✦ 2026 Satyanarayan Vrat Dates ✦
✦ Lord Vishnu in his Satyanarayan form on every Purnima — bestows household harmony ✦
✦ 13 dates — entire year ✦
Lord Vishnu in his Satyanarayan form on every Purnima — bestows household harmony
First Satyanarayan
2 Jan • Fri
Kartik Purnima
29 Jun • Mon
Last Satyanarayan
23 Dec • Wed
✦ About this vrat ✦
Satyanarayan Vrat — drawn from the Skanda Purana. Worship of Vishnu Bhagavan in his "Satyanarayan" (truth-Vishnu) form. Performed primarily on Purnima.
The vrat-katha in 5 chapters: Sadhu-Vanik, Kalavati, Lilavati, Raja Tungdhwaj, and Kashi-Naresh stories.
Performed at Griha Pravesh, marriage anniversaries, after childbirth, shop openings — at every auspicious occasion.
✦ January ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ February ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ March ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ April ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ May ✦
2 days🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ June ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ July ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ August ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ September ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ October ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ November ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ December ✦
1 day🌖 Shukla • Tithi 15
✦ Puja vidhi ✦
- 1
Morning bath. White/yellow clothing. Mandap on puja-platform with banana leaves.
- 2
Install Satyanarayan murti/picture. Shaligram. Shodashopachara puja.
- 3
Panchamrit, 5-fruits, 5-meva, sooji-jaggery-ghee prasad (panchamrit-sheera / sira).
- 4
Satyanarayan katha shravan (5 chapters). Aarti. Parana.
✦ FAQs ✦
Q. When to perform Satyanarayan vrat?
Purnima is supreme. Also Ekadashi, Fridays, Sankranti, after solar/lunar eclipses, on Griha Pravesh. At every auspicious occasion.
Q. Significance of prasad?
Sooji-jaggery-ghee panchamrit-sheera — bestows all siddhis. Banana-milk-chana mandatory. Never refuse the prasad — considered sin.