When is Ganesh Chaturthi 2025: August 26 or 27? Know date, timings, significance and Celebrations of Vinayaka Chaturthi Festival

Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 Date: Ganesh Chaturthi will be on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Ganesh Chaturthi is observed for Lord Ganesha’s birth. Lord Ganesha is the god of knowledge, wealth, and remover of all obstacles. Month Bhadrapada is on this festival day (Chaturthi) of lunar calendar Chaturthi (fourth calendar day) month. This is when the main puja of the day (and, of course, the Madhyahna Ganesha Puja Muhurat) will take place that same afternoon, Thursday August 27, 2025 from 11:05AM – 1:40PM.

 Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 Date

The Chaturthi tithi (lunar day), is from 1:54 PM on August 26, 2025, until 3:44 PM on August 27, 2025. Thus, there will be timings for the festival that will include both days, however, the real, and prevalent celebration is on August 27, 2025, since the puja is taking place on what is mainly recognized as the celebration day, Ganesh Chaturthi. This day is recognized as a special day, since devotees will be asked to avoid the moon in general between 1:54 PM on August 26, 2025, and 8:29 PM on August 27, 2025, as an offering to prevent a curse, called Mithya Dosha, that comes from confirming any sort of meaning or implication based from what you saw on the moon!

Ganesh Chaturthi is the first day of a ten day festival known as Ganeshotsav which will culminate with Ganesh Visarjan (immersion of idol) on September 6, 2025.

 Ganesh Chaturthi Significance

Ganesh Chaturthi marks the birth of Lord Ganesha, known as the remover of obstacles and the deity representing arts and sciences, intellect and wisdom. People believe that worshipping Lord Ganesha, the giver of good fortune, allows you to overcome obstacles.

 Celebrations

Every festival is unique in terms of celebrations. The devotees bring clay idols, sometimes human-sized and often beautifully done, into their homes and public spaces to be shared in rituals with families and friends. The devotees will pray, sing bhajans, offer suji-modi to the deity (especially modaks as these are also offered to Lord Ganesha), and can also participate in cultural and festive activities.The immersion ceremony represents the five stages of death and rebirth and also the belief that Lord Ganesha returns to his celestial home – Mount Kailasha until we bring him back the next year.

Ganesh Chaturthi celebrates an experience among people, all together in festivities and hopes of a common deity, while retaining the uniqueness of each community and individual belief systems. Many communities may have their own rituals, chants, and festivals, but that does not stop them from being devotees of Lord Ganesha or being friends or family. 

The Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations take place with much excitement in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and India generally, representing and demonstrating all the unifying and divergent ideas of people regardless of their communal belief systems. Chants of “Ganpati Bappa Morya (Lord Ganesha ” our Father” hasten)” resonate through large gatherings in earnest hopes of blessing and reward with prosperity and success.

The information provided above is based on the Hindu Panchang (lunar calendar), traditional beliefs, and publicly available sources. Dates and timings may vary depending on regional practices, local customs, and geographical location. Devotees are advised to consult their local priest or panchang for precise rituals and muhurat.