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Which puja is done on a birthday?

Ayush homam (from ₹6,100) is the traditional birthday homam for long life, done on the birth nakshatram. A simpler Birthday puja (from ₹3,100) with Ganesha and the family deity also works. The 60th birthday is celebrated as Shashtipoorthi.

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Ayush homam (from ₹6,100) is the traditional birthday homam for long life, done on the birth nakshatram. A simpler Birthday puja (from ₹3,100) with Ganesha and the family deity also works. The 60th birthday is celebrated as Shashtipoorthi.

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Which puja is done on a birthday?

Ayush homam (from ₹6,100) is the traditional birthday homam for long life, done on the birth nakshatram. A simpler Birthday puja (from ₹3,100) with Ganesha and the family deity also works. The 60th birthday is celebrated as Shashtipoorthi.

Is the Hindu birthday on the date or the nakshatram?

Traditionally on the janma nakshatram in the birth month; the birth-nakshatra calculator gives yours.

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Last updated 2026-11-14