Durga Ashtami 2095
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
- Sunset17:40
- Fasting window (tithi)2095-10-06 · 09:13 → 09:26
- Parana (tithi ends)09:26
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 2095
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2095
- Vasant Panchami — 9 February 2095
- Maha Shivaratri — 4 March 2095
- Holika Dahan — 20 March 2095
- Holi — 22 March 2095
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 2095
- Ram Navami — 12 April 2095
- Akshaya Tritiya — 6 May 2095
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 3 July 2095
- Guru Purnima — 17 July 2095
- Nag Panchami — 5 August 2095
- Raksha Bandhan — 15 August 2095
- Krishna Janmashtami — 22 August 2095
- Hartalika Teej — 2 September 2095
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 2 September 2095
- Anant Chaturdashi — 13 September 2095
- Pitru Paksha begins — 14 September 2095
- Sharad Navratri begins — 29 September 2095
- Maha Navami — 8 October 2095
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 8 October 2095
- Karwa Chauth — 16 October 2095
- Dhanteras — 25 October 2095
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 27 October 2095
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 27 October 2095
- Govardhan Puja — 29 October 2095
- Bhai Dooj — 30 October 2095
- Chhath Puja — 3 November 2095
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 11 November 2095
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 11 November 2095
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