Durga Ashtami 2028
Mahashtami — Kanya Puja and Sandhi Puja of Navratri.
Today's Panchang
Kashi reference · computed live- Tithi
- Saptami
- till 20:47
- Nakshatra
- Ashwini
- till 21:21
- Yoga
- Shula
- Karana
- Vishti
- Sunrise
- 05:26
- Sunset
- 18:41
- Moon sign
- Aries
- Sun sign
- Cancer
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:48
- Sunset17:50
- Fasting window (tithi)2028-09-25 · 06:33 → 06:59
- Parana (tithi ends)06:59
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 2028
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2028
- Vasant Panchami — 1 February 2028
- Maha Shivaratri — 23 February 2028
- Holika Dahan — 10 March 2028
- Holi — 11 March 2028
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 27 March 2028
- Ram Navami — 3 April 2028
- Akshaya Tritiya — 27 April 2028
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 24 June 2028
- Guru Purnima — 6 July 2028
- Nag Panchami — 26 July 2028
- Raksha Bandhan — 5 August 2028
- Krishna Janmashtami — 13 August 2028
- Hartalika Teej — 22 August 2028
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 23 August 2028
- Anant Chaturdashi — 2 September 2028
- Pitru Paksha begins — 4 September 2028
- Sharad Navratri begins — 19 September 2028
- Maha Navami — 27 September 2028
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 27 September 2028
- Karwa Chauth — 7 October 2028
- Dhanteras — 15 October 2028
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 17 October 2028
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 17 October 2028
- Govardhan Puja — 18 October 2028
- Bhai Dooj — 19 October 2028
- Chhath Puja — 23 October 2028
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 2 November 2028
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 2 November 2028
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