Durga Ashtami 2049
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)05:51
- Sunset17:42
- Fasting window (tithi)04:02 → 2049-10-05 · 02:07
- Parana (tithi ends)02:072049-10-05
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 2049
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2049
- Vasant Panchami — 7 February 2049
- Maha Shivaratri — 2 March 2049
- Holika Dahan — 18 March 2049
- Holi — 20 March 2049
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 3 April 2049
- Ram Navami — 11 April 2049
- Akshaya Tritiya — 4 May 2049
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 2 July 2049
- Guru Purnima — 15 July 2049
- Nag Panchami — 4 August 2049
- Raksha Bandhan — 13 August 2049
- Krishna Janmashtami — 20 August 2049
- Hartalika Teej — 31 August 2049
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 1 September 2049
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 2049
- Pitru Paksha begins — 12 September 2049
- Sharad Navratri begins — 28 September 2049
- Maha Navami — 5 October 2049
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 6 October 2049
- Karwa Chauth — 14 October 2049
- Dhanteras — 24 October 2049
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 25 October 2049
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 26 October 2049
- Govardhan Puja — 27 October 2049
- Bhai Dooj — 28 October 2049
- Chhath Puja — 1 November 2049
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 2049
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 2049
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