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Durga Ashtami dates
Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.
Also called: Maha Ashtami, Durgashtami
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Thursday, 7 October 2027
Shukla AshtamiThe eighth tithi, claimed by both Durga and Krishna: Durga Ashtami and Janmashtami. Strong for worship, and left out of wedding dates., AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.
Bhadra until 05:17 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on.
This tithi covers the deciding moment on two days running, so some almanacs place this festival on the following day. Both readings are defensible.
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AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami. Shukla AshtamiThe eighth tithi, claimed by both Durga and Krishna: Durga Ashtami and Janmashtami. Strong for worship, and left out of wedding dates., the eighth day of Sharad Navratri.
The day is settled by the tithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. at sunrise.
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Durga Ashtami dates
| Year | Date | TithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. | Lunar monthThe lunar month, named after the nakshatra the full Moon lands in. It is about twenty-nine and a half days, so it drifts against the English calendar. |
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| 2025Tuesday | Tuesday, 30 September 2025 | Shukla AshtamiThe eighth tithi, claimed by both Durga and Krishna: Durga Ashtami and Janmashtami. Strong for worship, and left out of wedding dates. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 05:23 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2026Monday | Monday, 19 October 2026 | Shukla AshtamiThe eighth tithi, claimed by both Durga and Krishna: Durga Ashtami and Janmashtami. Strong for worship, and left out of wedding dates. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 09:42 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2027Thursday | Thursday, 7 October 2027 | Shukla AshtamiThe eighth tithi, claimed by both Durga and Krishna: Durga Ashtami and Janmashtami. Strong for worship, and left out of wedding dates.This tithi covers the deciding moment on two days running, so some almanacs place this festival on the following day. Both readings are defensible. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 05:17 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2028Tuesday | Tuesday, 26 September 2028 | Shukla AshtamiThe eighth tithi, claimed by both Durga and Krishna: Durga Ashtami and Janmashtami. Strong for worship, and left out of wedding dates. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 06:40 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2029Sunday | Sunday, 14 October 2029 | Shukla AshtamiThe eighth tithi, claimed by both Durga and Krishna: Durga Ashtami and Janmashtami. Strong for worship, and left out of wedding dates. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 04:38 pmThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
| 2030Friday | Friday, 4 October 2030 | Shukla AshtamiThe eighth tithi, claimed by both Durga and Krishna: Durga Ashtami and Janmashtami. Strong for worship, and left out of wedding dates. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.Bhadra until 09:26 amThe seventh repeating karana, better known as Bhadra. This is the one karana new work waits out, though a journey already begun carries on. |
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