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When is Gopashtami 2026?

Gopashtami 2026

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Tue, 17 Nov

Gopashtami 2026 is on Tuesday, 17 November. It is Ashtami of Shukla paksha in Kartika.

2027: Saturday, 6 November 2027

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Computed for New Delhi

The date in New Delhi

Tuesday, 17 November 2026

Gopashtami is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla paksha tithi 8 of Kartika in the amanta reckoning, and the Gregorian day it lands on moves by up to a month between years because twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year.

Tithi: Ashtami, Shukla paksha
Lunar month: Kartika (amanta)
Tithi begins: 17 Nov, 4:20 AM
Tithi ends: 18 Nov, 6:06 AM
Decided at: Sunrise
Sunrise in New Delhi: 17 Nov, 6:44 AM

Sunrise in New Delhi falls at 6:44 AM on that day, and that is the instant the tithi has to be running at for the day to carry the observance. It is computed for this city rather than assumed, because it is what decides the date.

The two instants above are the astronomy and are not in dispute. The day is an interpretation of them: this observance is decided at sunrise, so it belongs to the day whose sunrise the tithi carries — not simply to the day the tithi begins.

Meaning and observance

What is Gopashtami?

Gopashtami is Kartika Shukla Ashtami, the day tradition says the young Krishna was first sent out to graze the cows rather than the calves. It is a festival of cattle and of the people who tend them, kept most widely in Braj, Rajasthan and across North India.

Cows and calves are bathed, decorated and fed; gaushalas hold a puja, and many families offer jaggery and green fodder.
It falls a week after Govardhan Puja, the other Kartika festival that remembers Krishna as a cowherd.
The date is the day whose sunrise carries Kartika Shukla Ashtami, which matches Drik Panchang's in every year from 2016 to 2036.

All Gopashtami 2026 muhurat · New Delhi

Gopashtami muhurat

Gopashtami, Kartika Shukla Ashtami, is the day the cow and Krishna as Gopala, the cowherd, are worshipped together: tradition holds that on this day Krishna first took the cows out to graze. In New Delhi it falls on Tuesday, 17 November 2026; families bathe, decorate and feed cows, honour the cowherds, give to gaushalas and worship Krishna, and Ashtami runs 4:20 AM to 6:05 AM (18 Nov).

All Gopashtami 2026 muhurat in New Delhi
Muhurat	Time in New Delhi	What it is for
Sunrise	6:44 AMThe upper edge of the Sun on the horizon, with refraction.	Bathe early and begin the day's worship after sunrise in New Delhi; in villages and gaushalas the cows are bathed and decorated in the morning before they go out.
Auspicious choghadiya (day)	Chal 9:25 AM to 10:45 AM Labh 10:45 AM to 12:05 PM Amrit 12:05 PM to 1:26 PM Shubh 2:46 PM to 4:06 PM The day's Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Chal choghadiyas.	The day's Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Chal choghadiyas, which families use to time the gau puja, the worship of Krishna and the giving of daan.
Abhijit Muhurat	11:44 AM to 12:27 PMThe 8th of the day's fifteen muhurtas, around local noon.	The midday muhurta, auspicious for most rites, for families who do the puja around noon. There is no Abhijit on a Wednesday.
Sunset (godhuli)	5:27 PMThe upper edge of the Sun leaving the horizon.	Godhuli, the dusk hour when the cows come home raising dust, is the traditional time to worship them a second time with a lamp and take the dust of their hooves on the forehead.

Auspicious windows that day

Auspicious windows that day
Window	Time in New Delhi	What it is
Abhijit Muhurat	11:44 AM to 12:27 PM	Auspicious
Amrit Kaal	5:11 PM to 6:56 PM	Most Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat	4:58 AM to 5:51 AM	Auspicious

Windows usually worked around

These are the spans classical muhurta sets aside for beginnings. They are descriptions of a convention, not warnings: the observance is kept on its day regardless, and nothing here needs to be bought, corrected or remedied.

