# Durga Puja 2026: date and time in West Bengal

> Durga Puja 2026: 16–21 October 2026 (29 Ashwin 1433). Shukla Shashthi: 16 Oct 3:25 am to 17 Oct 5:54 am. West Bengal, Drik school, with the rule that sets the day.

Canonical: https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/durga-puja-2026
Bengali version: https://ritupatra.app/festivals/durga-puja-2026
Built: 2026-10-28
Times: Kolkata, Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Also called: Durgotsav · Sharodotsav · Pujo · দুর্গাপূজা

## When is Durga Puja

**16–21 October 2026** · 29 Ashwin 1433 · Shorot (autumn)

Shukla Shashthi: 16 Oct 3:25 am to 17 Oct 5:54 am

## Maha Shashthi

- Friday, 16 October 2026 · 29 Ashwin 1433
- Shukla Shashthi: 16 Oct 3:25 am to 17 Oct 5:54 am
- Shashthi at two sunrises, 16 Oct and 17 Oct; by the rule, 16 Oct

## Maha Saptami

- Sunday, 18 October 2026 · 1 Kartik 1433
- Shukla Saptami: 17 Oct 5:54 am to 18 Oct 8:28 am
- Saptami at sunrise

## Maha Ashtami

- Monday, 19 October 2026 · 2 Kartik 1433
- Shukla Ashtami: 18 Oct 8:28 am to 19 Oct 10:52 am
- Ashtami at sunrise

## Maha Navami

- Tuesday, 20 October 2026 · 3 Kartik 1433
- Shukla Navami: 19 Oct 10:52 am to 20 Oct 12:50 pm
- Navami at sunrise

## Bijoya Dashami

- Wednesday, 21 October 2026 · 4 Kartik 1433
- Shukla Dashami: 20 Oct 12:50 pm to 21 Oct 2:12 pm
- Dashami at sunrise

## Sandhi Puja

- Monday, 19 October 2026
- 10:28 am – 11:16 am
- Ashtami ends at 10:52 am; from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after

**The app’s note for the day, in Bengali**

ষষ্ঠীতে বোধন, তারপর সপ্তমী, অষ্টমী, নবমী পেরিয়ে দশমীতে বিসর্জন। পাড়ায় পাড়ায় প্যান্ডেল, ঢাকের বাদ্যি আর অষ্টমীর অঞ্জলি। ২০২১ সালে ইউনেস্কো কলকাতার দুর্গাপূজাকে মানবজাতির অধরা সাংস্কৃতিক ঐতিহ্যের তালিকায় স্থান দিয়েছে।

*On the day before the festival and on the day itself, the Today screen of the Ritupatra app carries this note.*

## How the day is chosen

In the bright fortnight of Ashwin, Shashthi to Dashami. Each puja day goes by the tithi at sunrise. A tithi at two sunrises is listed on both days, with the puja on the first. If the tithi lasts less than a muhurta after sunrise, the puja is the day before. A tithi that touches no sunrise (kshaya) is kept on the day it falls in. Sandhi Puja spans the last 24 minutes of Ashtami and the first 24 of Navami (Raghunandana’s Tithitattva).

Traditional (Surya Siddhanta) panjikas, such as Gupta Press and Beni Madhab Sil, can differ in tithi times by hours, so in some years the day differs too. Their dates will appear here side by side once that school has been checked against a full printed year.

Tithi times are for Kolkata, in Indian Standard Time. Panjikas give Kolkata’s festival days for all of West Bengal. [Why another panjika may differ](https://ritupatra.app/support#en)

## Related

- [Mahalaya](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/mahalaya-2026)
- [Kojagari Lakshmi Puja](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/lakshmi-puja-2026)
- [All festivals of 2026](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/2026)
- [Ashwin 1433 calendar](https://ritupatra.app/en/1433/ashwin)
- [Durga Puja 2027](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/durga-puja-2027)
- [How the dates are counted](https://ritupatra.app/en/method)