Is this the same as the Diwali Lakshmi Puja?

Same Goddess, different observance and a different month. Kojagari is the Ashwin full-moon household puja kept as a night vigil; the Diwali Lakshmi Puja is on the Kartik amavasya and is the public and mercantile one. In Bengal the Kojagari one is the larger of the two at home.

Is it the same night as Sharad Purnima?

Yes — the same full moon, kept differently. The Sharad Purnima kheer left out under the moon and the Kojagari vigil are two customs on one night.

Kojagari Lakshmi Puja

Also called Kojagiri Purnima, Sharad Purnima Lakshmi Puja, Lokkhi Pujo

When

Sunday, 25 October 2026 in 45 days

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Sunrise6:32 AM

Sunset5:38 PM

Chaturdashi until 11:56 AM
at sunrise. This observance is governed by nishita, not by the sunrise tithi — which is why the tithi named here is often not the one the festival is named for.

Revati until 7:22 PM

4:14 PM – 5:38 PM

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Governed by

Why this date?

Ashwin Purnima — the full moon that follows Dashami, and the same full moon the rest of the country keeps as Sharad Purnima. The puja belongs to the NIGHT rather than the day: Lakshmi is understood to walk abroad on this night, and the vigil is the observance.

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What In short

The full-moon night five days after the immersion, kept in Bengal as the household Lakshmi puja and in Maharashtra as Kojagiri. Households stay awake; rice-flour alpana is drawn at the threshold and the Goddess's footprints traced towards the house.

Deity: Lakshmi

Why The reason behind it

Ko jagarti — who is awake? Lakshmi is said to move through the world on this night asking exactly that, and to stay where she finds someone waiting. The vigil is therefore not incidental to the puja; it IS the puja, and everything else is preparation for being found awake.

Traditional basis

Lakshmi vrata literature on Kojagara — The night vigil and the ko-jagarti question from which the observance takes its name.

Bengal Lokkhi Pujo household tradition — The alpana, the footprints and the Purnima-night puja as the domestic Lakshmi observance of the year.

How At home, step by step

Draw the alpana at the threshold and trace Lakshmi's footprints leading in.
Perform the puja at night rather than during the day.
Keep the vigil — this is the point of the observance.
In Maharashtra, milk boiled with saffron is drunk under the full moon.

What you'll need

Rice-flour paste for the alpana
A conch and a winnowing fan, in Bengali practice
Chirey, narkel naru and seasonal fruit
Saffron milk, in Maharashtrian practice
A ghee lamp

Fasting and breaking the fast

A day fast is kept in many households, broken after the night puja.

Fasting guidance here describes traditional practice. It is not medical advice — if you are pregnant, diabetic, on medication or unwell, ask a doctor about your own circumstances.

Personal In your region

Bengal (Bengali)
The year's principal household Lakshmi puja — larger domestically than the Diwali one, which is the public and mercantile Lakshmi.
Maharashtra (Marathi)
Kojagiri, with saffron milk under the full moon and a night spent awake.
Odisha (Odia)
Kumar Purnima is kept on the same full moon, with its own customs.

For children

The night Lakshmi walks around asking who is still awake — so everyone stays up. Her footprints are drawn on the floor leading into the house.

Common questions

Is this the same as the Diwali Lakshmi Puja?: Same Goddess, different observance and a different month. Kojagari is the Ashwin full-moon household puja kept as a night vigil; the Diwali Lakshmi Puja is on the Kartik amavasya and is the public and mercantile one. In Bengal the Kojagari one is the larger of the two at home.
Is it the same night as Sharad Purnima?: Yes — the same full moon, kept differently. The Sharad Purnima kheer left out under the moon and the Kojagari vigil are two customs on one night.

Not the same day

These fall nearby or share the tithi, and are often confused with this observance. They are separate, and this site dates them separately.

Sharad Purnima

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