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When Onam puja is performed in 2026, and why the timing window matters. We explain the basis for the timings and tell you where to check your local muhurat rather than publishing a number we cannot verify.
Onam 2026: 26 August 202610 daysओणम
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Onam follows Thiruvonam in the Malayalam month of Chingam, following the Shravana nakshatra. The ritual window is set by the tithi and by the position of the moon relative to the lagna for your location — which is why the same festival has a slightly different puja window in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai even though the civil date is the same.
Because of that, we do not publish city-by-city muhurat minutes. Getting a muhurat wrong is a genuinely harmful error — people plan their day, their travel and their leave around it — and we cannot verify every city against a reliable panchang. A number we cannot stand behind is worse than telling you where to look.
For the exact window in your city, check a location-specific panchang or your family’s usual almanac. What we can tell you reliably is the date, the day of the week, whether it is a multi-day observance, and where the date itself differs between regions — all of which is below.
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Onam 2026
Thiruvonam, the main day of Onam, falls in late August 2026. The ten-day festival begins with Atham about a week and a half earlier. Confirm the exact dates against a Malayalam calendar, as Onam follows the nakshatra rather than a fixed lunar day.
It marks the annual return of King Mahabali, the legendary ruler of Kerala whose reign was so just that the gods, feeling threatened, sent Vamana to end it. Vamana granted him a yearly visit, which is Onam.
Pookalam is a circular floral carpet laid at the entrance, built up in rings over the ten days of Onam, with a new layer of flowers added each day. It is the festival's central visual practice.
A full Onasadya has around 26 vegetarian dishes served on a banana leaf, including rice, sambar, rasam, avial, thoran, olan, kaalan, pachadi, kichadi, pickle, pappadam, banana chips and two to four payasams. There is a prescribed serving order.
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