Puja vidhi, step by step
How to do the puja at home: sankalpa, Ganesha puja, kalash, the sixteen offerings, aarti and kshama prarthana, with the mantras from our Bhakti library, a samagri checklist and the time window computed for your city.
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Diwali Lakshmi Puja vidhi
Lakshmi with Ganesha (and Kuber)
Lakshmi–Ganesha puja on the Amavasya night of Kartika: kalash, the sixteen offerings, Kuber and account-book puja, deepdan and aarti, with this year’s Pradosh and fixed-lagna muhurat for your city.
Next: 08/11/2026 (Sun)
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Ganesh Chaturthi puja vidhi (Ganesh sthapana)
Ganesha
Installing and worshipping a clay Ganesha at home on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi in the Madhyahna (midday) window: sthapana, sixteen offerings with 21 durva and modak, aarti, and visarjana.
Next: 04/09/2027 (Sat)
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Navratri puja vidhi: Ghatasthapana and Durga puja
Durga (the Goddess in her nine forms)
Ghatasthapana with barley on Pratipada in its muhurat, the nine days’ worship of Durga, the akhand jyoti, recitation, Kanya puja and the closing on Dashami.
Next: 07/04/2027 (Wed)
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Janmashtami puja vidhi (midnight puja)
Krishna as Bal Gopal
The fast, the midnight (Nishita) abhisheka of Bal Gopal with panchamrit, dressing and swinging the jhula, sixteen offerings with tulsi and makhan-mishri, and the next day’s parana.
Next: 24/08/2027 (Tue)
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Maha Shivaratri puja vidhi (four prahars and Nishita)
Shiva
Abhisheka of the Shivling with water, milk and panchamrit, bilva leaves and the five-syllable mantra, the night vigil with puja in each of the four prahars, and the Nishita worship.
Next: 06/03/2027 (Sat)
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Satyanarayan katha and puja vidhi
Satyanarayan (Vishnu)
The Satyanarayan vrata as households keep it on Purnima or on any auspicious occasion: mandap, kalash, the sixteen offerings with tulsi, the five chapters of the katha, aarti and the prasad everyone must take.
Next: 26/10/2026 (Mon)
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Karwa Chauth puja vidhi
Gauri (Karwa Mata) with Shiva, Ganesha and the Moon
The married women’s fast of Kartika Krishna Chaturthi: sargi before dawn, the evening Gauri and karwa puja with the katha, and the arghya to the moon at moonrise for your city.
Next: 29/10/2026 (Thu)
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Chhath puja vidhi
Surya and Chhathi Maiya
The four days of Chhath — Nahay Khay, Kharna, the Sandhya Arghya to the setting sun and the Usha Arghya at sunrise — with the soop of thekua and seasonal produce, at the sunset and sunrise of your city.
Next: 15/11/2026 (Sun)
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Raksha Bandhan vidhi
The family deity (ishta devata)
Preparing the rakhi thali, offering the rakhi to the family deity, tilak and aarti of the brother and tying the rakhi with the raksha mantra — in the Bhadra-free window of Shravana Purnima for your city.
Next: 17/08/2027 (Tue)
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Hartalika Teej puja vidhi
Shiva and Parvati
The fast of Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya with clay or sand images of Shiva and Parvati under a flower canopy, the sixteen offerings, the katha, the night vigil and the visarjana next morning.
Next: 03/09/2027 (Fri)
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Vat Savitri puja vidhi
Savitri (with Satyavan and the banyan tree)
Worship of the banyan tree with Savitri and Satyavan: water to the roots, offerings, winding raw cotton thread round the trunk in pradakshina, the katha and the fast — on Jyeshtha Amavasya or Jyeshtha Purnima by region.
Next: 04/06/2027 (Fri)
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Ekadashi vrat and puja vidhi
Vishnu
The rules of the Ekadashi fast from Dashami to the Dwadashi parana, the morning Vishnu puja with tulsi, the Ekadashi’s own katha, and the parana window for your city.
Next: 05/11/2026 (Thu)
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Griha Pravesh puja vidhi
Ganesha, Vastu Purusha and the family deity
Entering a new home: the muhurat, the kalash and the first step in, Ganesha and Vastu puja, boiling milk in the kitchen, and the optional havan and Satyanarayan katha.
No fixed festival day
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Navagraha shanti puja (basic household form)
The nine grahas (Navagraha)
A short household worship of the nine grahas: the navagraha mandala or yantra, invocation with each graha’s beej mantra, the five offerings, the Navagraha stotra, and the havan with the nine samidhs as a priest performs it.
No fixed festival day
This guide describes common household practice for devotional use. It is not a substitute for a priest where your tradition asks for one, and it makes no promise of any result.
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