Ganesh Chaturthi 2027: date and madhyahna ganesh puja in your city

Ganesh Chaturthi 2027 is on Friday, 3 September 2027 in New York, with the madhyahna ganesh puja at 11:37 AM – 2:13 PM EDT. Find your city below: each time is local, and some cities keep a different date from India.

Ganesh Chaturthi, the birthday of Lord Ganesha, falls on the Shukla Chaturthi (4th day of the waxing moon) of Bhadrapada. Families bring home a murti of Ganesha and worship him for one and a half, three, five, seven or ten days before visarjan.

How these dates and times are calculated

Ganesha is believed to have been born at midday, so the sthapana and puja are done in Madhyahna, the middle fifth of the daytime between your own sunrise and sunset, while Chaturthi tithi is running. The festival is kept on the day whose Madhyahna overlaps Chaturthi.

Times are computed for each city's coordinates and time zone. Tradition also advises not to look at the Moon on Chaturthi night.

A simple Ganesh Chaturthi at home

1. Clean the place and set up the murti on a red or yellow cloth, facing east or north if possible.
2. Begin with a sankalp and invoke Ganesha (avahan and prana-pratishtha, or a simple prayer if no priest is present).
3. Offer durva grass, red flowers, modak or laddoo, and light a lamp and incense.
4. Do aarti morning and evening for the days you keep him; for visarjan, many families abroad immerse an eco-friendly clay murti in a bucket or tub at home and use the water for plants.

Customs differ between regions and families; follow your own tradition where it differs from this outline.