Budh Pujan
Budha
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 Budh Pujan means in Shravan
Maharashtra's Shravan tradition gives each weekday its own devotional observance. Wednesday is kept as Budh Pujan, the worship of Budha, the graha after whom Budhvar is named. It belongs to the month's repeating weekly rhythm, alongside Shravan Somvar, Mangala Gauri, Brihaspati Pujan, Jivati Pujan, Ashwattha Maruti Pujan, and Aditya Pujan.
The observance is usually modest and home-centred rather than a large public festival. A family may clean the shrine, light a lamp, offer flowers or simple naivedya, and recite the prayer or vrat-katha received in its own tradition. There is no single puja kit or fasting rule followed by every Maharashtrian household.
The dates on this page follow Maharashtra's Amanta Shravan, which begins after Amavasya. North Indian Purnimanta calendars place the Sawan month boundaries differently, so a generic national list of Wednesdays can begin or end on different civil dates even when the weekday worship is similar.
Rituals & observance
Budh Pujan is commonly kept as a simple Wednesday home observance. Family practice decides whether a vrat, a short puja, or both are followed.
- Preparing the shrine: the worship space and puja vessels are cleaned before a lamp and flowers are arranged for Budha.
- Taking a simple sankalpa: the devotee marks the Shravan Wednesday and states the intention to complete the household observance with attention and restraint.
- Offering lamp, flowers, and naivedya: customary offerings are made according to what the family has traditionally used; no one ingredient is compulsory for every household.
- Prayer or vrat-katha: Budha's names, a familiar stotra, or the household's Budhvar vrat-katha may be read without presenting one text as universal.
- Completing the observance: prasad is shared and any fast is concluded in the manner normally followed at home, with health needs taking priority over a rigid rule.
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.
