Modhera Sun Temple: Aarti & Puja Schedule

• Surya Arghya (water offering) at the Surya Kund by visiting devotees; no priest-led ritualSunrise
• Special Surya puja organised by the local trustMakar Sankranti / Uttarayan (mid-Jan)
• Surya-themed observance marking the Sun's northward journeyRatha Saptami (Jan-Feb)
• Sunrise aligns down the temple axis into the sanctum; observed by visitors, not a formal aartiEquinoxes (approx. 21 Mar & 23 Sep)

There is no bell, no lamp-circling and no priest at Modhera in the way pilgrims expect at a living temple, and that surprises many first-time visitors. When the sanctum's Surya idol was destroyed in medieval raids it was never reinstalled, so the Archaeological Survey preserves the shell as a monument. Ritual life here is seasonal and solar rather than daily.

What you will see instead: individual devotees offering Surya Arghya, pouring water toward the rising sun, at the Surya Kund in the early morning. On Makar Sankranti, Ratha Saptami and around the equinoxes, the local trust and community mark the occasion with special Surya worship, and the equinox sunrise itself, sliding down the temple's axis into the empty garbhagriha, functions as the site's truest act of veneration. Plan a spiritual visit around sunrise or these solar dates, not around a fixed aarti hour that does not exist.

Compiled from public sources including Wikipedia: Sun Temple, Modhera · Gujarat Tourism: Sun Temple Modhera (Mehsana) · Gujarat Tourism: Modhera Dance Festival · Utsav (Govt of India): Modhera Dance Festival. Timings and seasonal closures change; confirm with the temple trust before travelling.