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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Jalaram Jayanti (Jalaram Bapa Jayanti, જલારામ જયંતી) 2026, Monday November 16: Dates for Virpur, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, US, UK and More

Jalaram Jayanti 2026 is on Monday, November 16, 2026 in Virpur, all of Gujarat and India, and also in the United States, Canada and the UK.

Jalaram Jayanti is the birth anniversary of Sant Jalaram Bapa of Virpur, in Gujarat. It is kept on Kartika Shukla Saptami, the seventh day of the bright half of Kartika, a few days after Diwali and the Gujarati New Year. Gujarati families everywhere remember Jalaram Bapa on this day.

Jalaram Jayanti 2026, city by city

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Gujarat (Monday, November 16)

Maharashtra (Monday, November 16)

United States (Monday, November 16)

Canada and United Kingdom (Monday, November 16)

Your city is not here? Open mypanchang.com/jalaramjayanti.php and choose your city. In Gujarati: જલારામ જયંતી

For the full sankalpa for any day and your city: mypanchang.com/sankalpa

May Jalaram Bapa bless your home and family with peace and plenty. Jai Jalaram, and wishing you a blessed Jalaram Jayanti.

Pundit Mahesh Shastri
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Akshaya Navami (Amla Navami) 2026, Wednesday November 18: Dates for Delhi, Kolkata, US, Canada, UK and More

Akshaya Navami (Amla Navami) 2026 is on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 in India, the United States, Canada and the UK.

Akshaya Navami falls on Kartika Shukla Navami, the ninth day of the bright half of Kartika, and it is held to be as auspicious as Akshaya Tritiya. It is also called Amla Navami. On this day devotees bathe in holy rivers and worship under the amla tree (the Indian gooseberry, called Dhatri), which is believed to be the abode of Lord Vishnu on this day. Walking around the amla tree and giving amla in charity is said to bring merit that never runs out, akshaya.

The amla tree has its own place in the Skanda Purana story told for Tulsi Vivah: when Lord Vishnu grieved for Vrinda, the goddesses gave the gods seeds to sow, and from them grew the Dhatri (amla), the Malati (jasmine) and the Tulasi.

Akshaya Navami 2026, city by city

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India (Wednesday, November 18)

United States (Wednesday, November 18)

Canada (Wednesday, November 18)

United Kingdom (Wednesday, November 18)

Your city is not here? Open mypanchang.com/akshayanavami.php and choose your city. In Hindi: अक्षय नवमी

For the full sankalpa for any day and your city: mypanchang.com/sankalpa

May the merit of this day never run out for you, and may Lord Vishnu bless your family with health and plenty. Wishing you a blessed Akshaya Navami.

Pundit Mahesh Shastri
www.mypanchang.com

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Karthigai Deepam (Karthikai Deepam, Annamalai Deepam) 2026, Tuesday November 24: Dipaaradhana Time for Tiruvannamalai, Chennai, Singapore, US and More

Karthigai Deepam 2026 is on Tuesday, November 24, 2026 in Tiruvannamalai, Chennai, all of Tamil Nadu and India, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the United States, Canada and the UK. Annamalai Deepam, as the Smartha tradition keeps it, is also on Tuesday, November 24 in India, Asia and the UK, and on Monday, November 23 in the United States and Canada.

Karthigai Deepam (Karthikai Deepam, Kartigai Deepam) is the festival of lights of the Tamil month of Karthikai, when Krittika nakshatra is united with the full moon. Annamalai Deepam, also called Thiruvannamalai Deepam, is the Karthigai Deepam of the Smartha tradition. On the evening of the festival, homes and temples are lit with rows of lamps.

Our site gives two days, one for each tradition, and the page for each city shows its own. Please follow the day of your own family and temple tradition.

Karthigai Deepam 2026, city by city

Click a name for the full page for that city. The Dipaaradhana time is from the Karthigai Deepam (Vaishnava) page.

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka and Telangana

Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka

United States

Canada and United Kingdom

Your city is not here? Open mypanchang.com/karthigaideepam.php or mypanchang.com/annamalaideepam.php and choose your city. In Tamil: கார்த்திகை தீபம் · அண்ணாமலை தீபம்

For the full sankalpa for any day and your city: mypanchang.com/sankalpa

May the light of the Karthigai lamps fill your home, and may it drive away all darkness from your life. Wishing you a blessed Karthigai Deepam.

