Kanjianla Puja Navami 2026

02 Dec, 2026

Wednesday

Kanjianla Puja Navami 2026 on
(02-12-2026)

Muhurtas Details

Tithi Begin Time:

Krishna Paksha Navami: Dec 01 11:14 PM – Dec 02 10:52 PM

Tithi End Time:

Krishna Paksha Dashami: Dec 02 10:52 PM – Dec 03 11:03 PM

Nakshatra, Muhurat (Start Time):

Purva Phalguni Nakshatra: Dec 01 09:00 AM – Dec 02 08:55 AM

Nakshatra, Muhurat (End Time):

Uttara Phalguni: Dec 02 08:55 AM – Dec 03 09:23 AM

Introduction to Kanjianla Puja(କାଞ୍ଜି ଅଁଳା ଓଷା)

Kanjianla is also one of the festivals of Odia people. This puja is basically done for Shasthi Devi or Sati Devi. It is believed that she is worshipped for the safety of children in the family. Kanjianla is a regional festival of Odisha. It is a type of fast. Women observe fast and do special puja in their colony or village area.

Before Kanjianla Puja, women prepare special dishes for Naivedya like "Chakuli Pitha" which is a form of dosa, boiled rice + kanji made in curd and fish curry these are the main ones for prasad. But after these, you can also add other things for prasad.

Kanji Recipe

Kanji recipe is made with different ingredients. But to make this kanji recipe, the following things are required like:

Rice, curd, vegetables like radish, raw papaya, cauliflower, beans, carrot, pumpkin.

Curry leaves, five futon, dry chilli, asafoetida are added in the tempering. The tempering is cooked in mustard oil.

Method of Making Kanji

Take 200 grams of rice, wash it and put it in the cooker, then add chopped vegetables to the cooker, add water as required, after this add turmeric powder, salt as per taste and finally put into the pressure cooker and cover with lid then keep it on the gas.

Turn on the gas, wait for getting 3-4 whistles. Then switch off the gas. Before opening the cooker, place a frying pan on the gas, then add 1 tablespoon of mustard oil to it.

Add some asafoetida to it, when the mustard oil is hot, add half a teaspoon of mustard, half a teaspoon of curcumin, half a teaspoon of fennel, 3-4 whole dried chillies, then add 5-6 curry leaves, then add grated garlic, ginger and onion to it.

When it turns brown, open pressure cooker and add that boiled rice to it, which you have prepared earlier. After this, leave it to boil for 15 minutes in a low flame.

Then keep it in a dry and cool place and add 250 grams of curd to it, mix it well and leave it for 2 days.

After 2 days your Kanji is ready to eat. Open it and serve.

But remember, if you want to use it in prasad, you have to make this recipe 2 days before in advance. Kanji recipe is not a fresh recipe. It tastes delicious only when it is a little sour.

Kanjianla Puja Vidhi

Pita Sukhua Bohu (Dry Fish Bride) Another thing that is worshipped in this world is Pita Sukhua, it is a type of dry fish which is bitter in taste so it is called Pita Sukhua. Pita means bitter and Sukhua means dry fish. Bohu means bride. This is a very ancient regional tradition.
Women take 7 Pita Sukhua and they are dressed in small clothes then dipped in turmeric powder and they are decorated like a bride with different types of makeup materials like sindoor, kajal, kumkum. They are decorated with branches of Poi Saag (Malabar spinach) as ornaments.
At the puja place make a small pond with mud and water. A small live fish is also kept in that pond which keeps swimming around the pond.
Then the devotees offer naivedya like rice, kanji, and Chakuli pitha, vegetables mix curries, Manda Pitha, Kakara Pitha etc. to Shasthi Devi.
The prasad was distributed among all the people present at the puja place. After this the women removed the puja chowki from the road and went to their home.
Kanjianla is one of the typical rural festivals of Odia culture. The new generation is not aware of such worship, due to which most of the people do not know about the process of Kanjianla(କାଞ୍ଜି ଅଁଳା ଓଷା).
Whatever the meaning, someone may find this festival a joke. But it is an entertaining festival of Odia people and to keep such a festival alive, it should be celebrated during the festive period so that your future generation can also know what is Kanjianla Nabami and what are the rituals of this festival.