Kanya Pujan Invitation Message: 8 Kanjak Texts, Hindi and English

Kanya Pujan Invitation Message: 8 Kanjak Texts, Hindi and English

A kanya pujan invitation message goes to the girls' parents, never the girls, and must answer five things on one phone screen: the day, arrival time, home time, the food, and who walks her back. In 2026 Durga Ashtami and Maha Navami both fall on Monday 19 October in New Delhi, so families of both customs want the same girls on the same morning.

Two SubhSandesh numbers shape the advice. 48.3% of pages shared through our platform are opened on a phone, so each message fits one WhatsApp bubble. In Raksha Bandhan 2026, the nearest festival we have measured (n = 89, not Navratri data), 49.4% of pages were built on the festival day itself, and for kanjak that is too late.

Below: eight original messages in Devanagari, romanised Hindi and English, with the tithi times and the langur custom.

What should a kanya pujan invitation say?

A kanya pujan (kanjak) invitation asks a family to send their daughter to your home on Ashtami or Navami, to be honoured as the Goddess and fed. The Tribune's April 2025 report from Amritsar describes the ritual: nine girls, often aged 2 to 10, their feet washed and bhog served.

A parent is lending you a small child for an hour. The message needs five fields:

• Day and tithi: "Monday 19 October, Ashtami", in words.
• Arrival time: a clock time, not "subah".
• Home time: and who brings her.
• Food: the dishes, so a parent can flag an allergy.
• Reply by: a day, so you can count heads.

Ashtami or Navami: which date and time go in the message?

Write the day your family follows; custom differs by region. Ludhiana homes held kanjak on Durga Ashtami, 30 September 2025 (The Tribune, 1 October 2025), while in Jammu "Kanja Pujan" marked Mahanavami a day later (Greater Kashmir, 1 October 2025).

In 2026 both customs share a date. Drik Panchang's New Delhi Sandhi Puja page runs Ashtami from 08:27 AM on 18 October to 10:51 AM on 19 October, with Sandhi Puja at 10:27–11:15 AM. Its Maha Navami page runs Navami from 10:51 AM on 19 October to 12:50 PM on 20 October.

So an Ashtami family should invite for 8 AM and finish by 10:30, and a Navami family can invite for 11:30 AM. Whether your household uses the 20th instead is a question for your pandit.

In 2027 the days split: Ashtami Thursday 7 October, Navami Friday 8 October. A panchang set to a US city shows Ashtami on 18 October 2026, so NRIs should check their city.

How many girls, and do you invite a langur?

Nine girls is the classic number, one for each form of Durga, but many homes invite fewer. Navbharat Times (11 October 2024) records the belief that five or seven kanyas should be worshipped.

Most families also seat one boy. The same piece calls him the langur, languriya or batuk, a gentle form of Bhairav who guards the girls, so name a brother in the invite too.

Ask early, because girls do the rounds. On Ashtami 2025 in Ludhiana, the Tribune met seven girls and two boys who had hired an auto to visit three houses.

8 kanya pujan invitation messages, by who you are inviting

Replace the [brackets]. Use आप throughout, since these go to parents.

1. To a neighbour you know well

Suits the family next door. Send it four days ahead.

• नमस्ते भाभी जी, सोमवार 19 अक्टूबर को अष्टमी का कन्या पूजन है। [नाम] को सुबह 8 बजे भेज दीजिए, साढ़े नौ तक मैं खुद घर छोड़ जाऊँगी। हलवा, पूरी, चना है, कुछ मना हो तो बताइए।
• Namaste bhabhi ji, Somvaar 19 October ko Ashtami ka kanya pujan hai. [Naam] ko subah 8 baje bhej dijiye, saadhe nau tak main khud ghar chhod jaaungi. Halwa, puri, chana hai, kuchh mana ho to bataiye.
• English: Ashtami kanya pujan, Monday 19 October, 8 AM; I'll walk her home by 9:30.

2. To a neighbour you barely know

Suits a new family in the lane. Ring the bell first.

• नमस्ते, मैं [मकान नंबर] से [आपका नाम]। सोमवार 19 अक्टूबर, नवमी को सुबह 11:30 बजे हमारे यहाँ कन्या पूजन है। [बिटिया का नाम] आ सके तो बहुत खुशी होगी, आप भी साथ आइए।
• Namaste, main [makaan number] se [aapka naam]. Somvaar 19 October, Navami ko subah 11:30 baje hamare yahan kanya pujan hai. [Bitiya ka naam] aa sake to bahut khushi hogi, aap bhi saath aaiye.
• English: Navami kanya pujan at ours, 11:30 AM on Monday 19 October; please come with her.

3. To the housing society group

Suits a society where several flats hold kanjak. Post four days ahead.

• जय माता दी। [टावर/फ़्लैट] में सोमवार 19 अक्टूबर को अष्टमी का कन्या पूजन है, सुबह 8 से 9:30। 2 से 10 साल की बेटियाँ और एक लांगूर आमंत्रित हैं। दूसरे घर भी जाना हो तो समय बताइए।
• Jai Mata Di. [Tower/flat] mein Somvaar 19 October ko Ashtami ka kanya pujan hai, subah 8 se 9:30. 2 se 10 saal ki betiyaan aur ek langur aamantrit hain. Doosre ghar bhi jaana ho to samay bataiye.
• English: Girls aged 2–10 and one langur, 8–9:30 AM; tell us if yours have other houses.

