A small gallery of festival moments, from puja at home to the farewell at the lake. These are freely licensed photographs from Wikimedia Commons, not from this year’s events. The photographer’s credit is under each photo.
A decorated Ganesh idol during puja. Photo: Ashish Suryavanshi858, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.Modak, the traditional offering. Photo: Coolgama, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Ganesh visarjan at Futala lake, Nagpur. Photo: Chetan Gole, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Families at a river ghat on Mahalaya. Photo: Goutam1962, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Lit diyas. Photo: The open draft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A Ganesha idol at a community pandal. Photo: AjayDas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A clay Ganesha idol at visarjan. Photo: Chetan Gole from Nagpur, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Deepdaan at Ram Ghat, Ujjain, on Pitru Paksha Amavasya. Photo: Ujjain Chronicles, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
We use only freely licensed photographs and always credit the photographer.
Fri 25 Sep: Chaturdashi (Anant Chaturdashi) until 11:07 PM, then Purnima. Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:23 AM, then Purva Bhadrapada. Rahu Kalam 10:48 AM to 12:18 PM. Sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 6:16 PM (Ujjain).
As the Pitru Paksha shraddh period draws to a close, preparations are underway for Shardiya Navratri 2026, which begins with Ghatasthapana on 11 October.
Sat 26 Sep: Budh (Mercury) entered Tula (Libra) at about 12:30 PM IST. It stays until 2 December, turns retrograde on 24 October and direct on 13 November. Dates and astronomy, no predictions.
Ganesh Visarjan 2026 is on Friday, 25 September (Anant Chaturdashi). See the muhurat slots, other visarjan days, a simple visarjan vidhi and safe, eco-friendly tips.
Wed 23 Sep: Dwadashi until 10:51 PM, then Trayodashi. Nakshatra Shravana until 9:09 AM, then Dhanishtha. Rahu Kalam 12:19 PM to 1:49 PM. Sunrise 6:19 AM, sunset 6:18 PM (Ujjain).