Sankasta Chaturthi July 2026 Date
Sankasta Chaturthi in July 2026 is on Friday, 3 July 2026. Chaturthi tithi begins at 11:20 AM IST on 3 Jul and ends at 12:40 PM IST on 4 Jul.
संकष्ट चतुर्थी 2026 शुक्रवार, 3 जुलाई को है। चतुर्थी तिथि 3 जुलाई को सुबह 11:20 बजे से 4 जुलाई को दोपहर 12:40 बजे तक रहेगी।
Dates are for India (IST). Tithi timings for your city are on the Sankasta Chaturthi page; every date this year is on the Sankasta Chaturthi 2026 page.
About Sankasta Chaturthi
A monthly fast kept on the fourth day after every full moon, broken only when the worshipper actually sights the rising moon. When this Chaturthi falls on a Tuesday — the day of Mangal (Mars, called Angaraka) — it becomes Angarki Chaturthi, treated as the most powerful of the year, especially in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
Each of the twelve monthly Sankashtis honours a different form of Ganesha and has its own Vrat Katha (fasting story). The Ashadha-month fast worships Krishnapingala Ganapati, with a tale Krishna narrates to Yudhishthira about a childless king of Mahishmati who gains a son through this vow. The Magha-month observance — the most important of the year — is called Sakat Chauth in North India, where mothers fast for their children. Note the neat opposite: on Ganesh Chaturthi in Bhadrapada one must avoid looking at the moon (the Syamantaka-jewel curse on Krishna), but on Sankashti the moon's sighting is exactly what ends the fast. Tamil Hindus call the day Sankatahara Chaturthi. The food is strict — only fruit, roots and tubers, with sabudana khichadi, potato and peanuts as the usual evening meal.
