When is Upakarma in 2026?

The date of Upakarma 2026 for your city, with its tithi timings, is on this page, worked out for your local sunrise.

Upakarma dates for your city: Rigveda Upakarma, Yajur Upakarma (Shukla Yajurveda, Krishna Yajurveda Baudhayana, Apastamba and Hiranyakeshi, Aavani Avittam) and Samaveda Upakarma, for repeating and first-time performers.

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Upakarma 2026

Rigveda, Yajur and Samaveda Upakarma dates for your city

Updated October 13, 2026 · Pundit Mahesh Shastri, Panchanga Siddhanti

📍 Columbus, Ohio, America (United States)

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Upakarma · 2026

📍 Columbus, Ohio, America (United States)

Krishna Yajurveda (Baudhayana)

Yajur Upakarma

September 26, 2026

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Krishna Yajurveda (Apastamba)

Yajur Upakarma

September 26, 2026

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Krishna Yajurveda (Hiranyakeshi)

Samaveda Upakarma (Tamil Sampradaya)

September 12, 2026

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Rigveda, Yajur and Samaveda Upakarma dates for your city

Panchang and festival dates calculated by Pandit Mahesh Shastri, Panchangakarta and Siddhanti, using Drishya Ganita and traditional Dharmashastra principles.

Upakarma Dates · Columbus

Rigveda Upakarma Full page →

August 26, 2026

Shravana Nakshatra

🌅 Previous Sunrise

Aug 25

06:54:59 AM

⭐ Nakshatra Begins

Aug 25

01:20:53 PM

🌅 Sunrise

Aug 26

06:55:56 AM

⭐ Nakshatra Ends

Aug 26

03:17:38 PM

🌇 Sunset

Aug 26

08:12:01 PM

🌅 Next Sunrise

Aug 27

06:56:52 AM

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Shukla Yajurveda

September 26, 2026

Bhadrapada Purnima

Eclipse: Partial Lunar Eclipse, Aug 27, 2026 10:34 PM

Krishna Yajurveda, Baudhayana Sutra

September 26, 2026

Bhadrapada Purnima

Eclipse: Partial Lunar Eclipse, Aug 27, 2026 10:34 PM

Krishna Yajurveda, Apastamba Sutra

September 26, 2026

Bhadrapada Purnima

Eclipse: Partial Lunar Eclipse, Aug 27, 2026 10:34 PM

Krishna Yajurveda, Hiranyakeshi Sutra

September 12, 2026

Hasta Nakshatra, Bhadrapada

Eclipse: Partial Lunar Eclipse, Aug 27, 2026 10:34 PM

Gayatri Japam

August 28, 2026

🌅 Previous Sunrise

Aug 26

06:55:56 AM

🌕 Purnima Begins

Aug 26

11:39:01 PM

🌅 Sunrise

Aug 27

06:56:52 AM

🌇 Sunset

Aug 27

08:10:30 PM

🌑 Eclipse

Aug 27

10:34:17 PM

🌖 Purnima Ends

Aug 28

12:18:13 AM

🌅 Next Sunrise

Aug 28

06:57:49 AM

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Samaveda Upakarma

September 12, 2026

Bhadrapada Hasta Nakshatra

Pratah/Sangava Kala alternate: Shravana Hasta Nakshatra (Sangava Kala): August 15, 2026

🌅 Previous Sunrise

Sep 11

07:10:55 AM

⭐ Nakshatra Begins

Sep 12

03:24:54 AM

🌅 Sunrise

Sep 12

07:11:51 AM

🌇 Sunset

Sep 12

07:44:57 PM

⭐ Nakshatra Ends

Sep 13

03:36:39 AM

🌅 Next Sunrise

Sep 13

07:12:48 AM

Eclipse or Sankranti within 48 hours of Upakarma

☀️ Simha Sankranti: Sun, Aug 16, 2026, 10:24 PM EDT · 1 panchang day after the Upakarma (Aug 15, 2026)
🌕 Partial Lunar Eclipse: Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 9:24 PM to Fri, Aug 28, 3:02 AM EDT · Madhya 12:13 AM · 1 panchang day after the Upakarma (Aug 26, 2026) · Visible from this city

About Upakarma

About

Upakarma

Upakarma is the annual renewal of the sacred thread (yajnopavita) and the resumption of Vedic study. Each Veda observes it on its own day: Rigveda Upakarma, Yajur Upakarma (Shravani Upakarma, Aavani Avittam) and Samaveda Upakarma.

The dates above are for your city and year, for those repeating the observance and for those performing it for the first time. Each Veda's full page has the complete table.

Where the views of different sampradayas differ, please follow the convention observed by your own family or sampradaya.

Commonly searched as: “Upakarma 2026 Columbus”, “Upakarma Columbus 2027”, “Aavani Avittam Columbus 2026”

Tradition & Practice

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Rigveda Upakarma

Anchored to Shravana Nakshatra in Shravana masa.

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Yajur Upakarma

Anchored to Shravana Purnima, for Shukla Yajurveda and Krishna Yajurveda.

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Samaveda Upakarma

Anchored to Hasta Nakshatra in Bhadrapada.