Windows usually worked around
Window	Time in New Delhi
Rahu Kaal	2:46 PM to 4:06 PM
Yamaganda Kaal	9:25 AM to 10:45 AM
Durmuhurta First	8:53 AM to 9:36 AM

Every time above is computed for New Delhi around Tuesday, 17 November 2026, from the sunrise, sunset and the positions of the Sun and Moon for this city. The Vedic day runs sunrise to sunrise, so a window whose clock time falls after midnight still belongs to the evening before; a time on another date carries that date.

Puja vidhi · step by step at home

Gopashtami puja vidhi

Bathe and take the sankalp
Bathe early, wear clean clothes, and with water in your right hand take a sankalp to worship the cow and Krishna as Gopala on Gopashtami.
Bathe and decorate the cow
If you keep a cow, bathe the cow and her calf, then decorate them: haldi and roli marks, mehendi or colours on the horns where it is the custom, a garland of marigolds, bells and a cloth on the back. Without a cow at home, visit a gaushala and join the worship there.
Worship the cow and calf
Apply a tilak of roli and haldi on the forehead, offer akshat, flowers and a garland, light a lamp and incense, and chant the cow prayer Gavo me agratah santu. Worship the calf with the mother.
Feed them
Offer green fodder, a wheat-flour roti with jaggery, soaked gram, bananas or seasonal vegetables, with water. Feed by hand, gently, and never anything in plastic or anything stale.
Go round the cow
Walk round the cow and calf seven times, or as many times as is your custom, with folded hands, and touch her back or forehead respectfully.
Honour the cowherds
Honour the people who care for the cows: apply a tilak to the gwala or the gaushala staff, and give them a gift, clothes, sweets or money, as families did in the villages of Vraj.
Worship Krishna as Gopala
At home, dress Laddu Gopal or Krishna's idol as a cowherd, with a little stick, a flute, a peacock feather and a small toy cow, and offer makhan-mishri, milk sweets and tulsi, chanting Krishnaya Vasudevaya. Sing Aarti Kunj Bihari Ki.
Daan to a gaushala
Give fodder, jaggery, medicines or money to a gaushala or an animal shelter, according to your means.
Godhuli worship
At dusk, when the cows come home, worship them again with a lamp and, by an old custom, touch the dust of their hooves to your forehead.
Prasad
Share the prasad, and keep the day's food simple and vegetarian.

Samagri · what to keep ready

Gopashtami puja samagri list

Roli, haldi and akshat For the cow's tilak and the puja.
Marigold garlands and flowers For the cow, the calf and Krishna.
Bells and a cloth for the cow's back Traditional decoration; a clean, light cloth that does not trouble the animal.
Mehendi or natural colours Where it is the custom to colour the horns; never paint or oil that harms the animal.
Ghee lamp, incense and camphor For the cow puja, the godhuli worship and Krishna's aarti.
Green fodder The cow's own food, the best offering of all.
Wheat-flour roti with jaggery The classic household offering to the cow.
Soaked gram, bananas or seasonal vegetables Fed by hand, in moderation.
Water in a lota For the cow, and for the puja.
Laddu Gopal or Krishna idol With a small stick, flute, peacock feather and a toy cow for the cowherd shringar.
Makhan-mishri and milk sweets Krishna's bhog.
Tulsi leaves For Krishna's naivedya.
Gifts for the cowherds Clothes, sweets or money for the gwala or the gaushala staff.
Daan for a gaushala Fodder, jaggery, medicines or money.

Mantras · in Devanagari, with meaning

Gopashtami mantras and aarti

Cow prayer (Gavo me agratah)

गावो मे अग्रतः सन्तु गावो मे सन्तु पृष्ठतः ।
गावो मे हृदये सन्तु गवां मध्ये वसाम्यहम् ॥

Gavo me agratah santu gavo me santu prishthatah
Gavo me hridaye santu gavam madhye vasamyaham

Meaning: May cows be before me, may cows be behind me, may cows be in my heart; may I live among cows.

When and how: A cow-worship verse found in this form in the Bhavishya Purana (Uttara Parva 19); the Mahabharata's teaching on the gift of cows has a close variant. Recite it with folded hands while worshipping the cow, once or three times.

