Udyog Jyotish · Festival story
2025
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Calculated for New Delhi · North Indian · Lahiri (calibrated)
Durga Ashtami 2025
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Deciding tithi: 16:32 (-1) – 18:06
Durga Ashtami is Ashvina Shukla Ashtami, the same month in both reckonings. It is kept on the day on which Ashtami prevails at sunrise (udaya tithi). If Ashtami is present at two sunrises, the first day is taken; if it touches no sunrise (a kshaya tithi), the day that contains it.
Durga Ashtami
Durga Ashtami, or Maha Ashtami, is the eighth day of Sharad Navratri and the most intense day of the autumn worship of the goddess Durga.
Durga Ashtami
In Bengal devotees fast until they have offered pushpanjali, flowers offered with mantras, in the morning; Kumari Puja, the worship of a young girl as the goddess, is performed at Belur Math and many other places, and the Sandhi Puja is accompanied by 108 lamps and 108 lotuses.
Durga Ashtami 2025
Times, and sometimes the date, depend on the place and the tradition. The festival page shows your city, the rule that decides the date and any alternative day.
Traditions vary; follow your family custom and local priest where they differ.