# Jyeshtha Gauri Puja (Gauri Avahan) 2026 -- Date, Significance & How It's Celebrated > Jyeshtha Gauri Puja (Gauri Avahan) falls on Friday, 18 September 2026. Exact dates for 2026 and 2027, the real mythology, honest rituals and regional variations, plus the computed panchang for the day -- no fear-selling. - **Canonical URL**: https://merirashi.com/en/festivals/jyeshtha-gauri-puja - **Language**: en --- 1. [Home](https://merirashi.com/en) 2. / 3. [Festivals](https://merirashi.com/en/festivals) 4. / 5. Jyeshtha Gauri Puja (Gauri Avahan) Hindu Festivals 2026 - Regional calendar observance ## Jyeshtha Gauri Puja (Gauri Avahan) 2026 Friday, 18 September 2026 ![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Ffestivals%2Fjyeshtha-gauri-puja.png&w=3840&q=85) When is Jyeshtha Gauri Puja (Gauri Avahan) in 2026? Jyeshtha Gauri Puja (Gauri Avahan) falls on **Friday, 18 September 2026** -- A three-day Maharashtrian sequence--Gauri Avahan, principal puja and visarjan--during the Ganesh festival, fixed by the local nakshatra and Panchang. Saptami - Shukla Paksha jyeshtha nakshatra Sunrise 06:14 AM Panchang computed live from the sidereal (Lahiri) ephemeris at Ujjain, the classical Hindu reference meridian -- not a stored guess. [Check today's Panchang & muhurat](https://merirashi.com/en/panchang)[All 2026 festival dates](https://merirashi.com/en/festivals) Dates ## Jyeshtha Gauri Puja dates: 2026 & 2027 Exact verified dates for each covered year, with the computed tithi for the day. | Year | Date | Tithi | Status | | ---- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- | -------- | | 2026 | Friday, 18 September 2026 | Saptami - Shukla Paksha | Upcoming | | 2027 | Wednesday, 08 September 2027 | Ashtami - Shukla Paksha | | Dates ## Jyeshtha Gauri Puja 2026 schedule Verified civil dates for each named stage. Use your city's Panchang for the exact puja, moonrise or parana time. 1. Thursday, 17 September 2026Gauri Avahan 2. Friday, 18 September 2026Jyeshtha Gauri Puja 3. Saturday, 19 September 2026Gauri Visarjan Overview ## What Jyeshtha Gauri Puja marks Jyeshtha Gauri Puja is a three-day Maharashtrian household festival held during Ganeshotsav. Gauri arrives in the home on Avahan, receives the principal meal and worship the next day, and is ceremonially bid farewell on Visarjan. Families represent her through masks, standing images, metal vessels, stones or heirloom arrangements, often as a pair called Jyeshtha and Kanishtha. The elaborate display is only one expression; the heart of the practice is welcoming the goddess as an honoured woman returning to her family home. Significance ## Mythology & meaning Gauri may be understood as Parvati, as Mahalakshmi, or as local sister-goddesses depending on family tradition. That plurality is genuine and should not be "corrected" into one national identity. The visit creates a ritual space for daughters and married women to return, exchange food and renew kinship. Grain, vegetables, textiles and jewellery placed before Gauri represent household sufficiency and skilled care, while the farewell acknowledges that abundance must circulate rather than be possessed permanently. In some homes the images have passed through generations, making the annual decoration a form of family archive maintained largely by women. Rituals ## How it's celebrated On Avahan, the home is cleaned and Gauri is brought in along a decorated path of footprints. The main puja includes flowers, haldi-kumkum, lamps, sweets and a substantial seasonal meal whose number of vegetables or dishes follows family custom. Women may invite one another for haldi-kumkum and exchange small gifts. Visarjan can mean immersion of a temporary form or simply dismantling and storing heirloom images. Use natural decoration, keep lamps away from fabric and avoid immersing metal, plaster, plastic or chemically painted objects in public water. Across India ## Regional variations Same festival, many names The festival is strongest in Maharashtra and parts of Karnataka and Goa. Names include Jyeshtha Gauri, Gauri Avahan and Mahalakshmi. Konkani, Deshastha, CKP and other family traditions differ in the form of the goddess, menu and immersion practice. It is not the same as the Karnataka Gowri Habba immediately before Ganesh Chaturthi, though both honour Gauri within the Ganesh season. Dates ## Jyeshtha Gauri Puja in 2027 In 2027, Jyeshtha Gauri Puja (Gauri Avahan) falls on Wednesday, 08 September 2027 -- A three-day Maharashtrian sequence--Gauri Avahan, principal puja and visarjan--during the Ganesh festival, fixed by the local nakshatra and Panchang. At Ujjain the day runs Ashtami (Shukla Paksha), with the Moon in jyeshtha nakshatra. Its date follows a regional calendar rule that can combine a solar month, nakshatra and local convention. ## Frequently asked questions When is Jyeshtha Gauri Puja in 2026? The observance runs from Thursday, 17 September 2026 to Saturday, 19 September 2026, with the principal day on Friday, 18 September 2026\. A three-day Maharashtrian sequence--Gauri Avahan, principal puja and visarjan--during the Ganesh festival, fixed by the local nakshatra and Panchang. Exact tithi, moonrise and puja timings must be checked for your city or the organising temple. When is Jyeshtha Gauri Puja in 2027? The observance runs from Tuesday, 7 September 2027 to Thursday, 9 September 2027, with the principal day on Wednesday, 8 September 2027\. A three-day Maharashtrian sequence--Gauri Avahan, principal puja and visarjan--during the Ganesh festival, fixed by the local nakshatra and Panchang. Exact tithi, moonrise and puja timings must be checked for your city or the organising temple. What are the three days of Jyeshtha Gauri Puja? They are Gauri Avahan, the principal puja and meal, and Gauri Visarjan or farewell. Are Jyeshtha Gauri and Mahalakshmi the same? Some Maharashtrian families identify the visiting Gauris with Mahalakshmi, while others understand them as Parvati or local sister-goddesses. 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