Salutation to the cows

नमो गोभ्यः श्रीमतीभ्यः सौरभेयीभ्य एव च ।
नमो ब्रह्मसुताभ्यश्च पवित्राभ्यो नमो नमः ॥

Namo gobhyah shrimatibhyah saurabheyibhya eva cha
Namo brahmasutabhyashcha pavitrabhyo namo namah

Meaning: Salutation to the cows, the radiant ones, the daughters of Surabhi; salutation to the daughters of Brahma, the pure ones, salutation again and again.

When and how: From the Padma Purana (Srishti Khanda 34) and the Agni Purana (292), which give it as the verse for bowing to cows; said while offering the garland and food.

Krishnaya Vasudevaya

कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय हरये परमात्मने ।
प्रणतक्लेशनाशाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥

Krishnaya Vasudevaya Haraye Paramatmane
Pranata-klesha-nashaya Govindaya namo namah

Meaning: Salutation to Krishna, son of Vasudeva, to Hari, the Supreme Self, who ends the suffering of those who bow to him: to Govinda, salutation again and again.

When and how: From the Bhagavata Purana. Say it while offering bhog to Krishna as Gopala, 11 or 108 times.

Hare Krishna maha-mantra

हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे ।
हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे ॥

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Meaning: The sixteen names of the Lord, an appeal to Hari, Rama and Krishna.

When and how: From the Kali-Santarana Upanishad; sung in kirtan at the gaushala and in ISKCON temples on Gopashtami, or chanted on a tulsi mala.

Aarti Krishna Aarti: Aarti Kunj Bihari Ki the full text

आरती कुंजबिहारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की॥
आरती कुंजबिहारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की॥

गले में बैजंती माला, बजावै मुरली मधुर बाला।
श्रवण में कुण्डल झलकाला, नंद के आनंद नंदलाला।
गगन सम अंग कांति काली, राधिका चमक रही आली।
लतन में ठाढ़े बनमाली,
भ्रमर सी अलक, कस्तूरी तिलक, चंद्र सी झलक,
ललित छवि श्यामा प्यारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की॥
आरती कुंजबिहारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की॥

कनकमय मोर मुकुट बिलसै, देवता दरसन को तरसैं।
गगन सों सुमन रासि बरसै।
बजे मुरचंग, मधुर मिरदंग, ग्वालिन संग,
अतुल रति गोप कुमारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की॥
आरती कुंजबिहारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की॥

जहां ते प्रकट भई गंगा, सकल मन हारिणि श्री गंगा।
स्मरन ते होत मोह भंगा,
बसी शिव सीस, जटा के बीच, हरै अघ कीच,
चरन छवि श्रीबनवारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की॥
आरती कुंजबिहारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की॥

चमकती उज्ज्वल तट रेनू, बज रही वृंदावन बेनू।
चहुं दिसि गोपि ग्वाल धेनू,
हंसत मृदु मंद, चांदनी चंद, कटत भव फंद,
टेर सुन दीन दुखारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की॥
आरती कुंजबिहारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की॥

Aarti Kunjbihari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.
Aarti Kunjbihari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.

Gale mein baijanti mala, bajavai murli madhur bala.
Shravan mein kundal jhalkala, Nand ke anand Nandlala.
Gagan sam ang kanti kali, Radhika chamak rahi aali.
Latan mein thadhe Banmali,
Bhramar si alak, kasturi tilak, chandra si jhalak,
Lalit chhavi Shyama pyari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.
Aarti Kunjbihari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.

Kanakmay mor mukut bilsai, devta darsan ko tarsain.
Gagan son suman rasi barsai.
Baje murchang, madhur mirdang, gwalin sang,
Atul rati gop kumari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.
Aarti Kunjbihari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.

Jahan te prakat bhai Ganga, sakal man harini Shri Ganga.
Smaran te hot moh bhanga,
Basi Shiv sees, jata ke beech, harai agh keech,
Charan chhavi Shri Banwari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.
Aarti Kunjbihari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.

Chamakti ujjwal tat renu, baj rahi Vrindavan benu.
Chahun disi gopi gwal dhenu,
Hansat mridu mand, chandni chand, katat bhav phand,
Ter sun deen dukhari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.
Aarti Kunjbihari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.

