Goga Navami Festival The day of Gogaji, the first of the five pirs of Rajasthan, a Chauhan of Dadrewa who is worshipped as the lord of snakes and whose shrine at Gogamedi in Hanumangarh district is kept by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs alike.
Goga Navami 2027 falls on Thursday, 26 August, computed for Chennai.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
- English
- Goga Navami
- हिन्दी
- गोगा नवमी
- राजस्थानी
- गोगा नवमी · गोगा नोमी
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+5:30
The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
Rajasthan calendar, computed for Chennai
- Thursday, 26 August 2027
- Monday, 14 August 2028
- Sunday, 2 September 2029
Where Goga Navami falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2027: 26 Aug
- 2028: 14 Aug
- 2029: 2 Sep
The dates, year by year
Rajasthan calendar, computed for Chennai
| Year | Goga Navami |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Sunday, 17 August 2025 |
| 2026 | Saturday, 5 September 2026 |
| 2027 | Thursday, 26 August 2027 |
| 2028 | Monday, 14 August 2028 |
| 2029 | Sunday, 2 September 2029 |
| 2030 | Thursday, 22 August 2030 |
| 2031 | Monday, 11 August 2031 |
| 2032 | Sunday, 29 August 2032 |
| 2033 | Thursday, 18 August 2033 |
| 2034 | Wednesday, 6 September 2034 |
| 2035 | Monday, 27 August 2035 |
| 2036 | Saturday, 16 August 2036 |
Worked out for Chennai, Lahiri ayanamsa. A date is a function of the place: set yours above and the next three come back for where you are.
What the day is
The day of Gogaji, the first of the five pirs of Rajasthan, a Chauhan of Dadrewa who is worshipped as the lord of snakes and whose shrine at Gogamedi in Hanumangarh district is kept by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs alike. Clay or dough snakes are made and worshipped at the house, a thread is tied at the shrine for a child’s safety, and the jatheras come from four states with their flags and their drums. He is asked for protection from snakebite and for the health of cattle.
- Deity
- Gogaji
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
Clock times for Thursday, 26 August 2027 at Chennai
Bhadrapada Krishna Navami at sunrise in the purnimanta reckoning, Shravana Krishna Navami on an amanta calendar; the Gogamedi fair runs around it from one full moon to the next.
| Instant | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 05:58 | the udaya tithi, the tithi running as the sun comes up |
Sunrise 05:58, sunset 18:24, UTC+5.5. These are the instants the rule is read at, not the temple's own puja times, which every temple prints for itself.
The fast
No fast is required. Churma and bajra roti are offered at the shrine and the prasad is shared there.
Where the regions differ
Rajasthan keeps Gogamedi as the shrine and the Navami as the day; Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh keep the same day as Gugga Naumi with the chhari and the marhi, and Himachal keeps him in the lower hills.
The dates above are the Rajasthan reckoning, because that is the calendar this key belongs to. Switch the tradition on the calendar page to see how another one dates the same day.
Fixing a day for it
The muhurtham rules that go with this festival
A temple visit, or the first darshan at a new temple. No weekday is ruled out: Tuesday belongs to Murugan and the Amman, Saturday to Perumal and Sani, so the day usually follows the deity rather than the almanac. Ashtami and Chaturdasi are the two tithis held back for darshan, with the standing exceptions of Sivaratri on Krishna Chaturdasi and Kala Bhairava Ashtami, which are kept on those very days. Rahu kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika kaal are not scored here; the panchangam page prints them for the day you pick, and most families simply wait them out.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.