# Saraswati Puja 2026: date and time in West Bengal

> Saraswati Puja 2026: Friday, 23 January 2026 (9 Magh 1432). Shukla Panchami: 23 Jan 2:28 am to 24 Jan 1:46 am. West Bengal, Drik school, with the rule that sets the day.

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

Also called: Sri Panchami · Basant Panchami · Vasant Panchami · সরস্বতীপূজা

## When is Saraswati Puja

**Friday, 23 January 2026** · 9 Magh 1432 · Sheet (winter)

Shukla Panchami: 23 Jan 2:28 am to 24 Jan 1:46 am

## Saraswati Puja

- Friday, 23 January 2026 · 9 Magh 1432
- Shukla Panchami: 23 Jan 2:28 am to 24 Jan 1:46 am
- Panchami in the forenoon

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

মাঘের শুক্লা পঞ্চমী — শ্রীপঞ্চমী — বিদ্যার দেবী সরস্বতীর পূজা। হলুদ শাড়ি আর পাঞ্জাবি, প্রতিমার পায়ে বইখাতা, আর ছোটদের হাতেখড়ি। লোকবিশ্বাস, এ দিনের আগে কুল খেতে নেই।

*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

Shukla Panchami of Magh (Sri Panchami). The day whose forenoon (the first third of daytime) holds the Panchami; if both or neither do, the earlier day (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

- [Poush Sankranti](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/poush-sankranti-2026)
- [Maha Shivaratri](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/shivaratri-2026)
- [All festivals of 2026](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/2026)
- [Saraswati Puja 2027](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/saraswati-puja-2027)
- [How the dates are counted](https://ritupatra.app/en/method)