Durga Ashtami 2084
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)05:52
- Sunset17:39
- Fasting window (tithi)2084-10-06 · 17:11 → 15:11
- Parana (tithi ends)15:11
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 2084
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2084
- Vasant Panchami — 10 February 2084
- Maha Shivaratri — 5 March 2084
- Holika Dahan — 21 March 2084
- Holi — 23 March 2084
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 6 April 2084
- Ram Navami — 14 April 2084
- Akshaya Tritiya — 7 May 2084
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 5 July 2084
- Guru Purnima — 17 July 2084
- Nag Panchami — 6 August 2084
- Raksha Bandhan — 16 August 2084
- Krishna Janmashtami — 22 August 2084
- Hartalika Teej — 3 September 2084
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 4 September 2084
- Anant Chaturdashi — 13 September 2084
- Pitru Paksha begins — 15 September 2084
- Sharad Navratri begins — 30 September 2084
- Maha Navami — 8 October 2084
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 8 October 2084
- Karwa Chauth — 17 October 2084
- Dhanteras — 26 October 2084
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 28 October 2084
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 28 October 2084
- Govardhan Puja — 30 October 2084
- Bhai Dooj — 31 October 2084
- Chhath Puja — 3 November 2084
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 12 November 2084
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 12 November 2084
- Hindu Festivals 2084 →