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Today is Bijoya Dashami

Kolkata Durga Puja guide 2026

Sindoor khela, then the immersions begin.

The pandals worth the walk, the Metro station nearest each one, and a route you can open in Google Maps.

Dum Dum Park Bharat Chakra · photo: Dum Dum Park Bharat Chakra Club (@bharatchakrapujo)

Pandal to pandal

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Kojagari Lakshmi Puja

Sun 25 Oct: purnima begins 11.55 am (Bisuddha Siddhanta). The Beniamadhab Shil panjika keeps 24 Oct.

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Must-see pujas

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TOP 10pujas in Kolkata on Instagram

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Ranked by posts carrying each puja's own Instagram hashtag, all years together, as Instagram counted them on 19 October.

সন্ধিপুজো · Mon 19 Oct

Where Ashtami meets Navami: 48 minutes, 108 lamps

Sandhi Puja is held in the last 24 minutes of Ashtami and the first 24 of Navami, with 108 lamps and 108 lotuses. This year the two panjikas put it about three hours apart, so check which one your puja follows.

Sources: Belur Math programme · Anandabazar, both panjikas

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Metro hours this Puja

Metro Guide, line by line

  • 15 and 16 Oct

    • Blue Line6 am – 11 pmlast through trains 10.48 and 10.50 pm
    • Green Line6 am – 11 pm
    • Yellow Line7.18 am – 9.20 pm
    • Purple Line6.40 am – 9.26 pm
    • Orange Line7.40 am – 8.45 pm

  • 17 to 20 Oct

    No trains on any line before 1 pm

    • Blue Line1 pm – 4 amall night; last through trains 3.46 and 3.48 am
    • Green Line1.30 pm – 3.59 am
    • Yellow Line3 pm – 10.53 pm
    • Purple Line3 pm – 10.55 pm
    • Orange Lineno trains

  • Dashami, 21 Oct

    Today
    • Blue Line1 pm – 10.30 pmlast through trains 10.20 pm
    • Green Line1.30 pm – 10.30 pm
    • Yellow Line3 pm – 9.38 pm
    • Purple Line3 pm – 10.55 pm
    • Orange Lineno trains

From Metro Railway's notice of 8 October. Metro Railway Kolkata

The days

What happens on each day
  1. Thu, 15 OctPanchami
  2. Fri, 16 Oct / Sat, 17 OctShashthi
  3. Sun, 18 OctSaptami
  4. Mon, 19 OctAshtami
  5. Tue, 20 OctNavami
  6. Wed, 21 OctBijoya DashamiToday
  7. Sun, 25 OctKojagari Lakshmi Puja
167 Puja songsSongs for the walk between pandalsKeeps playing while you use the guide. From the music companies' own YouTube.

Puja updates, every day

New themes, openings and Metro changes through Dashami, on our pages.

Read before you go

Durga Puja in Kolkata · UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2021

Locations and Metro stations © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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