Ayodhya Ram Mandir sets winter darshan hours from November 1: 4 am to 10 pm

The trust that runs the Ram temple in Ayodhya announced on Monday, October 26, 2026 a new daily schedule for darshan, aarti and bhog that takes effect from Sunday, November 1, 2026. Under the change, the temple gates will open at 4 am instead of 3:45 am and close at 10 pm instead of 10:30 pm. The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra said on its official social media account that the revision follows the change of season and the daily rituals connected with the deity, Ram Lalla.

For the large number of pilgrims who travel to Ayodhya, the clock matters as much as the date. Many plan their day around a particular aarti, and a shift of even fifteen minutes at dawn or thirty minutes at night can decide whether a family reaches the gate in time.

According to temple tradition, the deity's day follows a fixed sequence of rituals: he is woken with the Mangala Aarti, dressed and adorned at the Shringar Aarti, offered food at the Bal Bhog and Raj Bhog, given a period of rest in the afternoon, and offered lamps and incense in the evening before the night closing. The trust has said the revised schedule is aligned with this sequence and with the season. In practical terms, the darshan windows open and close around these rituals, so the short closures listed by the trust are moments when devotees in the queue will wait rather than move.

Adjusting the schedule for winter is not new. The temple's darshan timings were also changed with the onset of winter in October 2025, according to reports at the time. A seasonal shift of this kind follows later sunrises and earlier, colder nights.

Short-term: From November 1, visitors arriving for the earliest rituals can come fifteen minutes later than before, while those planning a late visit lose half an hour at night. Devotees should allow for the brief closures for Bal Bhog in the morning and afternoon and for the evening rituals between 8 pm and 8:30 pm and between 9:15 pm and 9:30 pm, as listed by the trust.

Long-term: The timings are linked to the season, so a further revision can be expected when the weather changes again. Hotels, tour operators and transport services in Ayodhya that organise early-morning and late-evening visits will need to adjust their plans for the winter months.

Who is affected: Pilgrims and tourists visiting Ayodhya, devotees who attend the aartis, local guides and travel operators, and the temple's own staff and priests.

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