Aditya Pujan
Surya (Aditya)
Dates in 2026
A monthly observance — here are its dates through this year.
Calculated for India (IST) using precise Panchang astronomy. Dates can shift by a day at locations far to the east or west.
What Aditya Pujan means in Shravan
Sunday is traditionally dedicated to Surya, worshipped here as Aditya. Maharashtra's Shravan cycle marks Aditya Pujan on every Sunday of the month, completing the sequence of weekday observances that also includes Shiva on Monday and the other household pujas through the week.
The worship begins with awareness of the morning sun as the visible source of light and daily rhythm. Prayer at sunrise and a water offering are common forms of Surya worship. Marathi tradition specifically remembers kheer as a naivedya on Shravan Sunday, though household recipes and the scale of the puja differ.
This is a devotional observance, not permission to stare at the sun or make health guarantees. The page follows Maharashtra's Amanta Shravan, whose civil date range can differ from North Indian Purnimanta Sawan, so every Sunday listed here belongs to the local month boundary.
Rituals & observance
Aditya Pujan is commonly begun near sunrise. Keep the practice simple, do not look directly at the sun, and adapt it to weather, access, and family custom.
- Bath and morning preparation: devotees begin the Sunday observance cleanly and arrange a lamp, flowers, water, and naivedya at the home shrine.
- Greeting the rising sun: prayer is offered facing the morning light without staring directly at the sun or risking eye injury.
- Offering water where customary: water may be poured carefully from a copper or other clean vessel in a safe outdoor place, without creating a slippery or wasteful mess.
- Aditya prayer: Surya's names, Aditya Hridayam, or a shorter household prayer may be recited according to ability and tradition.
- Kheer naivedya and prasad: Maharashtrian tradition records kheer as an offering for Shravan Sunday; after puja it is shared as prasad according to the household's food practice.
Regional variations
How this date is determined
Set by the lunar calendar, reckoned by sunrise (udaya tithi).
Dates are computed to astronomical precision (NASA/JPL ephemeris), in line with traditional panchang.
