Baisakhi 2026 in Australia: Tue, Apr 14 — Puja Time by City

Significance

Astronomy: the Sun in sidereal Aries — the beginning of the Vedic solar year (Maha Vishuva — once the point of equal day and night, now around 14 April because of the ayanamsha); all the solar calendars (Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Punjabi-Nanakshahi, Nepali Vikram-solar) count from here; if the Sankranti falls after sunset the festival is the next day (the 14th) — the date above follows this rule.

Baisakhi 1699: Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa Panth at Anandpur Sahib (the Panj Pyare) — like a religious new year for Sikhs; the Jallianwala Bagh of 1919 was on Baisakhi too; the farmers' celebration of the rabi harvest — 'Jatta aai Baisakhi'; the Ganga bath of Mesha Sankranti at Haridwar-Rishikesh (believed the beginning of Satya Yuga), Ganga Saptami linked to the descent of the Ganga is separate.

Vishu: seeing the 'kani' first thing in the morning (the Krishna idol, the yellow flowers of the konna (Indian laburnum), rice, fruit, gold and coins, a mirror, a lamp — in an uruli) = prosperity all year; kaineettam (coins) from elders; Bihu: the worship of cows (Goru Bihu — after the harvest), the new year (Manuh Bihu — a gamosa for elders), Bihu songs and dance (dhol-pepa), pitha; Puthandu: the kani (Tamil), manga pachadi (six tastes), hearing the panchang; Pohela Boishakh: the halkhata (new account books), the prabhat pheri (Kolkata), panta bhaat (Bangladesh).

Puja vidhi (brief)

1. Shared: bathe in the Brahma muhurat/at sunrise (a river — Ganga-Haridwar, Brahmaputra, Kaveri, Mahanadi — or Gangajal at home), the Sun arghya (water-red flowers-akshat, 'Om Ghrini Suryaya Namah'), new/clean clothes; worship of the family deity/Vishnu-Surya in the home temple, installing the new panchang/calendar (hearing the panchang — reading the year's forecast); water for the ancestors; charity — sattu, water pots, fans, umbrellas, jaggery, gram (the charity for the start of summer), grain-clothes.
2. Vishu (Kerala): the Vishukkani set up the previous night — raw rice, konna flowers (kanikkonna — laburnum), cucumber-jackfruit-mango-banana, gold jewellery, coins, a mirror (valkannadi), new cloth, a scripture, the nilavilakku in an uruli (brass vessel) — before the idol of Krishna/Guruvayurappan; in the morning the eldest woman of the house sees the kani first, then brings each person with eyes closed before the kani (the first sight); kaineettam — elders give the young coins; the Vishu sadya (Vishukkatta, manga pachadi — six tastes), crackers (Vishuppadakkam), a share of the kani for cows and birds; the Vishukkani darshan at Sabarimala-Guruvayur.
3. Bohag/Rongali Bihu (Assam): on the Chaitra Sankranti (13 April — Bihu 1) 'Goru Bihu' — bathing the cows and bullocks in the river, with turmeric, urad, bottle gourd and brinjal, new ropes, the song 'Lau kha, bengena kha…'; on Mesha Sankranti (14 — Bihu 2) 'Manuh Bihu' — a bath, new clothes, the gamosa and pranam for elders (bihuwan), pitha (sesame-coconut), laru, curd-chira; the third 'Gosain Bihu' — the household deity, the namghar; seven days of the Bihu dance (dhol-pepa-gagana), husori (songs and blessings from house to house), Mukoli Bihu; the Bihu stage.
4. Puthandu (Tamil Nadu): the 'kani' the previous night — fruit (mango-jackfruit-banana), flowers, betel nut, gold and silver, a mirror, the new panchang on a tray; in the morning the kani darshan, bath, temple, 'panchanga padanam' (hearing the year's forecast), manga pachadi (raw mango-neem-jaggery-chilli-salt-tamarind — six tastes = the six flavours of life), vadai-payasam, the Chithirai Thiruvizha begins at Madurai Meenakshi; the Tamil new year 'Iniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal'.
5. Pohela Boishakh (Bengal-Tripura-Bangladesh): the prabhat pheri in the morning (Rabindra sangeet 'Esho he Boishakh'), new clothes (the red-and-white sari), Lakshmi-Ganesha puja and the **halkhata** — merchants open new account books (swastika-sindoor), sweets and calendars for customers; payesh-luchi-mishti at home, Kalighat-Dakshineswar; the Mangal Shobhajatra (Dhaka) and panta-ilish in Bangladesh; 'Shubho Noboborsho'.
6. Pana/Maha Vishuva Sankranti (Odisha): making 'pana' (a drink of bel-curd-jaggery-milk-banana) and hanging a pot on the Tulsi chaura (basundhara theki — water drop by drop to the plant — in the heat), the gift of chhatua (sattu), Hanuman Jayanti (on this day in Odisha), the Jhamu Yatra (fire walk), the Odia new year; Satuani/Jur Sital (Bihar-Mithila-Nepal Terai): sattu-jaggery-mango chutney-tikora, on 'Jur Sital' elders sprinkle stale water on the children's heads (the blessing of coolness), water for trees and plants, plastering the house; the New Year (Baisakh 1) in Nepal — the Bisket Jatra of Bhaktapur, bath and charity.
7. Uttarakhand-Himachal-Kashmir: Bikhauti (Uttarakhand — fairs, the Ganga-Alaknanda bath, new grain), Bishu/Baisakhi (Himachal — deity fairs), Navreh (Kashmiri Pandits — in Chaitra, separate from the solar); in Telugu-Kannada Ugadi is on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada (lunar) — not this page; everywhere the new grain of sattu-water-mango.

