Sandhi Puja and Ashtami anjali time 2026
Sandhi Puja is on Monday 19 October 2026, Mahashtami. By the Bisuddha Siddhanta panjika (and at Belur Math) it runs 10.28 to 11.16 am, with the bali at 10.52. By the Gupta Press panjika it runs 7.25 to 8.13 am, with the bali at 7.49. Which time a puja keeps depends on the panjika it follows.
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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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Sandhi Puja, Monday 19 October
Bisuddha Siddhanta: 10.28 am to 11.16 am, bali at 10.52 am. Belur Math keeps the same window.
OfficialBelur Math programme
Gupta Press: 7.25.15 am to 8.13.15 am, bali at 7.49.15 am. Some papers round this to 7.26 to 8.14.
OfficialAnandabazar, both panjikas
Both windows are on 19 October. Reports that print the Sandhi Puja date as 18 October are wrong: Ashtami ends on the morning of the 19th in both panjikas.
Press reportAnandabazar, both panjikas
Ashtami anjali
Bisuddha Siddhanta: the Ashtami puja is before 7.04 am, or between 8.30 and 9.27 am, on Monday 19 October.
OfficialAnandabazar, both panjikas
Gupta Press: the puja and anjali are to be finished by 7.03.56 am.
OfficialAnandabazar, both panjikas
Several papers suggest 9.30 to 10.15 am for a Bisuddha anjali. That slot falls after the panjika's own puja window, so it is a newspaper convention, not a panjika time.
Press reportSangbad Pratidin
At Belur Math the anjali follows the midday bhog arati.
OfficialBelur Math programme
Kumari Puja
Belur Math holds Kumari Puja on Mahashtami, Monday 19 October, at 9 am.
OfficialBelur Math programme
Saptami: the day the panjikas split
Gupta Press puts the Nabapatrika (Kola Bou) bath and installation on Saturday 17 October, 7.03 to 9.27 am. Bisuddha Siddhanta puts it on Sunday 18 October, before 8.29 am.
OfficialAnandabazar, both panjikas
Belur Math's Nabapatrika puja is on Sunday 18 October at 5.40 am.
OfficialBelur Math programme
The same split changes the omen: by Bisuddha the goddess arrives on an elephant, by Gupta Press on a horse; both say she leaves by boat.
Press reportThe Telegraph
Questions people ask
What is the Sandhi Puja time in 2026?
Sandhi Puja is on Monday 19 October 2026, Mahashtami. By the Bisuddha Siddhanta panjika (and at Belur Math) it runs 10.28 to 11.16 am, with the bali at 10.52. By the Gupta Press panjika it runs 7.25 to 8.13 am, with the bali at 7.49. Which time a puja keeps depends on the panjika it follows.
What time is Ashtami anjali in 2026?
On Monday 19 October: before 7.04 am or between 8.30 and 9.27 am by Bisuddha Siddhanta; by 7.03 am by Gupta Press. Your para puja will say which it follows.
Why are there two Sandhi Puja times?
Sandhi Puja is held in the last 24 minutes of Ashtami and the first 24 of Navami. The Gupta Press panjika uses traditional reckoning and the Bisuddha Siddhanta panjika uses modern astronomy, and this year their Ashtami ends about three hours apart.
When is Kumari Puja at Belur Math in 2026?
Monday 19 October, Mahashtami, at 9 am.
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