Pundit Mahesh Shastri
www.mypanchang.com

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Dev Uthani Ekadashi (Prabodhini Ekadashi, Devutthana Ekadashi) 2026, Friday November 20 (November 21 in Singapore, Australia): Dates for India, US, UK and More

Dev Uthani Ekadashi (Prabodhini Ekadashi, Dev Uthana Ekadasi) 2026 is on Friday, November 20, 2026 in India, the United States, Canada, the UK and the UAE. In Singapore, Australia and Fiji it is on Saturday, November 21.

On this Ekadashi of the bright half of Kartika, Lord Vishnu awakens from the four month yoga nidra that began on Devshayani Ekadashi, and Chaturmasya comes to an end. That is why the day is called Prabodhini or Haribodhini, the awakening of Hari. It is also called Dev Uthani, Devutthana and Kartiki Ekadashi. From this day the sacred wedding of Tulasi and Vishnu, Tulsi Vivah, is celebrated.

Brahma tells Narada the glory of Prabodhini

Having heard the greatness of Rama Ekadashi, King Yudhishthira asked Sri Krishna about the Ekadashi of the bright half of Kartika. Sri Krishna said He would tell it as Brahma, the creator of the worlds, once told it to the sage Narada, who had asked about Prabodhini, the day on which Lord Vishnu awakens. The Padma Purana gives no tale of a person for this day. Brahma answered with praise of the day itself.

"Listen, best of sages," Brahma said, "to the greatness of Prabodhini, which destroys sins, increases merit and gives liberation. Until the Prabodhini of Kartika arrives, all the holy places, the oceans and the lakes go on roaring, and the Ganga roars upon the earth."

A single fast on Prabodhini, he said, gives what a thousand horse sacrifices and a hundred Rajasuya sacrifices give. Sins as large as Mount Meru and Mount Mandara are burnt by it, and keeping awake on its night burns the sins of a thousand former lives like a heap of cotton. The ancestors of those who keep it with devotion rejoice and live in the world of Vishnu. All the holy places of the three worlds are present in the house of one who keeps Prabodhini, and the bath, the gift, the prayer and the worship done on this day become endless.

Brahma also praised the stories of Vishnu. The Lord is not pleased so much by sacrifices and gifts as by the telling of His stories in Kartika. One who hears the story of Vishnu on the day of His waking gains the fruit of giving away the whole earth with its seven islands.

Last, Brahma praised the tulasi. Tulasi is auspicious when it is seen, touched, thought of, spoken of, praised, planted, watered and worshipped. As long as a tulasi plant someone has planted grows with branches, flowers and leaves, those born in his family live in the house of Vishnu.

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026, city by city

Click your city for the full page, with sunrise, sunset and the start and end of Ekadashi.

India (Friday, November 20)

United States (Friday, November 20)

Canada (Friday, November 20)

United Kingdom (Friday, November 20)

UAE (Friday, November 20)

Singapore, Australia and Fiji (Saturday, November 21)

Your city is not here? Open mypanchang.com/prabodhiniekadashi.php and choose your city. In Hindi: देवोत्थान एकादशी · In Marathi: प्रबोधिनी एकादशी

The five days of Bhishma Panchaka also fall at this time (see its page for your city), and the next Ekadashi is Utpanna Ekadashi.

For the full sankalpa for any day and your city: mypanchang.com/sankalpa

As Lord Vishnu awakens, may He awaken good fortune, health and peace in your home. Wishing you a blessed Dev Uthani Ekadashi.

Pundit Mahesh Shastri
www.mypanchang.com

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Ayyappa Mandala Puja (Mandala Kalam) 2026, November 17 to December 27 (November 16 to December 26 in US, Canada, UK): Dates for Kerala, Gulf, US and More

Ayyappa Mandala Puja 2026 begins on Tuesday, November 17, 2026 in Kerala, all of India, the Gulf and Singapore, and ends on Sunday, December 27. In the United States, Canada and the UK it begins on Monday, November 16 and ends on Saturday, December 26.

Ayyappa Mandala Puja, the Mandala Kalam, is the 41 day vratam kept by devotees of Lord Ayyappa of Sabarimala. It begins on the day the Sun enters Vrischika rasi, the first day of the Tamil month of Karthikai, and it ends 41 days later. Devotees in Kerala and all over the world begin their vratam on this day.

Ayyappa Mandala Puja 2026, city by city

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Kerala

Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra and Delhi

Gulf countries and Singapore

United Kingdom

United States

Canada

Your city is not here? Open mypanchang.com/ayyappamandalapuja.php and choose your city. In Malayalam: അയ്യപ്പ മണ്ഡലപൂജ

For the full sankalpa for any day and your city: mypanchang.com/sankalpa

May Lord Ayyappa bless every devotee who takes up the vratam with strength, peace and a safe pilgrimage. Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa.

Pundit Mahesh Shastri
www.mypanchang.com

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