4. To relatives on the family group

Suits cousins' daughters. Send it a week ahead.

• सबको जय माता दी। कंजक नवमी को है, सोमवार 19 अक्टूबर, दोपहर 12 बजे, हमारे घर। [नाम] और [नाम] आएँ, [भतीजा] लांगूर बने।
• Sabko Jai Mata Di. Kanjak Navami ko hai, Somvaar 19 October, dopahar 12 baje, hamare ghar. [Naam] aur [naam] aayein, [bhatija] langur bane.
• English: Kanjak on Navami, noon on Monday 19 October, with [nephew] as our langur.

5. Mother to mother, on WhatsApp

Suits a mother from the school gate. Warm, but still आप.

• [नाम] जी, सोमवार को कंजक के लिए [बिटिया] को बुलाना चाहती हूँ, सुबह 8 से 9 के बीच। मैं खुद लेने आऊँगी और छोड़ूँगी। कहीं और जाना हो तो समय बदल लेंगे।
• [Naam] ji, Somvaar ko kanjak ke liye [bitiya] ko bulaana chahti hoon, subah 8 se 9 ke beech. Main khud lene aaungi aur chhodungi. Kahin aur jaana ho to samay badal lenge.
• English: I'll fetch her and drop her back, and shift my time if she has other houses.

6. Inviting a boy as the langur

Suits a family with a young son. Send it with the girls' invite.

• नमस्ते [नाम] जी, सोमवार 19 अक्टूबर को हमारे कन्या पूजन में [बेटे का नाम] को लांगूर के रूप में बुलाना चाहते हैं। सुबह 8 बजे, साढ़े नौ तक वापस।
• Namaste [naam] ji, Somvaar 19 October ko hamare kanya pujan mein [bete ka naam] ko langur ke roop mein bulaana chahte hain. Subah 8 baje, saadhe nau tak vaapas.
• English: We'd like [son] to be our langur, 8 to 9:30 AM on Monday 19 October.

7. The day-before reminder

Suits everyone who said yes. Send it the evening before.

• कल सुबह 8 बजे कन्या पूजन, [पता]। [नाम] को बस हल्का नाश्ता कराइएगा, यहाँ भरपेट प्रसाद है।
• Kal subah 8 baje kanya pujan, [pata]. [Naam] ko bas halka naashta karaaiyega, yahan bharpet prasad hai.
• English: Tomorrow, 8 AM, [address]; just a light breakfast, there's a full meal here.

8. The polite follow-up when nobody has replied

Suits a parent who went quiet. Send it once.

• नमस्ते जी, बस पूछना था कि सोमवार को [नाम] आ पाएगी या नहीं, कोई दबाव नहीं। प्रसाद गिनती से बनाना है, रविवार शाम तक बता दें तो आसानी होगी।
• Namaste ji, bas poochhna tha ki Somvaar ko [naam] aa paayegi ya nahin, koi dabaav nahin. Prasad ginti se banaana hai, Ravivaar shaam tak bata dein to aasaani hogi.
• English: Can [name] come on Monday? No pressure; a reply by Sunday evening helps me cook.

When should you send a kanjak invitation?

Send it four days before, and the reminder the evening before. Our only lead-time data is Raksha Bandhan 2026 (n = 89, not Navratri): of 79 pages finished in time, 86.1% were built within 24 hours of the day.

If kanjak hosts behave like rakhi senders, the Thursday texter gets first pick. The sample is small: read the pattern, not the decimals.

What to say about food, dakshina and the aarti

Name the food. Ludhiana homes cooked halwa, puri and chane, and Amritsar families gave karah, poori and chane with some money and small gifts such as pens, pencils and tiffin boxes (both Tribune reports above).

Say "a small gift", never an amount. Parents compare.

Do the aarti first and seat the girls straight after it. In a 2023 HIMALAYA journal photo essay on Kandara village, Uttarakhand, IIT Hyderabad researchers record that as the temple aarti ended during Navratri 2021, nine kanyā were offered food and worshipped as the nine forms of the Devi. On the eighth day, they note, more than fifty girls walked barefoot to fetch water for the goddess.

When a text is the wrong tool, and where /dandiya-partner fits

For a family you have never met, the text is the record, not the invitation: ring the bell first. A parent without WhatsApp needs a call.

SubhSandesh has no kanya pujan template, and the Be My Dandiya Partner invitation is the wrong tool here. It is a one-to-one page with an English interface, nine lines, up to six photos and a 1080×1920 Dandiya Pass, built to ask one person to garba, not a lane of parents. Keep it for garba night.

Every SubhSandesh template is listed in one place if you want to check. For kanjak, a text plus a knock still wins.

Sources

• The Tribune, Amritsar (7 April 2025) and Ludhiana (1 October 2025) kanjak reports.
• Greater Kashmir, Jammu Mahanavami report, 1 October 2025.
• Navbharat Times, the langur in kanya pujan, 11 October 2024.
• Gairola and Ranganathan, "Worship in Transition", HIMALAYA 42(1), 10 June 2023 (photo essay, Kandara village, Navratri 2021).
• Drik Panchang, New Delhi, 2026 and 2027 dates (date reference).