Ganesh Visarjan 2026: Muhurat & Vidhi

Ganesh Visarjan is the other half of a cycle that opened on Ganesh Chaturthi. When you installed the clay murti, the pran-pratishtha invited the living deity into it — an aavahan, a guest called home. Visarjan is the farewell: after a final uttar-puja and aarti you carry that guest to a river, lake or tank and let the clay dissolve back into the water it was shaped from. That is why the festival ends with immersion and not with storage — the murti was always meant to return to its own element, and Ganesha is sent off with 'Ganpati Bappa Morya, come again soon next year.'

Because it is a farewell and not a tithi-bound sankalp, visarjan has no single muhurat the way the Chaturthi puja has its madhyahna window. The ten-day immersion falls on Anant Chaturdashi — Friday, 25 September 2026, ten days counted from the 14 September sthapana — but the hour is chosen from that day's choghadiya, the auspicious Labh, Amrit and Shubh slices, while Kaal, Rog and Udveg are left alone. This year the Kaal slice in New Delhi runs 10:42 AM to 12:12 PM, sitting squarely between the morning Amrit and the afternoon Shubh, so most households immerse either in the late-morning Amrit that ends at 10:42 or wait for the Shubh window that opens at 12:12.

Ganesh Visarjan 2026 at a glance

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Visarjan day

Fri, 25 September 2026

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Occasion

Anant Chaturdashi (10-day)

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No single muhurat

Rides the day’s shubh choghadiya

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Best windows (Delhi)

Labh 7:41 · Amrit 9:11 · Shubh 12:12

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Also immerse after

1½ · 3 · 5 · 7 · 10 days

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Keep water clean

Clay murti, home immersion

Auspicious visarjan choghadiya, by city

The Labh, Amrit and Shubh windows for the immersion — computed for where you are

New Delhi

Labh 7:41–9:11 AM · Amrit 9:11–10:42 AM · Shubh 12:12–1:43 PM

Sunrise · sunset 06:11 · 18:14 — avoid Kaal 10:42 AM–12:12 PM

Mumbai

Labh 7:58–9:29 AM · Amrit 9:29–10:59 AM · Shubh 12:30–2:00 PM

Sunrise · sunset 06:28 · 18:32

Visarjan is not pinned to one instant, so the practical question is which part of the 25th is auspicious. Read the day as choghadiya — the daytime split into eight slices that rotate through Labh, Amrit, Shubh (all three good), Char (neutral, and fine for a moving procession) and Kaal, Rog, Udveg (left alone). The windows above are worked out for each city from that day's sunrise and sunset, so they shift a little west by west: New Delhi's Amrit ends at 10:42 AM where Mumbai's runs to 10:59. Pick a shubh slice that suits the household, and if the murti is only leaving in a procession, the neutral Char window at first light — from 6:11 AM in Delhi — is commonly used to set out.

How to do the visarjan

Uttar-puja, the procession, and an eco-friendly immersion

Begin with the uttar-puja — the mirror of the installation. Offer a final aarti, sweets and durva, thank Ganesha for the days he stayed, and gently move the murti to signal the farewell; some tie a small potli of rice, coins and modak to send along with him. Carry the murti out — ideally on the head or a shoulder — with the household chant, and at the water lower it in facing the shore rather than throwing it. For a clean immersion, prefer a natural-coloured clay (shadu) murti and immerse it at home in a bucket, drum or tank; once the clay has dissolved, the leftover earth and water can be given to a plant or the garden. A painted plaster murti in a public lake is what fouls the water — the eco choice is smaller, at home, and fully dissolvable.

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The same-day Vishnu vrat

The ten-day visarjan falls on the same day as Anant Chaturdashi — the vrat for Vishnu in his Ananta form, when the fourteen-knotted anant sutra is tied. For that vrat, its katha and the sutra vidhi, see the Anant Chaturdashi page.Anant Chaturdashi 2026 →

How many days you keep Ganesha

The 1½, 3, 5, 7 and 10-day traditions — and why

How long Ganesha stays is the household's own vow, not a fixed rule, and each length carries its own custom. The shortest is the Dedh-din (1½-day) tradition, in which the murti is immersed the morning after the sthapana. Then come the 3rd, 5th and 7th-day immersions — the seventh often coincides with the Gauri visarjan, when Jyeshtha Gauri departs, and is widely kept in Maharashtra. The grandest is the 10th day, Anant Chaturdashi — Friday, 25 September 2026 — when the great public pandals immerse together. Every count runs from your own sthapana on 14 September, and Ganesha is honoured no less whether he is kept a day and a half or the full ten; families simply follow the tenure their house has always observed.

