Govardhan and Bhai Dooj, November 2026

In India, Govardhan Puja 2026 is Tuesday 10 November and Bhai Dooj is Wednesday 11 November. In the US, UK, Canada and the UAE the tithi often puts Govardhan on the 9th and Bhai Dooj on the 10th. The hill of food and the brother’s plate follow the local sunrise tithi, not a single IST headline.

Annakut is a mountain of cooked food offered and then eaten. It is the opposite of a status dinner. Krishna lifts the hill so the village can eat under it. If your Govardhan is a catering order you cannot cancel, you have turned a food vow into a Budha problem. Budha is still vakri on the 10th. He turns direct around the 13th. Cook what the house can finish. Send the brother the plate on the day your city keeps, even if his city kept it yesterday.

After the lamps, before the direct stations

Diwali night was the 8th. These two days are the household leftover of that amavasya, in the best sense: food and siblings. Shukra is still vakri. Do not use Bhai Dooj to open a joint account “for the blessing.” Use it to sit down. The joint account can open the following week.

Chhath begins within a few days for the families who keep it. Govardhan is not Chhath. One is a kitchen. The other is a riverbank and a fast you do not improvise. Diwali’s date is in Diwali 2026. Chhath is Chhath 2026.

Questions people keep asking

When is Bhai Dooj in 2026?

Wednesday 11 November in India. Tuesday 10 November in many US and UK lists, because the dwitiya tithi is read at local sunrise.

Can Annakut be ordered from outside?

Yes, if the food will actually be offered and eaten. A non-refundable banquet booked only for the date is the part that can move a few days.