Choghadiya Today in Brampton
Today’s choghadiya for Brampton, Ontario, worked out from Brampton’s own sunrise and sunset in Eastern Time (America/Toronto). Brampton, where 18.1 percent of people in private households reported a Hindu religion in the 2021 Census, centres on the Hindu Sabha Temple on 25 acres at The Gore Road, opened in 1994 with the pran pratishtha of Maa Jagdamba; the City’s own Diwali Mela has lit Sesquicentennial Park each autumn since 2023, and Chinmaya Shivalaya, Bhavani Shankar Mandir and Brampton Triveni Mandir fill out the week. Brampton’s clock runs 9 hours 30 minutes to 10 hours 30 minutes behind India’s, so some festivals fall a day earlier here than in India.
Best times in Brampton
| Choghadiya | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh शुभ | 8:17 AM to 9:32 AM | Good |
| Amrit अमृत | 2:33 PM to 3:48 PM | Good |
| Shubh शुभ | 8:33 PM to 10:18 PM | Good |
| Amrit अमृत | 10:18 PM to 12:03 AM | Good |
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:43 AM to 12:23 PM | in Udveg and Char |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh windows clear of Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal, Vara Vela, Kala Vela and Kala Ratri, with the Abhijit Muhurat. A good choghadiya that falls in one of them is marked Mixed in the tables below. How these overlaps work.
Day choghadiya
| Choghadiya | Time | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal काल Gulika Kaal Kala Vela | 7:02 AM to 8:17 AM | Avoid |
| Shubh शुभ | 8:17 AM to 9:32 AM | Good |
| Rog रोग Rahu Kaal | 9:32 AM to 10:48 AM | Avoid |
| Udveg उद्वेग | 10:48 AM to 12:03 PM | Avoid |
| Char चर | 12:03 PM to 1:18 PM | Neutral |
| Labh लाभ Yamaganda Vara Vela | 1:18 PM to 2:33 PM | Mixed |
| Amrit अमृत | 2:33 PM to 3:48 PM | Good |
| Kaal काल Kala Vela | 3:48 PM to 5:03 PM | Avoid |
Night choghadiya
| Choghadiya | Time | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| Labh लाभ Kala Ratri | 5:03 PM to 6:48 PM | Mixed |
| Udveg उद्वेग | 6:48 PM to 8:33 PM | Avoid |
| Shubh शुभ | 8:33 PM to 10:18 PM | Good |
| Amrit अमृत | 10:18 PM to 12:03 AM | Good |
| Char चर | 12:03 AM to 1:48 AM | Neutral |
| Rog रोग | 1:48 AM to 3:33 AM | Avoid |
| Kaal काल | 3:33 AM to 5:19 AM | Avoid |
| Labh लाभ Kala Ratri | 5:19 AM to 7:04 AM | Mixed |
Panchang in Brampton for today
Auspicious time
Times to avoid
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Hindu festivals in Brampton: dates and timings
These are the dates as they fall in Brampton, worked out for Brampton’s own sunrise and moonrise. 14 of the 37 festivals below fall on a different day here than in India.
