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
Click your city for the full page, with the first and last day of the Mandala Puja and the panchang of each day.
Kerala
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Kochi, Kerala: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Kozhikode, Kerala: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Thrissur, Kerala: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra and Delhi
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Bangalore, Karnataka: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Hyderabad, Telangana: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Mumbai, Maharashtra: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Delhi, India: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
Gulf countries and Singapore
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Doha, Qatar: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Muscat, Oman: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Kuwait City, Kuwait: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
- Singapore: begins Tuesday, November 17, ends Sunday, December 27
United Kingdom
- London, England: begins Monday, November 16, ends Saturday, December 26
United States
- Jersey City, New Jersey: begins Monday, November 16, ends Saturday, December 26
- Houston, Texas: begins Monday, November 16, ends Saturday, December 26
- Dallas, Texas: begins Monday, November 16, ends Saturday, December 26
- Chicago, Illinois: begins Monday, November 16, ends Saturday, December 26
- San Jose, California: begins Monday, November 16, ends Saturday, December 26
Canada
- Toronto, Ontario: begins Monday, November 16, ends Saturday, December 26
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
