Durga Ashtami 1971
Mahashtami — Kanya Puja and Sandhi Puja of Navratri.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:48
- Sunset17:48
- Fasting window (tithi)1971-09-27 · 10:33 → 10:53
- Parana (tithi ends)10:53
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 1971
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1971
- Vasant Panchami — 31 January 1971
- Maha Shivaratri — 23 February 1971
- Holika Dahan — 11 March 1971
- Holi — 13 March 1971
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 27 March 1971
- Ram Navami — 3 April 1971
- Akshaya Tritiya — 27 April 1971
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 24 June 1971
- Guru Purnima — 8 July 1971
- Nag Panchami — 27 July 1971
- Raksha Bandhan — 6 August 1971
- Krishna Janmashtami — 13 August 1971
- Hartalika Teej — 24 August 1971
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 25 August 1971
- Anant Chaturdashi — 4 September 1971
- Pitru Paksha begins — 6 September 1971
- Sharad Navratri begins — 20 September 1971
- Maha Navami — 29 September 1971
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 29 September 1971
- Karwa Chauth — 7 October 1971
- Dhanteras — 16 October 1971
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 18 October 1971
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 18 October 1971
- Govardhan Puja — 20 October 1971
- Bhai Dooj — 21 October 1971
- Chhath Puja — 25 October 1971
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 2 November 1971
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 2 November 1971
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