Vishwakarma Puja dates (popular practice)

Vishwakarma Puja is popular practice; no text read gives the worship. The day of the Kanyā saṅkrānti in 2027, 2028 and 2029, by our stated rule, with the Sun’s entry time, for Kolkata, Patna and your city.

City

Popular practice; no text read gives the day.

Next Vishwakarma Puja in Kolkata

Friday, 17 September 2027

It is in 334 days.

The Sun enters KanyāFri 17 Sep, 14:10

Vishwakarma Puja 2027 in every city

Vishwakarma Puja dates, 2027 to 2029

Each city’s own clock

Year	Kolkata	Patna	London	New York City
Vishwakarma Puja 2027	Fri 17 SepIngress 14:10	Fri 17 SepIngress 14:10	Fri 17 SepIngress 09:40	Fri 17 SepIngress 04:40
Vishwakarma Puja 2028	Sat 16 SepIngress 20:21	Sat 16 SepIngress 20:21	Sat 16 SepIngress 15:51	Sat 16 SepIngress 10:51
Vishwakarma Puja 2029	Mon 17 SepIngress 02:30	Mon 17 SepIngress 02:30	Sun 16 SepIngress 22:00	Sun 16 SepIngress 17:00

Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day of the Kanyā saṅkrānti’s puṇyakāla, when the Sun enters sidereal Kanyā (Virgo), as this site computes it for every saṅkrānti. In the Bengal calendar it is the last day of Bhādra.

Only the date’s basis is in the texts read: the saṅkrānti and its puṇyakāla, the sixteen ghaṭīs after the Sun enters Kanyā, kept by day. An ingress at night before midnight gives the afternoon before it, and one after midnight gives the morning after. DS p. 2; NS p. 5

Questions

By our stated rule; popular practice throughout, with the saṅkrānti’s textual basis cited.

When is Vishwakarma Puja?

In Kolkata, by our stated rule: Friday, 17 September 2027, with the Sun entering Kanyā at 14:10; Saturday, 16 September 2028, with the Sun entering Kanyā at 20:21; Monday, 17 September 2029, with the Sun entering Kanyā at 02:30. Popular practice; no text read gives the worship. DS p. 2; NS p. 5

Why is Vishwakarma Puja around 17 September every year?

It follows the Sun, not the Moon. The day is the Kanyā saṅkrānti, when the Sun enters sidereal Kanyā, and that falls around 16 to 18 September each year, so the date barely moves.

Is Vishwakarma Puja in the classical texts?

Only its date’s basis is: the Kanyā saṅkrānti and its puṇyakāla. The Nirṇaya-sindhu, the Dharmasindhu and the Vratarāja prescribe no worship of Viśvakarman on this day, and none of tools and machines. DS p. 2; NS p. 5

Why is the date different in the US or UK?

The Sun enters Kanyā at the same moment everywhere, but that moment falls by day in some cities and by night in others. A night ingress moves the puṇyakāla to the afternoon before or the morning after, so a city far to the west or east can keep another day. DS p. 2; NS p. 5

How the day is found

Read the methodology

Basis: Popular practice; no text read gives the worship. The rule is ours, stated in full.
The day: The Kanyā saṅkrānti’s puṇyakāla: the sixteen ghaṭīs after the ingress, by day; a night ingress before midnight, the afternoon before; after midnight, the morning after (DS p. 2; NS p. 5).
The ingress: The Sun’s entry into sidereal Kanyā (Lahiri ayanāṃśa), for the chosen city’s clock.
Sunrise: At the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, for the chosen city. Every date is that city’s own.

Sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method