Kartik · Shukla Saptami · Lord Murugan
Kartik Puja 2026कार्तिक पूजा
Kartik Puja 2026 is on Monday, 16 November 2026 in Columbus, OH, and Kartik Thakur's puja: 5:15 PM EST, UTC−5.
In 40 days · computed for Columbus, OH · EST, UTC−5Columbus · Monday, 16 November 2026
The day, hour by hour
Kartik Thakur's puja
5:15 PMThe puja begins at dusk on the last day of Kartik: the couple sits before Kartik Thakur, offers the puja and hears the vratkatha.
The prahars of the night
8:15 PMWhere the night is kept, Kartik Thakur is offered puja again at each prahar — about every three hours — and the katha is heard again.
The visarjan
7:19 AMTuesday, 17 NovemberAt daybreak the next morning Kartik Thakur is bid farewell and the clay murti given to the water.
Times for Columbus, OH in EST, UTC−5, rounded to the minute, computed by Kalava's engine for this town's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise. How
On the last evening of the month of Kartik, a Bengali couple offers puja to Kartik Thakur, Shiv ji and Durga Maa's son, asking for a child — often because friends left a little Kartik at their door the night before. The puja begins at dusk with the vratkatha, and Kartik Thakur is bid farewell at dawn.
Every town is its own sunrise
Kartik Puja 2026 in other towns
Highlighted rows keep the day on another date than India. Tap a town for its full day.
| Town | Date | Kartik Thakur's puja |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 16 Nov | 5:27 PM |
| Mumbai | 16 Nov | 6:00 PM |
| Kolkata | 16 Nov | 4:53 PM |
| Chennai | 16 Nov | 5:39 PM |
| Bengaluru | 16 Nov | 5:50 PM |
| Hyderabad | 16 Nov | 5:40 PM |
| Ahmedabad | 16 Nov | 5:55 PM |
| Jaipur | 16 Nov | 5:36 PM |
| Lucknow | 16 Nov | 5:15 PM |
| Patna | 16 Nov | 5:01 PM |
| Abroad | ||
| Columbus US | 16 Nov | 5:15 PM |
| London GB | 16 Nov | 4:10 PM |
| Leicester GB | 16 Nov | 4:10 PM |
| Birmingham GB | 16 Nov | 4:13 PM |
| New York US | 16 Nov | 4:37 PM |
| Edison US | 16 Nov | 4:39 PM |
| Jersey City US | 16 Nov | 4:37 PM |
| Chicago US | 16 Nov | 4:29 PM |
| Houston US | 16 Nov | 5:25 PM |
| Dallas US | 16 Nov | 5:25 PM |
| San Francisco US | 16 Nov | 4:57 PM |
| San Jose US | 16 Nov | 4:56 PM |
| Los Angeles US | 16 Nov | 4:49 PM |
| Atlanta US | 16 Nov | 5:34 PM |
| Washington, DC US | 16 Nov | 4:53 PM |
| Boston US | 16 Nov | 4:21 PM |
| Seattle US | 16 Nov | 4:32 PM |
| Toronto CA | 16 Nov | 4:51 PM |
| Brampton CA | 16 Nov | 4:53 PM |
| Vancouver CA | 16 Nov | 5:29 PM |
| Sydney AU | 17 Nov a day after India | 7:38 PM |
| Melbourne AU | 17 Nov a day after India | 8:12 PM |
| Auckland NZ | 17 Nov a day after India | 8:10 PM |
| Singapore SG | 16 Nov | 6:51 PM |
| Kuala Lumpur MY | 16 Nov | 6:57 PM |
| Dubai AE | 16 Nov | 5:31 PM |
| Doha QA | 16 Nov | 4:46 PM |
| Nairobi KE | 16 Nov | 6:23 PM |
| Durban ZA | 16 Nov | 6:30 PM |
| Port Louis MU | 16 Nov | 6:27 PM |
How Kartik Puja is kept
Katha
The Kartikeya vrat: Subhaga and Dakshina
One day the righteous Vasudeva came humbly to Devarshi Narada and asked him: "O best of sages, every son my wife Devaki has borne has been killed by the wicked Kansa.
Puja vidhi
28 steps, each drawn
The method at the day's own hours, every mantra with its meaning.
Samagri
18 things to set out
Every item pictured, a list to tick and send.
