Durga Ashtami 1927
Mahashtami — Kanya Puja and Sandhi Puja of Navratri.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:51
- Sunset17:41
- Fasting window (tithi)1927-10-03 · 19:09 → 19:42
- Parana (tithi ends)19:42
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Durga Ashtami puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaDurga Ashtami — Frequently Asked Questions
When is Durga Ashtami celebrated?
On the Ashtami of the Shukla Paksha of Ashvina — the eighth day of Sharad Navratri, in autumn, two days before Vijayadashami. For this year's date, see the date shown above.
What is Sandhi Puja?
The worship performed across the joining of Ashtami and Navami — the last ghati of the eighth tithi and the first of the ninth. It marks the moment Durga took the Chamunda form to slay Chanda and Munda, and is the high point of Durga Puja.
Is Kanya Puja done on Ashtami or Navami?
It is done on either, and many families keep it on Mahashtami. Young girls are worshipped as living forms of the goddess, their feet washed, fed bhog, and given a gift and dakshina.
How is Durga Ashtami different from Maha Navami?
Ashtami invokes the goddess's fiercest forms and carries the Sandhi Puja; Navami, the following day, completes the worship with the homa and Ayudha Puja before the victory of Dussehra.
Other major festivals in 1927
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1927
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 1927
- Maha Shivaratri — 2 March 1927
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 1927
- Holi — 19 March 1927
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 3 April 1927
- Ram Navami — 10 April 1927
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 1927
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 1 July 1927
- Guru Purnima — 14 July 1927
- Nag Panchami — 2 August 1927
- Raksha Bandhan — 13 August 1927
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 1927
- Hartalika Teej — 30 August 1927
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 31 August 1927
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 1927
- Pitru Paksha begins — 12 September 1927
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 1927
- Maha Navami — 5 October 1927
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 6 October 1927
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 1927
- Dhanteras — 22 October 1927
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 24 October 1927
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 25 October 1927
- Govardhan Puja — 26 October 1927
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 1927
- Chhath Puja — 1 November 1927
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 1927
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 1927
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