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Ganesh Chaturthi 2025
Birth festival of Lord Ganesha, remover of obstacles.
In 2025, Ganesh Chaturthi falls on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Regional panchang authorities — including the Vakya, Drik, and Surya Siddhanta traditions — may calculate the precise tithi differently, with some communities observing the festival one day earlier or later than the date shown.
Significance of Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi, also called Vinayaka Chaturthi, celebrates the birth of Lord Ganesha — the elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati who is venerated as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences, and the deva of intellect and wisdom. The festival falls on the fourth day (chaturthi) of the bright half of the Hindu lunar month of Bhadrapada and continues for ten days, culminating in Anant Chaturdashi when the clay idols are immersed in rivers, lakes, or the sea — a ritual called visarjan symbolizing the cycle of creation and dissolution. Ganesha is invoked at the beginning of every auspicious undertaking — weddings, business ventures, foundation-laying ceremonies, and even the writing of new books — under the formula "Sri Ganeshaaya Namah."
Traditions and Observances
Households and public pandals install meticulously crafted clay Ganesha idols ranging from a few inches tall in homes to towering thirty-foot installations at major neighborhood pandals. The arrival ceremony called pratishthapana is performed with the chanting of Ganesha mantras, the offering of red hibiscus flowers, durva grass, and modak — Ganesha's favorite sweet of steamed rice flour stuffed with coconut and jaggery. Daily aarti, bhajan singing, and elaborate cultural programs take place each evening. On the final day of Anant Chaturdashi, the idols are paraded through streets in joyful processions accompanied by drums, cymbals, and the chant of "Ganpati Bappa Morya, Pudhchya Varshi Lavkar Ya" (Lord Ganpati, come back early next year), and immersed with reverence.
Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 — At a Glance
If you are planning travel, scheduling community events, requesting time off work, or simply marking your family calendar for 2025, the table below summarises every key detail for Ganesh Chaturthi this year, alongside the surrounding observances on either side of the festival in the Hindu lunar calendar.
| Detail | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Gregorian date | August 27, 2025 |
| Day of week | Wednesday |
| Panchang reference | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi |
| Tradition | Hinduism (regional variations across panchang traditions) |
Regional Observance
Maharashtra hosts the largest celebrations, with Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja attracting fifteen million visitors over ten days, the Khairatabad Ganesh in Hyderabad standing at over sixty feet, and the Pune Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav initiated by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1893 to foster public unity during the freedom struggle. Goa's Chovoth festival features bamboo and cloth torans hung over doorways and ancient family idols passed down for generations. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Kerala observe Vinayaka Chavithi with home pujas and community pandals. Indian diaspora communities in Mauritius, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Trinidad have established large-scale Ganesh visarjan processions in major cities.
Ganesh Chaturthi Across the Years 2024–2030
The Islamic Hijri calendar is a purely lunar calendar of approximately 354 days, so its observances drift forward by roughly 10–11 days each Gregorian year. The Hindu lunar calendar uses periodic intercalary months (adhik maas) that keep festivals broadly anchored to the seasons. The table below shows the Gregorian date of Ganesh Chaturthi across every year HijriHub covers, allowing you to plan multi-year commemorations, anniversaries, or research at a glance.
| Year | Gregorian date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | September 7, 2024 | Saturday |
| 2025 | August 27, 2025 | Wednesday |
| 2026 | September 14, 2026 | Monday |
| 2027 | September 4, 2027 | Saturday |
| 2028 | August 23, 2028 | Wednesday |
| 2029 | September 11, 2029 | Tuesday |
| 2030 | September 1, 2030 | Sunday |
How HijriHub calculates Ganesh Chaturthi 2025
Our Hindu festival dates are compiled from the Drik Panchang almanac authority, cross-checked against regional panchang publications including the Mahesh Dharmik Panchang and the Indian government's National Calendar. For festivals tied to specific tithis, nakshatras, or yogas, the date listed corresponds to the day on which the festival is most widely observed in North India under the Drik tradition. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and parts of Karnataka follow the Vakya tradition that may shift the observance by a day. Bengal's Vishuddha Siddhanta and the lunisolar calendars of Maharashtra and Gujarat occasionally differ. Always confirm with your family priest or local temple before finalising ritual plans.
Other Years
- Ganesh Chaturthi 2024 Sep 7, 2024
- Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 Sep 14, 2026
- Ganesh Chaturthi 2027 Sep 4, 2027
- Ganesh Chaturthi 2028 Aug 23, 2028
- Ganesh Chaturthi 2029 Sep 11, 2029
- Ganesh Chaturthi 2030 Sep 1, 2030
Other Holidays in August 2025
- Krishna Janmashtami 2025 Aug 15, 2025
- Raksha Bandhan 2025 Aug 9, 2025