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Annual festival

Durga Ashtami 2032दुर्गा अष्टमी

Durga Ashtami is the eighth day of Sharad Navratri, held to be the most powerful for worship of the goddess.

Date · New Delhi (28.6139° N, 77.2090° E)

Tuesday, 12 October 2032

Tradition harmony

All regional traditions Chakra tracks agree on this date:

North (Purnimanta)
12 Oct 2032
South (Amanta)
12 Oct 2032
Tamil
12 Oct 2032
Bengali
12 Oct 2032
ISKCON
12 Oct 2032
Smarta
12 Oct 2032

Tithi window

Begins 11 Oct, 10:02 pm

Ends 12 Oct, 8:25 pm

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  • 5 TueSharad Navratri →Sharad Navratri is the nine-night autumn festival of the goddess Durga, culminating in Dussehra.
  • 12 TueDurga Ashtami(this page)Durga Ashtami is the eighth day of Sharad Navratri, held to be the most powerful for worship of the goddess.
  • 13 WedMaha Navami →Maha Navami marks the climactic ninth day of Navratri, venerating Goddess Durga as Mahishasuramardini and celebrating Ayudha Puja.
  • 14 ThuDussehra →Dussehra, or Vijayadashami, marks the victory of Rama over Ravana and of Durga over Mahishasura.
  • 17 SunTula Sankranti →Tula Sankranti is the moment the Sun enters the sidereal sign of Libra, marking the start of the harvest month in several regions.
  • 18 MonSharad Purnima →Sharad Purnima marks the harvest full moon of autumn when the moon radiates nectar-like rays and Lord Krishna danced the divine Raas Leela.
  • 21 ThuKarva Chauth →Karva Chauth is a day-long fast kept without food or water for the well-being of a husband, broken after sighting the moon.
  • 26 TueAhoi Ashtami →Ahoi Ashtami is a traditional fasting day observed by mothers for the long life and wellbeing of their children on Kartika Krishna Ashtami.
  • 31 SunDhanteras →Dhanteras opens the Diwali period and is considered auspicious for buying metal, and for honouring Dhanvantari and Lakshmi.

Also this month: Pradosh Vrat (3), Masik Shivratri (1), Amavasya (1), Vinayaka Chaturthi (1), Masik Durga Ashtami (1), Ekadashi (2), Purnima (1), Satyanarayan Puja (1), Sankashti Chaturthi (1).

Local horizon calculations

City-wise timings

CityLocal dateTithi window (local)vs. New Delhi
New Delhi12 Oct 203210:02 pm – 12 Oct, 8:25 pmSame day
Varanasi12 Oct 203210:02 pm – 12 Oct, 8:25 pmSame day
Mumbai12 Oct 203210:02 pm – 12 Oct, 8:25 pmSame day
Bengaluru12 Oct 203210:02 pm – 12 Oct, 8:25 pmSame day
Kolkata12 Oct 203210:02 pm – 12 Oct, 8:25 pmSame day
Chennai12 Oct 203210:02 pm – 12 Oct, 8:25 pmSame day
London12 Oct 20325:32 pm – 12 Oct, 3:55 pmSame day
San Francisco12 Oct 20329:32 am – 12 Oct, 7:55 amSame day

Tithi window shown in each city’s own local time — the underlying instant is the same worldwide.

Durga Ashtami, also called Maha Ashtami, is regarded by many as the high point of the autumn Navratri. Weapons and tools are placed before the goddess in the Ayudha Puja, the Kanya Puja honours pre-adolescent girls with food and gifts, and in the Durga Puja tradition the day includes the intense Sandhi Puja that straddles the junction of the eighth and ninth tithis.

The day is the eighth tithi (Ashtami) of the waxing fortnight of Ashwina. Where a household breaks its Navratri fast on this day rather than the ninth, the timing follows the end of Ashtami at sunrise for the city.

Practice varies: in much of the north the fast is concluded on Ashtami with a havan and the feeding of girls, while in Bengal, Odisha and Assam the day is one stage of the larger Durga Puja and the fast, where kept, ends only after the tenth day.

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