Live Panchang

See the choghadiya and panchang for your city

The Labh, Amrit and Shubh windows above are for Delhi and Mumbai. For the live choghadiya on 25 September — or any day — and your own city's sunrise, open the panchang.

Today's Choghadiya Today's Panchang

Ganesh Visarjan 2026 — your questions

The date, the choghadiya, the immersion and the day-count

When is Ganesh Visarjan in 2026?+

The main, ten-day Ganesh Visarjan is on Anant Chaturdashi — Friday, 25 September 2026. It is the last day of Ganeshotsav, counted from the sthapana on 14 September, and it is when the biggest public pandals immerse their murtis together. Families that keep Ganesha for a shorter tenure immerse earlier — after 1½, 3, 5 or 7 days on their own count from the 14th.

Is there a fixed muhurat for Ganesh Visarjan?+

No. Unlike the Chaturthi puja, which has a madhyahna window, the immersion is a farewell and is not tied to one instant of a tithi. You simply pick an auspicious slice of the day from the choghadiya — Labh, Amrit or Shubh — and leave Kaal, Rog and Udveg alone. In New Delhi on 25 September those windows are Labh 7:41–9:11 AM, Amrit 9:11–10:42 AM and Shubh 12:12–1:43 PM; in Mumbai, Labh 7:58–9:29, Amrit 9:29–10:59 and Shubh 12:30–2:00 PM. A moving procession may also set out in the neutral Char window at first light.

How many days can you keep Ganesha at home?+

As long as your family tradition sets — there is no single correct tenure. The common lengths are 1½ (Dedh-din), 3, 5, 7 and 10 days, each counted from your sthapana on 14 September. The 1½-day murti leaves the next morning; the 7th day often falls with the Gauri visarjan in Maharashtra; and the 10th day is Anant Chaturdashi. Keep the length your household has always followed — Ganesha is honoured the same either way.

How do you perform the visarjan at home?+

Do the uttar-puja first — the mirror of the installation. Offer a final aarti, modak and durva, thank Ganesha for the days he stayed, and gently move the murti to mark the farewell. Some tie a small potli of rice, coins and sweets to send along. Then, in a shubh choghadiya window, lower the murti into the water facing the shore rather than throwing it, with the chant “Ganpati Bappa Morya, pudhchya varshi lavkar ya” — come again early next year.

How do you do an eco-friendly visarjan?+

Choose a small clay (shadu) murti with natural colours, and immerse it at home in a bucket, drum or tank rather than a public lake. The clay dissolves in a few hours; the leftover earth and water can then be given to a plant or poured in the garden. Plaster-of-Paris murtis with chemical paint are what foul rivers, so keeping the murti small, clay and home-immersed keeps the water clean while the ritual stays whole.

Is Ganesh Visarjan the same as Anant Chaturdashi?+

They fall on the same day, 25 September 2026, but they are two observances. Anant Chaturdashi is a vrat for Vishnu in his Ananta (endless) form, when devotees tie the fourteen-knotted anant sutra; Ganesh Visarjan is the immersion that ends Ganeshotsav. Because the ten-day visarjan lands on Anant Chaturdashi, the two are kept together — for the Vishnu vrat itself, its katha and the anant sutra, see the Anant Chaturdashi page.

Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 →Anant Chaturdashi 2026 →Rishi Panchami 2026 →

Source & Disclaimer: The 25 September choghadiya windows are computed for the cities named, in IST, using the Lahiri ayanamsha, from that day's sunrise and sunset; the choghadiya slices shift with your city's sunrise, so confirm your local timing on the panchang before you set out. Visarjan is a matter of family custom as much as of muhurat — the day-count and the exact hour are the household's own choice. For a clean immersion, prefer a small clay murti and immerse it at home.