| Festival | Date in Brampton |
|---|---|
| 2026 | |
| Dussehra (Vijayadashami) | Tue, Oct 20 Same day as India |
| Sharad Purnima | Sun, Oct 25 Same day as India |
| Karva Chauth Moonrise 7:46 PM. Puja 6:16 PM to 7:37 PM. Fast 7:49 AM to 7:46 PM. | Wed, Oct 28 Day before India (Thu, Oct 29) |
| Ahoi Ashtami | Sun, Nov 1 Same day as India |
| Dhanteras | Fri, Nov 6 Same day as India |
| Naraka Chaturdashi (Abhyang Snan) | Sat, Nov 7 Day before India (Sun, Nov 8) |
| Kali Chaudas (Choti Diwali) | Sat, Nov 7 Same day as India |
| Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) Lakshmi puja 5:18 PM to 7:03 PM. | Sun, Nov 8 Same day as India |
| Chhath Puja | Sun, Nov 15 Same day as India |
| Dev Uthani Ekadashi | Fri, Nov 20 Same day as India |
| Tulsi Vivah | Sat, Nov 21 Same day as India |
| Kartik Purnima (Dev Diwali) | Tue, Nov 24 Same day as India |
| Vivah Panchami | Sun, Dec 13 Day before India (Mon, Dec 14) |
| Gita Jayanti | Sat, Dec 19 Day before India (Sun, Dec 20) |
| 2027 | |
| Makar Sankranti | Thu, Jan 14 Day before India (Fri, Jan 15) |
| Maha Shivratri | Sat, Mar 6 Same day as India |
| Holika Dahan | Sun, Mar 21 Day before India (Mon, Mar 22) |
| Holi | Mon, Mar 22 Day before India (Tue, Mar 23) |
| Chaitra Navratri begins | Wed, Apr 7 Same day as India |
| Ram Navami | Wed, Apr 14 Day before India (Thu, Apr 15) |
| Hanuman Jayanti | Tue, Apr 20 Same day as India |
| Akshaya Tritiya | Sat, May 8 Day before India (Sun, May 9) |
| Vat Savitri Vrat | Fri, Jun 4 Same day as India |
| Shani Jayanti | Fri, Jun 4 Same day as India |
| Ganga Dussehra | Sun, Jun 13 Same day as India |
| Nirjala Ekadashi | Mon, Jun 14 Same day as India |
| Guru Purnima | Sat, Jul 17 Day before India (Sun, Jul 18) |
| Sawan Somwar begins | Mon, Jul 19 Same day as India |
| Hariyali Teej | Wed, Aug 4 Same day as India |
| Nag Panchami | Fri, Aug 6 Same day as India |
| Raksha Bandhan | Mon, Aug 16 Day before India (Tue, Aug 17) |
| Krishna Janmashtami | Tue, Aug 24 Day before India (Wed, Aug 25) |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | Fri, Sep 3 Day before India (Sat, Sep 4) |
| Radha Ashtami | Tue, Sep 7 Day before India (Wed, Sep 8) |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Tue, Sep 14 Same day as India |
| Sharad Navratri begins | Thu, Sep 30 Same day as India |
| Dussehra (Vijayadashami) | Sat, Oct 9 Same day as India |
Why a date can differ: a tithi (lunar day) begins at the same instant everywhere on earth, but a festival is kept on the local day when its tithi holds at the right moment, such as sunrise or moonrise. Brampton keeps a different clock from India, so that moment can land on a different calendar day here. For festivals not listed, see the festival calendar.
Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya and Pradosh in Brampton
The next vrat days for Brampton, with the tithi window in Brampton time.
Ekadashi
| Papankusha Ekadashi | Wed, Oct 21 |
| Rama Ekadashi | Wed, Nov 4 |
| Devutthana Ekadashi | Fri, Nov 20 |
| Utpanna Ekadashi | Fri, Dec 4 |
| Mokshada Ekadashi | Sat, Dec 19 |
| Saphala Ekadashi | Sat, Jan 2 |
Purnima
| Ashwina Purnima Tithi 2:25 AM Oct 25 to 12:10 AM Oct 26 | Sun, Oct 25 |
| Kartika Purnima Tithi 1:12 PM Nov 23 to 9:53 AM Nov 24 | Tue, Nov 24 |
| Margashirsha Purnima Tithi 12:16 AM Dec 23 to 8:27 PM Dec 23 | Wed, Dec 23 |
| Pausha Purnima Tithi 10:59 AM Jan 21 to 7:16 AM Jan 22 | Thu, Jan 21 |
| Magha Purnima Tithi 9:28 PM Feb 19 to 6:21 PM Feb 20 | Sat, Feb 20 |
| Phalguna Purnima Tithi 8:50 AM Mar 21 to 6:42 AM Mar 22 | Sun, Mar 21 |
Amavasya
| Kartika Amavasya Tithi 12:57 AM Nov 08 to 2:00 AM Nov 09 | Sun, Nov 8 |
| Margashirsha Amavasya Tithi 5:42 PM Dec 07 to 7:51 PM Dec 08 | Tue, Dec 8 |
| Pausha Amavasya Tithi 12:44 PM Jan 06 to 3:24 PM Jan 07 Darsha Amavasya: Wed, Jan 6 Pausha Amavasya: Thu, Jan 7 | Wed, Jan 6 Thu, Jan 7 |
| Magha Amavasya Tithi 8:35 AM Feb 05 to 10:55 AM Feb 06 Darsha Amavasya: Fri, Feb 5 Magha Amavasya: Sat, Feb 6 | Fri, Feb 5 Sat, Feb 6 |
| Phalguna Amavasya Tithi 3:15 AM Mar 07 to 4:28 AM Mar 08 | Sun, Mar 7 |
