When is Govardhan Puja?
Govardhan Puja 2026 is on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
Dates follow the Hindu calendar for New Delhi, India. In North America some festivals are kept one day earlier because of the time difference; check with your temple.
Remembers Krishna lifting Govardhan Hill. Temples offer a “mountain of food” (Annakut) to Krishna.
How the date is set: The day after Diwali (in most years).
The date in other years
A short history
Govardhan Puja (IAST: Govardhana-pūjā) or Annakut (meaning a “mountain of food”), is a Hindu festival celebrated on the first lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartika, on the fourth day of Diwali. Devotees worship an image of Govardhan Hill made out of cow dung and prepare and offer a large variety of vegetarian food to Krishna as a mark of gratitude. For Vaishnavas, this day commemorates the incident in the Bhagavata Purana when Krishna lifted Govardhan Hill to provide the villagers of Vrindavan shelter from torrential rains. Peoples of Vrindavan used to worship Indra for rain.
From Wikipedia’s article Govardhan Puja, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Related days
Sources
- Drik Panchang festival calendar (New Delhi) Dates
- Wikipedia: Govardhan Puja Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)