Vinayagar Chaturthi (monthly) Observance The fourth day of the bright fortnight, the monthly Ganesha day.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Vinayagar Chaturthi (monthly)
- தமிழ்
- விநாயகர் சதுர்த்தி
- മലയാളം
- വിനായക ചതുർഥി
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.
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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
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What the day is
The fourth day of the bright fortnight, the monthly Ganesha day. It is the lighter of the two Chaturthis: the puja is done in the morning, durva grass and modakam are offered, and anything new is begun on it, since Ganesha is asked first in any case. It is also called Vinayaka Chaturthi or Varad Chaturthi.
- Deity
- Ganesha
- Kind
- Observance Days marked, watched or begun, without a fast or a feast of their own.
The hour
The rule in words
The Shukla Chaturthi at sunrise; the puja is in the morning, unlike the dark-fortnight Chaturthi which waits for the moon.
The fast
No fast is required. Those who keep it eat once, after the morning puja.
Where the regions differ
The monthly bright-fortnight Chaturthi is marked in the Tamil and Kerala lists; the north marks only the dark-fortnight Sankashti. The Bhadrapada one is the birthday and the great festival.
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.