New Delhi: Vishwakarma Puja 2026 will be observed on Thursday, September 17. The festival falls during Kanya Sankranti, which marks the Sun’s transit into
Virgo. The Sankranti moment this year is 7:58 AM. Vishwakarma Puja is especially important for artisans, engineers, craftsmen, factory workers, traders and people whose livelihoods depend on tools, machines and technical skills.
Vishwakarma Puja 2026: Date and Shubh Muhurat
| Details | Date and Time |
| Vishwakarma Puja 2026 | Thursday, September 17, 2026 |
| Kanya Sankranti | September 17, 2026 |
| Sankranti Moment | 7:58 AM |
| Festival Name | Vishwakarma Puja / Vishwakarma Jayanti |
Vishwakarma Puja is traditionally observed on Kanya Sankranti, the day associated with the Sun entering Virgo. In the Bengali calendar, it corresponds to the last day of Bhadra and is also known as Bhadra Sankranti.
Why is Lord Vishwakarma worshipped on This Day?
Lord Vishwakarma is revered in Hindu tradition as the divine architect and master craftsman associated with creation, engineering, architecture and skilled workmanship. This connection explains why Vishwakarma Puja goes beyond worshipping a deity alone.
On this day, machines, tools, instruments and workplace equipment also become part of the puja. For a carpenter, the tools of the trade matter. For a factory, it may be the machinery. For an engineer or technician, it can be the instruments through which work takes shape.
That gives the festival a particularly modern relevance: it is a day that acknowledges the value of skill, craftsmanship and the tools through which human ideas become reality.
Vishwakarma Puja Vidhi: How to perform the puja
The traditional puja begins with preparing a clean worship space and placing the image or murti of Lord Vishwakarma.
First, devotees purify themselves and the puja area, light a lamp and make a sankalp for the worship. Flowers and akshat are used during the preliminary invocation, followed by the establishment of the kalash. Traditional puja procedures also include invoking Varun Dev and respectfully inviting Lord Vishwakarma to accept the worship.
After this, Lord Vishwakarma is worshipped with flowers, offerings and other customary puja samagri.
The most distinctive part comes next: tools, machinery and instruments are cleaned and worshipped. In factories and workshops, this may include heavy machinery and equipment, while in smaller workplaces it can simply mean the tools used every day.
Where the complete ritual is performed, havan or yajna is also included after the worship.
What should be worshipped on Vishwakarma Puja?
The simple answer is: the objects through which you create, build, repair or earn your livelihood.
Factories may worship production machinery. Workshops may worship tools. Offices involved in technical work may include computers and equipment in the ritual. Artisans and craftsmen traditionally give special importance to their working instruments.
The idea is not merely to decorate machinery for a day. Vishwakarma Puja places respect for workmanship and the means of work at the centre of the festival.
Vishwakarma Puja is also called Vishwakarma Jayanti
The festival is widely known as Vishwakarma Puja as well as Vishwakarma Jayanti. Traditional accounts connect Lord Vishwakarma with some of Hinduism’s most famous architectural and craft traditions, including Dwarka, Indraprastha, Lanka and divine weapons and instruments.
This is why his worship has historically remained especially significant among communities connected with architecture, craftsmanship, manufacturing and technical work.
The meaning of Vishwakarma Puja in modern life
There is something strikingly contemporary about this festival. Vishwakarma Puja not only honours an idea of divine creation; it also turns attention towards the people who create things in the real world.
The machine, the workshop and the tool become worthy of attention because they represent human skill and labour.
That is perhaps why Vishwakarma Puja continues to resonate across factories, workshops, construction sites and businesses: it celebrates the relationship between knowledge, craftsmanship, technology and creation.
Bottom line
Vishwakarma Puja 2026 falls on Thursday, September 17, with Kanya Sankranti at 7:58 AM. The puja centres on Lord Vishwakarma and extends to the tools, machinery and instruments used in one’s work. The traditional vidhi includes sankalp, kalash and deity worship, followed by the puja of workplace tools and machinery and, where prescribed, havan.
Written by: Tanya Singh of Astropatri.com. For feedback, please write to hello@astropatri.com.
