Durga Ashtami 2080
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)05:59
- Sunset17:26
- Fasting window (tithi)2080-10-20 · 09:54 → 12:18
- Parana (tithi ends)12:18
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 2080
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2080
- Vasant Panchami — 27 January 2080
- Maha Shivaratri — 18 February 2080
- Holika Dahan — 5 March 2080
- Holi — 6 March 2080
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 22 March 2080
- Ram Navami — 29 March 2080
- Akshaya Tritiya — 22 April 2080
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 19 June 2080
- Guru Purnima — 2 July 2080
- Nag Panchami — 19 August 2080
- Raksha Bandhan — 30 August 2080
- Krishna Janmashtami — 6 September 2080
- Hartalika Teej — 16 September 2080
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 17 September 2080
- Anant Chaturdashi — 27 September 2080
- Pitru Paksha begins — 30 September 2080
- Sharad Navratri begins — 14 October 2080
- Maha Navami — 22 October 2080
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 23 October 2080
- Karwa Chauth — 31 October 2080
- Dhanteras — 9 November 2080
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 10 November 2080
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 11 November 2080
- Govardhan Puja — 12 November 2080
- Bhai Dooj — 13 November 2080
- Chhath Puja — 17 November 2080
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 27 November 2080
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 27 November 2080
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