{"id":2971,"date":"2026-01-22T04:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/?p=2971"},"modified":"2026-01-22T04:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:27:41","slug":"char-dham-yatra-opening-closing-dates-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/char-dham\/char-dham-yatra-opening-closing-dates-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Char Dham Yatra Opening &amp; Closing Dates 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/aagmanrajasthantours.com\/\"> <strong>Char Dham Yatra<\/strong><\/a> is a revered Hindu pilgrimage to four holy shrines in the Garhwal Himalayas: <strong>Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath<\/strong>. Because these temples are located at high altitudes, they <strong>close each winter<\/strong> due to heavy snow and <strong>re-open in spring<\/strong> when weather conditions improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Opening Dates \u2013 Char Dham Yatra 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2026, the Char Dham temples open in <strong>late April<\/strong>, typically beginning around the auspicious festival of <strong>Akshaya Tritiya<\/strong>, a day considered spiritually favorable for new beginnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Temple<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Opening Date (2026)<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Yamunotri<\/strong><\/td><td>19 April 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Gangotri<\/strong><\/td><td>19 April 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Kedarnath<\/strong><\/td><td>22 April 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Badrinath<\/strong><\/td><td>24 April 2026<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On these days, the <strong>holy doors (Kapaat)<\/strong> are ceremonially opened and the deities are brought from their winter abodes back to the main temples \u2014 marking the official start of the pilgrimage season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2744\ufe0f <strong>Closing Dates \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/aagmanrajasthantours.com\/\">Char Dham Yatra<\/a> 2026 (Tentative)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilgrimage season usually runs through <strong>late autumn<\/strong> and ends before winter snows block roads and paths. In 2026, tentative closing dates for each temple are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Temple<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Closing Date (2026)<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Yamunotri<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1 November 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Gangotri<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1 November 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Kedarnath<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6 November 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Badrinath<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6 November 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These dates are approximate and may be slightly updated by temple authorities based on weather conditions and festive calendars. After closing, the deities are moved to their <strong>winter homes<\/strong> in lower-altitude locations, where devotees can continue worship during winter months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Char Dham Yatra is a revered Hindu pilgrimage to four holy shrines in the Garhwal Himalayas: Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath. Because these temples are located at high altitudes, they close each winter due to heavy snow and re-open in spring when weather conditions improve. \ud83d\udcc5 Opening Dates \u2013 Char Dham Yatra 2026 In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-char-dham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2973,"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971\/revisions\/2973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aagmanrajasthantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}