Aarti Kunjbihari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.
Aarti Kunjbihari ki, Shri Giridhar Krishna Murari ki.

Text as it is commonly sung. The Gita Press Aarti Sangrah prints it in Braj spelling ('Girdhar', 'Krishnamurari', 'Brindaban') and reads 'sakal-mal-harini Shri Ganga', remover of all impurity, for 'sakal man harini Shri Ganga'. Printed text

Katha · the story and its meaning

Gopashtami katha and significance

The katha

The Bhagavata Purana tells that when Krishna and Balarama grew out of early childhood into the age called pauganda, the elders of Vraj made them cowherds: no longer only minding the calves near home, they took the cows out to graze in the forests of Vrindavan. Tradition holds that the day Nanda chose for this first going-out was Kartika Shukla Ashtami, and so it is called Gopashtami, the Ashtami of the cowherd.

Popular tradition joins a second story to the day. After Krishna lifted Mount Govardhan to shelter Vraj from Indra's storm, the Bhagavata tells, Surabhi, the mother of all cows, bathed Krishna in her milk, and Indra anointed him and named him Govinda, the protector of cows. Many in Vraj place this on the Ashtami that follows Govardhan Puja, which is another reason the cows are worshipped on Gopashtami.

Since then, the day honours the cow as a mother of the household and Krishna as Gopala, her keeper. In the villages of Vraj the cows are bathed, decorated and fed, the cowherds are honoured, and Krishna is dressed as a cowherd boy with his stick and flute.

Why it is kept

Gopashtami brings together two things at the heart of village India: the cow, which gave milk, ghee and the strength of the bullock to the farm, and Krishna as Gopala, who loved and protected her. Worshipping the cow on this day is a thanksgiving for that bond and a reminder to care for animals.

It falls in the holy month of Kartika, between Govardhan Puja and Dev Uthani Ekadashi, and the next day, Akshaya or Amla Navami, is kept with worship of the amla tree. Today the day is also a time to support gaushalas and the care of old and abandoned cows.

Upay · traditional practice

Gopashtami upay: traditional remedies

Feed a cow with your own hands

Offer a roti with jaggery, green fodder or bananas to a cow, gently and by hand. Feeding the cow is believed to bring blessings to the household, and it is a simple act of kindness.

Give to a gaushala

Give fodder, medicines, or money for the care of old and sick cows at a gaushala or animal shelter, according to your means.

Honour those who care for animals

Give a gift to a cowherd, a dairy worker or the staff of a gaushala; tradition honours the keeper along with the cow.

The dust of the cow's hooves

At godhuli, touch the dust raised by the returning cows to your forehead, an old Vraj custom of humility and blessing.

Krishna as Gopala

Dress Laddu Gopal as a cowherd and offer makhan-mishri, chanting Krishnaya Vasudevaya; families keep it as a prayer for a home full of gentleness and plenty.

No plastic for the cows

Pick up plastic bags near where cows graze, and never offer food wrapped in plastic. It is the most useful service to the cows in a town.

The custom, in short

Gopashtami do's and don'ts

Do

Worship the cow and calf with tilak, flowers and a lamp while Ashtami runs.
Feed cows fresh fodder, roti with jaggery or fruit, by hand and in moderation.
Visit or support a gaushala if you have no cow at home.
Honour the cowherds and the people who care for cows.
Dress Laddu Gopal as a cowherd and offer makhan-mishri.
Approach cows calmly and keep children close to an adult near animals.

Don't

Do not feed cows plastic, stale or spoiled food, or sweets in large amounts.
Do not use chemical paint or oil on the animal for decoration.
Do not disturb a cow that is nervous, sick or with a very young calf.
Do not hit, chase or frighten cows in the streets for a ritual.
Do not eat meat or drink alcohol on the day.
Do not leave lamps or incense close to the animals or their fodder.