| Chaitra Amavasya Tithi 8:09 PM Apr 05 to 7:50 PM Apr 06 | Tue, Apr 6 |
Pradosh
| Shukra Pradosh Vrat Puja 6:23 PM to 9:04 PM | Fri, Oct 23 |
| Shukra Pradosh Vrat Puja 5:04 PM to 7:51 PM | Fri, Nov 6 |
| Shani Pradosh Vrat Puja 6:25 PM to 7:43 PM | Sat, Nov 21 |
| Shani Pradosh Vrat Puja 4:42 PM to 7:41 PM | Sat, Dec 5 |
| Soma Pradosh Vrat Puja 4:44 PM to 7:45 PM | Mon, Dec 21 |
| Soma Pradosh Vrat Puja 4:54 PM to 7:54 PM | Mon, Jan 4 |
Hindu temples in and around Brampton
Mandirs across the Brampton area, from the city to the suburbs. Check each temple’s website for darshan hours and its festival programme.
Hindu Sabha Temple
The temple’s own history runs from discourses and havans in apartments and library rooms to a farm bought on Highway 10 in 1978, then 25 acres on The Gore Road where the present temple opened in 1994 with the pran pratishtha of Maa Jagdamba; the Toronto Star in 2004 described a 32,000-square-foot, $11 million temple with a prayer hall for close to 2,500, a Hindu school, a community hall, 440 parking spaces and a 37-metre tower on 8.5 hectares. Open daily 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM with aarti at 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM, Rudra Abhishek on Mondays at 7:30 PM, Hanuman Chalisa on Tuesdays at 8:30 PM and Priti Bhoj from noon to 9:00 PM.
Chinmaya Shivalaya (Chinmaya Vedanta Heritage Centre)
Chinmaya Mission Toronto’s timeline records its first Bala Vihar classes in 1988 under its resident acharya, a Unionville home from 1998, a property in Maple from 2003 and the move to Brampton in the summer of 2011; two acharyas trained in Trinidad joined in September 2014 and run the satsangs, study classes and Bala Vihar.
Bhavani Shankar Mandir
The mandir’s site lists hours of 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM every day, subject to events, with cultural classes, puja bookings and a Garud Puran Katha from 5 to 9 October on its current calendar.
Brampton Triveni Mandir and Community Centre
Open every day from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM with aarti at 8:00 AM, noon and 7:00 PM; its Sunday programme from 9:30 to 11:30 AM runs puja, kirtan, pravachan, bhog and bhojan, Monday evenings bring Shiva puja and Maha Shiv Puran katha from 6:30 to 7:45 PM, and the mandir runs yoga, music, language, dance and STEAM classes alongside a project for a 50-foot Shiva murti in Guyana.
Shri Vitthal Hindu Mandir
Established in 1994 as a volunteer-run charitable organisation, the mandir describes itself as the first temple outside India to install Vitthal and Rukmini idols.
The Hindu community in Brampton
- The 2021 Census counted 117,395 Hindus in Brampton, 18.1 percent of the population in private households, and 62,520 in neighbouring Mississauga (8.8 percent). (Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Profile)
- The City of Brampton held its first-ever Diwali Mela on Sunday 12 November 2023 at Sesquicentennial Park, 11333 Bramalea Road, from 4 to 10 pm, with a 15-minute fireworks show it called the largest City-run display, and the second on Friday 1 November 2024. (City of Brampton news releases, October 2023 and October 2024)
- The third Diwali Mela ran on Monday 20 October 2025 from 4 to 10 pm at Sesquicentennial Park with main-stage performers, food vendors, a new drone show and fireworks; the City posts each year’s details at brampton.ca/diwali. (City of Brampton, 2 October 2025)
- The Toronto Star reported in September 2004 that the Hindu Sabha Temple had become the centre of new residential developments around The Gore Road, with many Hindu families moving to Brampton to be near it, some 35 years after the first Sunday services in a rented schoolroom. (Toronto Star via Hinduism Today, 26 September 2004)
- The Hindu Sabha Temple’s own calendar for October 2026 lists Sharad Navratri beginning on 11 October, Lalita Panchami on 15 October, Kartik Sankranti and a Bhagwati Jagran on 17 October and Durga Ashtami on 18 October. (Hindu Sabha Temple events calendar)
Brampton choghadiya and festivals: common questions
- What time is the Karva Chauth moonrise in Brampton?
