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Durga Ashtami 2027: date and timings

Durga Ashtami 2027 is on

Thursday, 7 October 2027

  • Shukla Ashtami · Begins7 Oct, 04:13
  • Shukla Ashtami · Ends8 Oct, 06:28

The eighth day of Sharad Navratri.

Why this day

Kept on the day the tithi is in force at sunrise. The tithi is in force at sunrise on two days. The first is shown, as most calendars (Smarta) keep it; Vaishnava (ISKCON) observance may be the next day.

Family and regional traditions sometimes keep a festival a day apart. Where that happens, the tithi times above show why.

Other years

All festival dates in 2027

  1. Lohri

    The bonfire night before Makar Sankranti, celebrated in Punjab and the North.

  2. Makar Sankranti

    Sun enters Makara at 14 Jan, 21:10

    The Sun enters Makara. Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttarayan in Gujarat, Khichdi in the North.

  3. Vasant Panchami

    Shukla Panchami: 11 Feb, 03:05 to 12 Feb, 03:18

    Magha Shukla Panchami, the coming of spring; Saraswati is worshipped.

  4. Holika Dahan

    Purnima: 21 Mar, 18:22 to 22 Mar, 16:13 · Bhadra ends 22 Mar, 05:15

    The bonfire on Phalguna Purnima, lit after sunset and outside Bhadra.

  5. Holi

    The festival of colours, the day after Holika Dahan.

  6. Gudi Padwa / Ugadi

    Shukla Pratipada: 7 Apr, 05:21 to 8 Apr, 04:29

    Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the Hindu new year: Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, Ugadi in the South.

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Dates and times for New Delhi, India.

A festival can fall on a different day in another city, and more often in another country: the tithi changes at the same instant everywhere, but sunrise does not.

How these dates are worked out: every tithi of the year is found from the Sun's and the Moon's positions (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa), with the lunar month it belongs to; adhik months are found the same way. Each festival is kept on the day its tithi is in force at the part of the day tradition names for it — sunrise for most, the evening for Diwali and Pradosh, midnight for Janmashtami and Shivaratri, midday for Ram Navami and Ganesh Chaturthi, the afternoon for Dussehra and Bhai Dooj, moonrise for Karva Chauth and Sankashti. Month names follow the North Indian (purnimanta) calendar; in the amanta calendar used in Gujarat, Maharashtra and the South, the Krishna paksha belongs to the month before.

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