra prevails at sunrise (Saraswati avahana); else the day Mula begins.

Some almanacs (drikpanchang, prokerala.com) do the Saraswati avahana on the day Mula nakshatra covers the afternoon; when Mula begins shortly after sunrise that can be the day before the date shown here, and they then list 'Saraswati Puja' on the following day.

Date by city

Different date in 135 of 215 cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Atlanta, Irving, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Coppell, Fort Worth and 123 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.

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• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Bali Padyami (Govardhan Puja)
• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Karthika Masam begins
• Wednesday 11 November 2026 – Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam (Yama Dwitiya)
• Friday 13 November 2026 – Nagula Chavithi
• Monday 16 November 2026 – Karthika Somavaram
• Saturday 21 November 2026 – Kshirabdi Dwadasi (Chilukula Dwadasi)

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• Mahalaya Amavasya – Saturday 10 October 2026
• Ashwayuja Masam begins – Sunday 11 October 2026
• Sharad Navaratri (Dasara) begins – Sunday 11 October 2026
• Durgashtami – Monday 19 October 2026
• Maha Navami – Monday 19 October 2026
• Vijayadashami (Dasara) – Tuesday 20 October 2026
• Sharad Pournami (Kojagari) – Sunday 25 October 2026
• Atla Taddi – Wednesday 28 October 2026
• Dhana Trayodashi (Dhanteras) – Friday 6 November 2026

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