Durga Ashtami 2043
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)05:53
- Sunset17:35
- Fasting window (tithi)2043-10-10 · 23:44 → 2043-10-12 · 01:23
- Parana (tithi ends)01:232043-10-12
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 2043
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2043
- Vasant Panchami — 14 February 2043
- Maha Shivaratri — 9 March 2043
- Holika Dahan — 25 March 2043
- Holi — 26 March 2043
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 10 April 2043
- Ram Navami — 17 April 2043
- Akshaya Tritiya — 11 May 2043
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 8 July 2043
- Guru Purnima — 22 July 2043
- Nag Panchami — 10 August 2043
- Raksha Bandhan — 20 August 2043
- Krishna Janmashtami — 27 August 2043
- Hartalika Teej — 6 September 2043
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 7 September 2043
- Anant Chaturdashi — 18 September 2043
- Pitru Paksha begins — 19 September 2043
- Sharad Navratri begins — 4 October 2043
- Maha Navami — 12 October 2043
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 13 October 2043
- Karwa Chauth — 21 October 2043
- Dhanteras — 30 October 2043
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 31 October 2043
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 1 November 2043
- Govardhan Puja — 2 November 2043
- Bhai Dooj — 3 November 2043
- Chhath Puja — 8 November 2043
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 16 November 2043
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 16 November 2043
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