- Wednesday, October 28, 2026, a day before India (Thu, Oct 29): moonrise 7:46 PM, puja 6:16 PM to 7:37 PM. It can fall on a different calendar day from India because the fast is kept on the evening when the Chaturthi tithi is in force at moonrise, and Brampton’s clock runs 9 hours 30 minutes behind India’s that week.
- When is Lakshmi puja on Diwali in Brampton?
- The Lakshmi puja muhurat in Brampton is Sunday, November 8, 2026: 5:18 PM to 7:03 PM.
- When is Holi 2027 in Brampton?
- Monday, March 22, 2027 in Brampton, a day before India (Tue, Mar 23). Holika Dahan: Sunday, March 21, 2027.
- When is Janmashtami 2027 in Brampton?
- Tuesday, August 24, 2027 in Brampton, a day before India (Wed, Aug 25).
- When is Dussehra 2026 in Brampton?
- Tuesday, October 20, 2026 in Brampton, same day as India.
- When does Navratri 2027 begin in Brampton?
- Thursday, September 30, 2027 in Brampton, same day as India.
- When is Makar Sankranti 2027 in Brampton?
- Thursday, January 14, 2027 in Brampton, a day before India (Fri, Jan 15).
- When is Brampton’s Diwali Mela?
- The City of Brampton has held it each autumn since 2023 at Sesquicentennial Park on Bramalea Road, from 4 to 10 pm: Sunday 12 November 2023, Friday 1 November 2024 and Monday 20 October 2025, with fireworks and, in 2025, a drone show. The date follows Diwali and is announced at brampton.ca/diwali.
- What are the Hindu Sabha Temple’s timings?
- The temple at 9225 The Gore Road is open daily from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM, with morning aarti at 7:00 AM and evening aarti at 7:00 PM, Rudra Abhishek on Mondays at 7:30 PM, Hanuman Chalisa on Tuesdays at 8:30 PM, Shivling shringar on Wednesdays and Priti Bhoj every day from noon to 9:00 PM, by its own schedule.
Choghadiya through the year in Brampton
Sunrise and sunset in Brampton on the 21st of each month, and how long one choghadiya lasts by day and by night.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight | Each day choghadiya | Each night choghadiya |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 7:46 AM | 5:14 PM | 9h 28m | 1h 11m | 1h 49m |
| 21 February | 7:09 AM | 5:56 PM | 10h 47m | 1h 21m | 1h 39m |
| 21 March | 7:21 AM | 7:32 PM | 12h 10m | 1h 31m | 1h 29m |
| 21 April | 6:27 AM | 8:09 PM | 13h 42m | 1h 43m | 1h 17m |
| 21 May | 5:48 AM | 8:43 PM | 14h 55m | 1h 52m | 1h 8m |
| 21 June | 5:37 AM | 9:04 PM | 15h 27m | 1h 56m | 1h 4m |
| 21 July | 5:56 AM | 8:55 PM | 14h 58m | 1h 52m | 1h 8m |
| 21 August | 6:30 AM | 8:15 PM | 13h 45m | 1h 43m | 1h 17m |
| 21 September | 7:05 AM | 7:20 PM | 12h 15m | 1h 32m | 1h 28m |
| 21 October | 7:40 AM | 6:27 PM | 10h 47m | 1h 21m | 1h 39m |
| 21 November | 7:20 AM | 4:49 PM | 9h 29m | 1h 11m | 1h 49m |
| 21 December | 7:49 AM | 4:44 PM | 8h 55m | 1h 7m | 1h 53m |
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