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Sharad Navratri begins 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: Navratri, Ghatasthapana, Durga Puja begins
The next one
Thursday, 30 September 2027
Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada., AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.
This tithi opens and closes between two deciding moments, so the rule does not settle the day on its own. The date given is the one holding most of the tithi.
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AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami. Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.. An adhika masaAn extra lunar month slipped in about every third year to keep the calendar with the seasons. Nothing auspicious is begun inside it. before it is exactly why Navratri fell as late as October 17 in 2020.
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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Sharad Navratri begins 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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| 2025Monday | Monday, 22 September 2025 | Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami. |
| 2026Sunday | Sunday, 11 October 2026 | Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami. |
| 2027Thursday | Thursday, 30 September 2027 | Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.This tithi opens and closes between two deciding moments, so the rule does not settle the day on its own. The date given is the one holding most of the tithi. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami. |
| 2028Tuesday | Tuesday, 19 September 2028 | Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami. |
| 2029Monday | Monday, 8 October 2029 | Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami. |
| 2030Saturday | Saturday, 28 September 2030 | Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. | AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami. |
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Each one with its own rule and its own dates.
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Every festival and observance of the year, in one table.
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