Across India

Gopashtami customs and food

By region

Vraj (Mathura, Vrindavan, Govardhan, Barsana): The heartland of the festival: cows are bathed and adorned, temples dress Krishna as a cowherd, and gaushalas hold puja and feeding for thousands of cows.
Nathdwara (Rajasthan): Shrinathji's haveli of the Pushtimarg celebrates with its cows and a cowherd shringar, and Gopashtami is a favourite theme of Nathdwara's pichwai paintings.
Rajasthan, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh: In many villages cows are decorated, fed jaggery and roti, and the gwalas are given gifts.
ISKCON and Vaishnava temples: Gopashtami is a major festival at temple goshalas: the cows are worshipped and fed, the deities are dressed as cowherds, and kirtan goes on through the day.
Maharashtra and Gujarat: The cow festival of the year is Vasubaras or Govatsa Dwadashi, at the start of Diwali, but Gopashtami is also kept at temples and gaushalas.

Bhog, prasad and fasting food

Makhan-mishri Butter with rock sugar, Krishna's favourite bhog.
Milk sweets Peda, rabri or kheer, celebrating the gift of milk.
Roti with jaggery For the cows; the family eats simple vegetarian food.
Panchamrit Shared as prasad after the puja.

Gopashtami across five years

Two years back, this year, and two ahead. Past years are kept rather than dropped so you can check the engine against a calendar you already have.

Gopashtami across five years
Year	Date	Status
2024	Saturday, 9 November 2024	past
2025	Thursday, 30 October 2025	past
2026This year	Tuesday, 17 November 2026	upcoming
2027	Saturday, 6 November 2027	upcoming
2028	Wednesday, 25 October 2028	upcoming

Every row is computed for New Delhi from the same ephemeris, not looked up. Sunrise decides which day a tithi names, and sunrise differs across India by more than an hour, so a date computed for Delhi can be a day out elsewhere.

Why calendars disagree about this date

There is no single authority that settles a Hindu festival date, and the divergence is genuine rather than sloppy. Three causes account for almost all of it.

A tithi rarely starts at sunrise. One that is running at the deciding moment on two days — or on none — is claimed by both days under different rules.
Month reckoning. North India runs purnimanta, the south and west amanta. The same dark fortnight carries different month names in the two, so an observance defined as "krishna X of month Y" can land a full lunation apart.
Which moment decides. Most vratas belong to the day whose sunrise carries the tithi, but not all: this one is decided at sunrise. Almanacs that apply the sunrise rule to everything move several festivals by a day.

So this page shows its working. If your pandit or your family almanac gives a different day, the instants above will usually show you exactly why — and that is more useful than a date asserted without one.

Common questions

When is Gopashtami?

In New Delhi, Gopashtami 2026 is on Tuesday, 17 November 2026, Kartika Shukla Ashtami, about a week after Diwali's Govardhan Puja. Ashtami runs 4:20 AM to 6:05 AM (18 Nov); the cow puja is done in the daytime while it runs, and again at godhuli when the cows return home.

Why does another calendar give a different Gopashtami date?

Three honest reasons. The tithi can be running at the deciding moment on two days or on none. North India reckons the month purnimanta and the south and west amanta, which names the same krishna fortnight differently. And almanacs differ on which moment of the day decides an observance. The instants above are the astronomy; the day is an interpretation of them.

What is Gopashtami?

Gopashtami is the festival of the cow and of Krishna as Gopala, the cowherd, kept on the eighth day of the bright half of Kartika. The name joins gopa, cowherd, and Ashtami, the eighth tithi, because tradition holds that Krishna first took the cows out to graze on this day.

Why is Gopashtami celebrated?

To remember the day, as tradition tells it, that Krishna and Balarama became cowherds and first led the cows to the forests of Vrindavan, and the honouring of Krishna as Govinda, protector of cows, after he lifted Govardhan. It is a thanksgiving to the cow, the mother of the household, and to those who care for her.

What is the story of Gopashtami?

The Bhagavata Purana tells that when Krishna and Balarama reached the pauganda age, the elders of Vraj made them cowherds of the full herd; tradition says Nanda chose Kartika Shukla Ashtami for their first day with the cows. Popular tradition also places on this Ashtami the day, after Govardhan, when Surabhi bathed Krishna in milk and Indra named him Govinda.

