Govardhan Puja 2027 falls on Saturday, October 30, 2027 in Chicago. It is Kartik Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu lunar calendar. Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset 5:46 PM.
The tradition names no separate muhurat for this festival — it is observed through the day. Abhijit is the day’s generally auspicious window and Rahu Kaal the one to avoid.
Govardhan Puja recalls Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan on a fingertip to shelter Braj from Indra’s storm. It falls the day after Diwali, on the first of the waxing moon in Kartik.
How it is observed
A hill of food — the annakut, "mountain of grain" — is built before the deity and shared out. In Gujarat the same day is kept as the new year.