Durga Ashtami 2033
Mahashtami — Kanya Puja and Sandhi Puja of Navratri.
Today's Panchang
Kashi reference · computed live- Tithi
- Ashtami
- till 18:59
- Nakshatra
- Bharani
- till 20:18
- Yoga
- Ganda
- Karana
- Balava
- Sunrise
- 05:27
- Sunset
- 18:40
- Moon sign
- Aries
- Sun sign
- Cancer
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:50
- Sunset17:44
- Fasting window (tithi)2033-10-01 · 09:59 → 10:06
- Parana (tithi ends)10:06
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 2033
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2033
- Vasant Panchami — 4 February 2033
- Maha Shivaratri — 27 February 2033
- Holika Dahan — 15 March 2033
- Holi — 17 March 2033
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 31 March 2033
- Ram Navami — 7 April 2033
- Akshaya Tritiya — 1 May 2033
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 28 June 2033
- Guru Purnima — 12 July 2033
- Nag Panchami — 31 July 2033
- Raksha Bandhan — 10 August 2033
- Krishna Janmashtami — 17 August 2033
- Hartalika Teej — 28 August 2033
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 28 August 2033
- Anant Chaturdashi — 8 September 2033
- Pitru Paksha begins — 9 September 2033
- Sharad Navratri begins — 24 September 2033
- Maha Navami — 3 October 2033
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 3 October 2033
- Karwa Chauth — 11 October 2033
- Dhanteras — 20 October 2033
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 22 October 2033
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 22 October 2033
- Govardhan Puja — 24 October 2033
- Bhai Dooj — 25 October 2033
- Chhath Puja — 29 October 2033
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 6 November 2033
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 6 November 2033
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