Open the live result page at the usual time, and on most weekdays you will see today's FR and SR figures appear within a few minutes of the official declaration. But every few weeks the numbers simply do not show up, and the page sits with placeholder dashes long after the regular hour. Almost always, that silence is intentional: the counter is on a scheduled pause, not a broken feed. This guide pulls together every reason a Teer day gets cancelled in 2026, from the weekly Sunday rest to the smaller regional festivals that close the Polo Ground for an afternoon, so you know exactly what to expect before you refresh.
The single most common pause is the weekly one. Across Meghalaya, Shillong Teer, Khanapara Teer, Juwai Teer, Ladrymbai Teer and Night Teer are all closed every Sunday. The reason is cultural, not regulatory. Meghalaya is a predominantly Christian state and Sunday is widely observed as a community rest day, so the licensed clubs that run the archery rounds keep their shooting to a six-day Monday-to-Saturday week. Archers, counters and ground staff observe the same day off as the rest of the community, and the counters reopen on Monday afternoon.
That weekly off-day is so consistent that it shapes the entire weekly rhythm of the game. A casual observer might assume Sunday is treated as a high-traffic day, but in fact the opposite is true. There is no result to release, no archers shooting, no clubs sitting at the ground. If you see a forwarded message claiming a Sunday number, treat it as fake and ignore it: there is no official source it could have come from.
💡 Tip: Sunday is the easiest day to spot a fake forwarded result. No association declares a number on Sunday, so any claimed Sunday FR or SR is invented.
Beyond the weekly off, the conducting associations close the counters on most Meghalaya state holidays as well. The exact list every year follows the official Government of Meghalaya gazetted holiday calendar, plus any additional rest days that an organising body chooses to mark. Through 2026, the recurring holidays that almost always pause Teer include:
This is the working list, not a guarantee. The Khasi Hills Archery Sports Association and the regional clubs that conduct Khanapara, the Jaintia Hills games and the night rounds each publish their own observances, and sometimes one club will declare a pause that another does not. For the rare days when there is ambiguity, the most reliable signal is whether a number actually appears on the live result page by mid-afternoon. If it does not, the day is a holiday for that counter regardless of what any general calendar says.
Meghalaya hosts a packed calendar of community festivals, and some of them close specific counters even when the general state holiday list does not. Shad Suk Mynsiem, the Khasi spring festival, can affect Shillong shooting if it falls on a weekday and the venue is being used. Behdienkhlam in the Jaintia Hills traditionally pauses the Jowai counter when the festival itself takes place around Jowai's central tank. Wangala, the Garo harvest festival, has a smaller footprint on the Shillong counters but is noted on the editorial calendar each year. Most of these closures are announced a day or two ahead by the conducting association rather than added to any printed national holiday list.
The pattern is simple to remember: a festival closes a counter when it overlaps either physically with the venue, the staff or the wider community around it. For most readers in 2026, that means the Polo Ground in Shillong will be paused for the major Khasi observances, the Jaintia Hills counters will pause for Pnar observances, and the Garo Hills calendar mostly affects venues in that area rather than the Shillong rounds.
The remaining pauses fall into three categories that are easy to mistake for technical problems on the website. Knowing which is which saves a lot of refreshing.
The Khasi Hills monsoon is intense, and a single heavy downpour over the Polo Ground or any of the regional venues can delay or, in rare cases, cancel a round outright. The shooting requires the archer to release cleanly, the arrows to fly true, and the count to be accurate to the last digit. Heavy rain compromises all three. Officials prefer to pause rather than declare a doubtful figure, so a rained-out FR can either be pushed back by half an hour or skipped, with no SR following. The methodology page documents exactly how the verification pipeline handles a missing round: if no number reaches the consensus threshold, the page shows dashes instead of guessing.
The conducting associations occasionally announce a rest day to mark the passing of a senior archer, club official or a respected community figure. These are not part of any public calendar and are decided internally by the association. The pause is usually limited to a single day or, for the most senior figures, a small block of days. When it happens, the affected counter shows no number for the duration, and a note may appear on the result page if the editorial team has been informed in time.
Less commonly, civic events such as bandhs, large public functions at the Polo Ground, or scheduled maintenance can pre-empt the day's round. These are rare enough that most readers will encounter them only once or twice in 2026, but they happen.
On a normal game day, the live counter page on Instant Teer Results shows the FR and SR figures soon after the official declaration. On a paused day, the same page follows a clear convention: instead of a number, you see two dashes for the slot that did not run. The page does not invent a placeholder figure, and it does not show yesterday's number with today's date, both of which are common tricks used by fake-result sources.
If you check the page and see dashes well past the regular declaration time, the explanation is usually one of:
The simplest sanity check is to compare counters. If Shillong shows dashes but Khanapara has declared a number, the pause is local to Shillong. If all four counters show dashes at the regular hour, it is almost certainly a state-wide holiday or a Sunday.
