Durga Ashtami 2037
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)05:56
- Sunset17:30
- Fasting window (tithi)2037-10-15 · 17:24 → 18:23
- Parana (tithi ends)18:23
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 2037
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2037
- Vasant Panchami — 21 January 2037
- Maha Shivaratri — 13 February 2037
- Holika Dahan — 1 March 2037
- Holi — 2 March 2037
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 17 March 2037
- Ram Navami — 25 March 2037
- Akshaya Tritiya — 18 April 2037
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 14 July 2037
- Guru Purnima — 27 July 2037
- Nag Panchami — 15 August 2037
- Raksha Bandhan — 25 August 2037
- Krishna Janmashtami — 2 September 2037
- Hartalika Teej — 12 September 2037
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 12 September 2037
- Anant Chaturdashi — 23 September 2037
- Pitru Paksha begins — 25 September 2037
- Sharad Navratri begins — 9 October 2037
- Maha Navami — 17 October 2037
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 18 October 2037
- Karwa Chauth — 27 October 2037
- Dhanteras — 5 November 2037
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 6 November 2037
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 7 November 2037
- Govardhan Puja — 8 November 2037
- Bhai Dooj — 9 November 2037
- Chhath Puja — 13 November 2037
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 22 November 2037
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 22 November 2037
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