Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) Timings

Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple): open 24 hours. The complex is accessible around the clock. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) is the actual managing authority (its own official site is sgpc.net); the previously-listed goldentempleamritsar.org is, by its own on-page disclaimer, an independent fan site 'not affiliated with any Gurdwara management committee, government authority, or NGO'. SGPC publishes its own seasonal Maryada (daily routine) table with five clock-time bands keyed to the Nanakshahi calendar. For the band covering early-to-mid September 2026 (the Bhadon month): doors open and Kirtan begins 2:30 AM; Asa Ji Di Vaar kirtan begins 3:30 AM; the Palki Sahib carrying the Guru Granth Sahib departs Sri Akal Takht Sahib (the Prakash procession) at 4:30 AM; the first Hukamnama is read at 5:00 AM; the first Ardas is at 5:30 AM; Asa Ji Di Vaar concludes around 6:30 AM, followed by the second Ardas and Hukamnama at 6:30-6:45 AM; Rehras Sahib is recited after sunset (no fixed clock time); the night-closing Hukamnama is read at 10:00 PM; and the Palki Sahib departs back toward Sri Akal Takht Sahib (Sukhasan) at 10:15 PM. All of these shift by roughly 15-60 minutes across the other four seasonal bands of the year (earliest around Jeth-Har/May-July, latest around Kattak-Magh/Oct-Feb); the full month-by-month table is published at sgpc.net/daily-routine.

As published, morning darshan runs Open 24 hours and evening darshan runs Open 24 hours. The complex is accessible around the clock. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) is the actual managing authority (its own official site is sgpc.net); the previously-listed goldentempleamritsar.org is, by its own on-page disclaimer, an independent fan site 'not affiliated with any Gurdwara management committee, government authority, or NGO'. SGPC publishes its own seasonal Maryada (daily routine) table with five clock-time bands keyed to the Nanakshahi calendar. For the band covering early-to-mid September 2026 (the Bhadon month): doors open and Kirtan begins 2:30 AM; Asa Ji Di Vaar kirtan begins 3:30 AM; the Palki Sahib carrying the Guru Granth Sahib departs Sri Akal Takht Sahib (the Prakash procession) at 4:30 AM; the first Hukamnama is read at 5:00 AM; the first Ardas is at 5:30 AM; Asa Ji Di Vaar concludes around 6:30 AM, followed by the second Ardas and Hukamnama at 6:30-6:45 AM; Rehras Sahib is recited after sunset (no fixed clock time); the night-closing Hukamnama is read at 10:00 PM; and the Palki Sahib departs back toward Sri Akal Takht Sahib (Sukhasan) at 10:15 PM. All of these shift by roughly 15-60 minutes across the other four seasonal bands of the year (earliest around Jeth-Har/May-July, latest around Kattak-Magh/Oct-Feb); the full month-by-month table is published at sgpc.net/daily-routine.

Free. Langar is free to all.

Heads must be covered by everyone, and shoes removed; head coverings are provided free at the entrance. Feet are washed in the shallow channel at the entry. Tobacco, alcohol and intoxicants are strictly prohibited anywhere in the complex.

Doors Open & Kirtan Begins at 2:30 AM (current Bhadon band; shifts 2:00-3:00 AM across the year), Asa Ji Di Vaar Kirtan Begins at 3:30 AM (current band; shifts 3:00-3:50 AM across the year), Palki Sahib Departs Akal Takht Sahib (Prakash) at 4:30 AM (current band; shifts 4:00-5:00 AM across the year), First Hukamnama at 5:00 AM (current band; shifts 4:30-5:30 AM across the year), First Ardas at 5:30 AM (current band; shifts 5:00-6:00 AM across the year), Asa Ji Di Vaar Concludes at 6:30 AM (current band; shifts 6:00-7:00 AM across the year), Second Ardas and Hukamnama at 6:30-6:45 AM (current band; shifts across the year), Rehras Sahib Path at After sunset (no fixed clock time), Night Hukamnama (Closing) at 10:00 PM (current band; shifts 9:30-10:30 PM across the year), Palki Sahib Departs to Akal Takht Sahib (Sukhasan) at 10:15 PM (current band; shifts 9:45-10:45 PM across the year).

The main ones documented for this temple are Guru Nanak Gurpurab, Vaisakhi, Guru Arjan Martyrdom Day. See the festival table above for dates and what each involves.

November to March. Very early morning, around the Palki Sahib ceremony, is both the most atmospheric and the least crowded.

Golden Temple Road, Amritsar, Punjab. Amritsar Junction railway station is about 2 km away and Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport about 13 km. The old city around the complex is pedestrianised.

A Sikh gurdwara, not a Hindu temple. The Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture, is installed and attended as the living Guru; there is no image or idol

This listing's confidence is rated high. OfficialWebsite corrected: the previously-listed goldentempleamritsar.org states on its own page that it is 'a personal initiative and is not affiliated with any Gurdwara management committee, government authority, or NGO', so despite being labelled as official before, it was not. The true managing authority is the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC); its genuine official site is sgpc.net, verified live (its Punjabi/English homepage, contact details and Teja Singh Samundri Hall address all match SGPC's known identity). Its Daily Routine page itself renders no visible schedule text in a normal page read (the embedded schedule image is referenced with a broken 'localhost' URL in the page's own markup, a bug on SGPC's own site), but the same image file is directly reachable at sgpc.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/maryada_11.jpg and contains SGPC's own official five-band seasonal Maryada table, read and transcribed directly in September 2026. No paid darshan tier exists at this or any Sikh gurdwara; entry, langar and darshan are free and equal for all, consistent with both the official and the (now demoted) unofficial source.