Looking at 2026 in aggregate, the holiday distribution is not uniform. The opening weeks of January carry both Meghalaya Statehood Day and Republic Day, which can stack with a Sunday for a long off-stretch. April clusters Good Friday and Easter near the spring equinox, sometimes overlapping the Khasi Shad Suk Mynsiem dance week. The mid-July observance of U Tirot Sing Day is followed by the monsoon peak in August, when weather pauses are most likely. October to December packs Gandhi Jayanti, Diwali, the Garo Wangala and Christmas, so the final quarter of the year tends to see the most cumulative closures.
For a quick at-a-glance comparison across the four main counters, here is how the closures align in 2026:
| Counter | Regular Days | Typical Holiday Behaviour | Most Closures Fall In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shillong Teer | Mon–Sat afternoon | Closed all Meghalaya gazetted holidays, Sundays, and Khasi observances at the Polo Ground | October–December |
| Khanapara Teer | Mon–Sat afternoon | Closed on most Meghalaya holidays plus Khanapara club rest days; the Ri-Bhoi venue sits on the Meghalaya side of the Assam border | October–December |
| Juwai / Ladrymbai Teer | Mon–Sat early afternoon | Closed for Pnar community observances, especially Behdienkhlam | July and December |
| Night Teer | Mon–Sat evening | Mirrors the day-counter closures, plus weather-driven evening pauses during the monsoon | August (monsoon) |
The fastest reliable check is the live page itself rather than any forwarded message. The verification flow we recommend, and that the editorial policy follows internally, is:
Most importantly, do not trust unsourced screenshots on a paused day. The information ecosystem around Teer is busy and not all participants are honest. When a real number is not available, fake numbers are guaranteed to circulate within minutes, often dressed up as leaked or insider claims. The disclaimer page explains why we never reproduce such claims, and why on a holiday or Sunday you will always see dashes here instead of a manufactured figure.
See whether Shillong, Khanapara, Juwai or Night Teer is open today, with FR and SR figures the moment the official declarations come through.
Check Today's Teer ResultShillong Teer runs Monday through Saturday and is closed every Sunday. It is also closed on Meghalaya gazetted state holidays and on any rest day declared by the Khasi Hills Archery Sports Association. For a same-day confirmation, open the live result page: if the FR or SR has been declared, the counter is open. If the page shows dashes past the regular time and today is a Sunday or a marked holiday, the counter is paused.
The Sunday off-day reflects the community rhythm of Meghalaya, where Sunday is widely observed as a rest day. The licensed archery clubs that organise the rounds in Shillong, Khanapara, the Jaintia Hills and the night counters follow the same six-day-week pattern as the broader community. The pause is a cultural convention rather than a regulatory rule, and it has been in place for as long as the modern Teer counters have operated.
The typical closures include Republic Day, Meghalaya Statehood Day, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti and Christmas Day, along with regional and religious observances such as Good Friday, U Tirot Sing Day, Behdienkhlam, Wangala and Diwali. The exact list each year follows the Government of Meghalaya gazetted holiday calendar plus any internal rest days the conducting association adds. The live counter page reflects the actual decision each day, which is the only fully reliable confirmation.
Yes. The Khasi Hills monsoon delivers some of the heaviest rainfall in India, and severe weather over the Polo Ground or the regional venues can delay or cancel a round outright. Wet arrows, slippery footing and poor visibility all interfere with an accurate count, so officials pause rather than publish a doubtful figure. Most weather pauses are short, but a full washout day will show dashes on the result page for both rounds.
It is not real. No conducting association declares a Teer number on a Sunday because no shooting takes place. Any forwarded message claiming a Sunday FR or SR is invented, and the same applies to any number circulated on a known state holiday before the counters reopen. When in doubt, the live page is the only source that reflects whether a round actually ran.
This is uncommon but possible during the monsoon. If the FR completes and the SR is then washed out, the live page shows the FR figure as declared and leaves the SR slot with dashes until either a late SR is declared or the day closes without one. The page never substitutes a placeholder for the missing round, and the corrections record on the methodology page documents how partial-day events are handled.
A Teer holiday is not a glitch in the result feed. It is a deliberate pause built into the rhythm of an old archery sport that follows the calendar of the community around it, Sundays included, with a long list of state, regional and religious observances layered on top. Once you know the pattern, the dashes on a paused day stop being confusing and start being reassuring: the page is telling you the truth, which is that there is nothing to publish today. For everything else, the live counter pages on Instant Teer Results carry the daily FR and SR figures the moment the official declarations come through.
For today's status across Shillong, Khanapara, Juwai and Night Teer, head to the live result page. For the full editorial policy on how we publish, verify and pause our coverage, see our editorial policy and methodology.