Frequently asked questions

Is Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) 2026 on the same day in Australia and India?

Yes — Tuesday, April 14, 2026.

Which time zone are these timings in?

Each row is in that city's own local time with daylight saving applied (AEST/AEDT for Sydney).

What is the link between Baisakhi and the Khalsa?

On the Baisakhi of 1699 Guru Gobind Singh gave amrit to the Panj Pyare at Anandpur Sahib and founded the Khalsa Panth — hence for Sikhs Baisakhi is Khalsa Sirjana Divas (Vaisakh 1 in the Nanakshahi calendar); nagar kirtan, akhand path and langar at the gurdwaras; along with it the farmers' festival of the rabi harvest — both on one day.

What is the Vishukkani and how to set it up?

'Kani' = the year's first sight — seeing auspicious things the moment one opens one's eyes on Vishu dawn so that the year is auspicious; at night in an uruli (brass vessel) raw rice, the yellow flowers of the konna (laburnum), cucumber-jackfruit-mango-banana-coconut, gold jewellery, coins, a mirror (in which the kani and one's own face), new cloth, a scripture, a lit nilavilakku — before the idol of Krishna/Guruvayurappan; at dawn the eldest woman of the house sees it first, then brings everyone with eyes closed; then kaineettam (coins).

What are the seven days of Bihu?

Bohag/Rongali Bihu: 1 Goru Bihu (the Chaitra Sankranti — bathing and worshipping cows and bullocks), 2 Manuh Bihu (Mesha Sankranti — the new year, bath, new clothes, gamosa-pranam, pitha), 3 Gosain Bihu (the household deity/namghar), 4 Tator Bihu (the loom and cloth), 5 Nangolor Bihu (the plough and tools), 6 Gharosia Jibar Bihu (domestic animals), 7 Chera Bihu (the close) — the order and names vary by region; the Bihu dance and husori through all seven days.

Why six tastes in the manga pachadi?

In the pachadi of the Tamil Puthandu and Kerala Vishu — raw mango (sour), neem flowers (bitter), jaggery (sweet), chilli (hot), salt (salty), tamarind/raw banana (astringent) — six tastes = the acceptance of all of life's joys and sorrows; in the first mouthful of the new year — the Ugadi pachadi (Telugu-Kannada) carries the same spirit (neem-jaggery).

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