Online Upakarma 2026

Namaste!

For the benefit of those who do not have easy access to temples or their Aathu Vadyar, we are organising an Online Upakarma on 9th August 2025 (Rig and Yajur Upakarma on Same Day). Those desirous of participating, please fill the form at

Google Forms Link

You can select your batch, and also register for receiving dharbai/poonal etc.

Note that there is a lunar eclipse visible in EU/USA on 26th August. Since it is past midnight in EU, Upakarma observance remains unaffected. In the US, Upakarma moves to the next month, Bhadrapada.

Depending on location (sunrise, sunset, start of madhyahna kaala and presence of Purnima tithi during madhyahna kaala), Upakarma should be observed as follows:

25th September: On the West Coast — the San Francisco Bay Area (San Jose, Fremont, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara), Seattle, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego. In the Mountain/Southwest region — Phoenix, Denver, and Las Vegas. In Texas/South Central — Dallas–Fort Worth (Irving, Plano), Houston, and Austin. And in the Upper Midwest, Minneapolis.

26th September: In the Midwest — Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, and Indianapolis. In the Southeast — Atlanta, Raleigh–Durham, Charlotte, and Nashville. And along the East Coast/Northeast — the Washington, D.C., New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston.

2020 Upakarma

Upakarma in Rathnagireeshwarar Temple (Besant Nagar, Chennai)

Dispatching Materials (only within India)

Contents of the dispatched package:
a. Two sets of pavitram/darbhai per head, one for Kamokarshit Japam + Upakarma, and one for Gayathri Japam
b. One set poonal (3 numbers, i.e. 9 threads)
c. One extra poonal
d. Varalakshmi Nombu charadu (4 pieces)
e. Vyasa Puja Prasadam (akshatai with blessings of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Acharyal). Please reserve this for Upakarma day, awaiting our further instructions.