Durga Ashtami 2098
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)05:50
- Sunset17:45
- Fasting window (tithi)2098-10-01 · 22:34 → 2098-10-03 · 00:16
- Parana (tithi ends)00:162098-10-03
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 2098
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2098
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 2098
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 2098
- Holika Dahan — 16 March 2098
- Holi — 18 March 2098
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 2098
- Ram Navami — 10 April 2098
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 2098
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 2098
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 2098
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 2098
- Raksha Bandhan — 11 August 2098
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 2098
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 2098
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 29 August 2098
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 2098
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 2098
- Sharad Navratri begins — 25 September 2098
- Maha Navami — 3 October 2098
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 4 October 2098
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 2098
- Dhanteras — 22 October 2098
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 2098
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 23 October 2098
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 2098
- Bhai Dooj — 26 October 2098
- Chhath Puja — 30 October 2098
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 8 November 2098
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 8 November 2098
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