Durga Ashtami 2094
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)2094-10-16 · 20:57 → 19:29
- Parana (tithi ends)19:29
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 2094
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2094
- Vasant Panchami — 21 January 2094
- Maha Shivaratri — 13 February 2094
- Holika Dahan — 1 March 2094
- Holi — 3 March 2094
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 17 March 2094
- Ram Navami — 25 March 2094
- Akshaya Tritiya — 17 May 2094
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 14 July 2094
- Guru Purnima — 27 July 2094
- Nag Panchami — 16 August 2094
- Raksha Bandhan — 26 August 2094
- Krishna Janmashtami — 1 September 2094
- Hartalika Teej — 13 September 2094
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 13 September 2094
- Anant Chaturdashi — 23 September 2094
- Pitru Paksha begins — 25 September 2094
- Sharad Navratri begins — 10 October 2094
- Maha Navami — 18 October 2094
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 19 October 2094
- Karwa Chauth — 26 October 2094
- Dhanteras — 5 November 2094
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 2094
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 7 November 2094
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 2094
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 2094
- Chhath Puja — 14 November 2094
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 22 November 2094
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 22 November 2094
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