How is the Gopashtami puja done?

Bathe and take a sankalp, then bathe and decorate the cow and calf, apply roli and haldi, offer flowers, a garland and a lamp, feed them fodder, roti with jaggery or fruit, and walk round them. Honour the cowherds with a gift, worship Krishna as Gopala with makhan-mishri, give to a gaushala, and worship the cows again at dusk.

What should be done on Gopashtami, and what can cows be fed?

Worship and feed a cow, support a gaushala and honour the people who care for cows. Feed fresh green fodder, a wheat-flour roti with jaggery, soaked gram, bananas or seasonal vegetables, by hand and in moderation; never plastic, stale food or large amounts of sweets, which make cows ill.

How can Gopashtami be kept without a cow at home?

Visit a gaushala or a temple goshala and join the puja there, feed a cow you meet with a roti and jaggery, or give fodder and medicines to a gaushala. At home, worship Krishna as Gopala, dressed as a cowherd, and read the day's katha.

Is there a muhurat for Gopashtami?

There is no single fixed muhurat. The puja is done in the daytime while Ashtami runs (4:20 AM to 6:05 AM (18 Nov) in New Delhi), and many families use an auspicious choghadiya (Chal: 9:25 AM to 10:45 AM; Labh: 10:45 AM to 12:05 PM; Amrit: 12:05 PM to 1:26 PM; Shubh: 2:46 PM to 4:06 PM). The cows are worshipped again at godhuli, dusk, when they come home.

How is Laddu Gopal dressed on Gopashtami?

As a little cowherd: a simple dhoti and pagdi, a peacock feather, a small stick (lathi) and flute, often with a toy cow and calf beside him, and a garland of forest flowers. Offer him makhan-mishri and milk sweets.

How is Gopashtami celebrated at ISKCON?

ISKCON temples hold it as a major festival at their goshalas: the cows and bulls are bathed, decorated and fed, devotees offer them prasad, the deities are dressed as cowherds, and kirtan continues through the day, with a talk on Krishna's pastimes with the cows.

Which mantra is chanted on Gopashtami?

For the cow, the Mahabharata verses Gavo me agratah santu and Namo gobhyah shrimatibhyah; for Krishna, Krishnaya Vasudevaya Haraye Paramatmane and the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Their texts and meanings are in the mantra section.

How many times a year does Gopashtami come?

Once. Gopashtami is Kartika Shukla Ashtami, so it comes once a year, about a week after Govardhan Puja. The other cow festival, Vasubaras or Govatsa Dwadashi, is a different day, at the start of Diwali.

Is a fast kept on Gopashtami?

A fast is not essential. Some devotees keep a phalahar fast until the cow puja or the evening, and many keep the day simple and vegetarian. The heart of the day is worshipping, feeding and caring for the cows.

Which festival comes the day after Gopashtami?

Akshaya Navami, also called Amla Navami, on Kartika Shukla Navami: the amla tree is worshipped, families eat under it, and daan given on it is called akshaya, never-ending. Dev Uthani Ekadashi follows soon after.

The date in New Delhi

What is Gopashtami?

Gopashtami muhurat

Auspicious windows that day

Windows usually worked around

Gopashtami puja vidhi

Bathe and take the sankalp

Bathe and decorate the cow

Worship the cow and calf

Feed them

Go round the cow

Honour the cowherds

Worship Krishna as Gopala

Daan to a gaushala

Godhuli worship

Prasad

Gopashtami puja samagri list

Gopashtami mantras and aarti

Cow prayer (Gavo me agratah)

Salutation to the cows

Krishnaya Vasudevaya

Hare Krishna maha-mantra

Gopashtami katha and significance

The katha

Why it is kept

Gopashtami upay: traditional remedies

Feed a cow with your own hands

Give to a gaushala

Honour those who care for animals

The dust of the cow's hooves

Krishna as Gopala

No plastic for the cows

Gopashtami do's and don'ts

Do

Don't

Gopashtami customs and food

By region

Bhog, prasad and fasting food

Gopashtami across five years

Why calendars disagree about this date

Related timing

Common questions